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Any LA Italian folks pursue Italian citizenship?

Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:38 pm
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:38 pm
Just curious if anyone has had any experience with this. I traced my family tree in louisiana and turns out I qualify for Italian citizenship by birth from my relatives who came here back in the mid 1800s.

Now going to pull all the documentation and set up an appointment with an Italian consulate to get the citizenship
This post was edited on 4/6/24 at 6:40 pm
Posted by Ghost of Colby
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:42 pm to
You gonna try to play for Italy in the World Baseball Classic?
Posted by SlowFlowPro
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:42 pm to
This is a major "but why?" scenario.

Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:42 pm to
EU passport baw...can live and work anywhere in the EU
Posted by MrFreakinMiyagi
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:45 pm to
Here comes a grease ball
Posted by danilo
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:47 pm to
Who makes the best gabagool?
Posted by Ingeniero
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:47 pm to
I've looked into it. Basically if you can prove they came from Italy and no one in the chain down to you "renounced" their Italian citizenship, you can qualify. What paperwork are they having you do? From what I saw, it's kind of involved to get all the correct documentation
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:48 pm to
the poorest Swiss live well
Posted by patnuh
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

Here comes a grease ball


You know how the Italians got to the US? The first one swam. The rest walked over on the grease.
Posted by danilo
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:49 pm to
quote:

EU passport baw...can live and work anywhere in the EU

Elites (and Russian mobsters) just buy a Cypriot or Portuguese passport
Posted by cattus
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:50 pm to
You gonna buy one of those $1 fixer uppers in the middle of nowhere?
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:50 pm to
I found someone who is going to pull all the records I need and get the apostille docs to apply. About $2,500. Then just need to get an appointment at an Italian consulate.

In my case my GGF came here and was a farmer in Tangipahoa. He and his wife always wrote AL (alien) on the census records so they never renounced
Posted by danilo
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:51 pm to
What is it called when an Italian has a broken arm? Speech Impediment
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 6:51 pm to
Posted by pjab
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:00 pm to
My friend did within the last two years. They assigned him a place in a small city that’s nice but not desirable as a tourist. He had someone check in on him frequently to make sure he was still there (requirement for the program). He was told by his neighbor that once they stop checking, they’ll never check again which was his case after only two weeks. He spent the rest of him time exploring Italy. He got the passport sent to his house in the US shortly after getting back.

Doing the research can take a lot of work and is the most difficult part.
Posted by shutterspeed
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:11 pm to
Interesting. Never knew about this.
Posted by StringedInstruments
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:13 pm to
quote:

I traced my family tree in louisiana and turns out I qualify for Italian citizenship by birth from my relatives who came here back in the mid 1800s.


How does this work? My ancestors immigrated to America in 1915 from Italy. You’re telling me I can go back to the motherland?
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:16 pm to
That's badass. There's three ways to do it: move there and apply, hire an attorney and they file it in the courts, or go through the consulate here
Posted by GetmorewithLes
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:16 pm to
quote:

Now going to pull all the documentation and set up an appointment with an Italian consulate to get the citizenship


Dont tell them you are a Dago Coonass! Might get rejected.

Seriously, I work with a bunch of them South Louisiana Sicilianos. Good luck with it!
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/6/24 at 7:16 pm to
Yeah, if you can trace one family member back to Italy and they had your next generation relative before renouncing citizenship, then you qualify
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