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re: Any LA Italian folks pursue Italian citizenship?

Posted on 4/7/24 at 1:56 am to
Posted by Upperdecker
St. George, LA
Member since Nov 2014
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 1:56 am to
quote:

what would be the benefit to being an Italian citizen?

As others have said - live and work in EU. Also if shite hits the fan in the US, you’ve got a place to go
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:44 am to
Drop your email and ill send you their contact info. I paid them $125 to do all the research to figure out whether I'd qualify or not
Posted by TheOcean
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:45 am to
Which consulate? Or are you going through the courts in italy?
Posted by 385 Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2009
243 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:49 am to
Are there tax or other issues with having two citizenships?
Posted by lsuguy84
CO
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:52 am to
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 6:56 am to
No tax issues that I'm aware of. US has a tax treaty with Italy and most EU countries
Posted by SlidellCajun
Slidell la
Member since May 2019
10373 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:19 am to
Not sure why anyone would want to do this unless they have business there.

Also, I have heard that there is a movement to start taxing citizens who earn money outside of the country. So if you get the citizenship, earn money in the US, they want to tax that money.

Question- do you kneel when you hear the American pledge of allegiance ?
This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 7:44 am
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 7:57 am to
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Drop your email and ill send you their contact info

My user name at gmail.com
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:12 am to
I've spent six years in the military. If becoming a dual citizen makes me unamerican, then frick it.
Posted by TheOcean
#honeyfriedchicken
Member since Aug 2004
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Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:12 am to
YGM
Posted by Thedillyplate
Galion by the St. John
Member since Dec 2016
154 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:34 am to
You know he won’t refuse the request
Posted by Privateer 2007
Member since Jan 2020
6160 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:44 am to
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but why


I think could help working ex pat in Europe if have Italian passport.

Otherwise, I'm with you on the "but why".
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68472 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 8:47 am to
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Why not? You never know when dual citizenship might come in handy.


The only real downside is still being a us citizen if you never plan on coming back because of taxes.




Posted by JasonDBlaha
Woodlands, Texas
Member since Apr 2023
2323 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:31 am to
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Why? Italy is worse than Louisiana.


Sicily is, definitely. Northern Italy has densely populated, economically diverse cities with more job opportunities.

My great-grandfather came from Sicily to Louisiana on a work-visa in the 1890s. Louisiana was very similar to Sicily due to the fact that both places relied heavily on an agrarian economy that involved manual labor. Sicilians were very used to working manual labor jobs which is why so many of them came to Louisiana.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
41255 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:39 am to
I find this to be awesome - Italy and Portugal will grant you citizenship if you can prove your ancestors came from there

However, I’m neither.

There was a bill in the Irish parliament to grant citizenship to people whose ancestors left during the famine and could prove it.

My paperwork is ready.
Posted by greenbean
USAF Retired
Member since Feb 2019
4558 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:43 am to
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There was a bill in the Irish parliament to grant citizenship to people whose ancestors left during the famine and could prove it.



My ancestors are Irish, British and Scottish, so I need one of those countries to do this, although I'm scared they want to tax the hell out of me.
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
41255 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:47 am to
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My ancestors are Irish, British and Scottish, so I need one of those countries to do this, although I'm scared they want to tax the hell out of me.
my ancestry is the same you won’t be taxed unless you live there full time
Posted by Ingeniero
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2013
18261 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:50 am to
Can you send it to me too? --

This post was edited on 4/7/24 at 10:27 am
Posted by Tasseo
Member since Feb 2024
492 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 9:56 am to
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Is this an EU wide thing or just Italy.

Not sure about EU wide but sounds like others do the same. Criteria may change by country though.

I have a friend whose kids learned they may be able to do this in their Spanish class for Spain, so now they are looking into it thru his wifes Latina heritage. Though she apparently is a dual US/Latin American country citizen already, so not sure if the wife will be able to do this but the kids may. Sounds like my buddy is to far removed on the UK side.

I guess my question here is what's the catch. Why are these nations doing this? Is it new thing or been around for awhile but just now getting popular?
Posted by TheOcean
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Member since Aug 2004
42460 posts
Posted on 4/7/24 at 10:18 am to
YGM
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