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general younger people,
does so to broaden their
horizons; they want to
work or study in Italy or in
Europe and travel without
restrictions and with greaThere are generally two ter security.
types of people who apply for recognition of Ita- In general, all descenlian citizenship. The first, dants of Italian origin are
which wants to reconnect potentially eligible for rewith their roots; many of cognition of their Italian
them would like to visit the citizenship. If the Italian
places of origin of their an- immigrant never naturacestors, others would like lized, this means that he/
to buy a home and spend she passed Italian citimore time in Italy after re- zenship on to his/her detirement. The second, in scendants. On the other
by descent, primarily from
the United States, though
on occasion we also work
with Canadians and Australians of Italian descent.
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hand, if the Italian ancestor became a citizen of
the country of emigration,
the person applying for citizenship must prove that
naturalization happened
after the birth of the son/
daughter of the emigrant.
Typically, the applicant
must apply for citizenship at the Italian Consulate of his/her residence,
and must present all of
the required vital records,
including apostilles and
translations of foreign documents into Italian. Once