Dual citizenship passport Italian Italy

Amara

Bitten by cutie, I don't know how your mum acquired British citizenship, but just marrying British citizen is not enough, applicant has to go thru whole legal process. However, it appears your parents married long time ago, so perhaps law was different back then.
If your mum is Italian citizen, so you are and your children.

bitten_by_cutie

I read it had to be your parent or grandparent was citizen of Italy - at your birth.

For me to apply, wouldn't my mum have to be an Italian citizen/passport holder at my birth, as opposed to right now?

If it is just right now, I am home and dry.

If it is at my birth, I dont know what her status was, it was in the late 60s,
but I cannot see the Consulate requiring me to get that info. Surely all they need is both our birth certificates and both our passports as of right now.

Amara

There're details you need to find out, as different countries have different requirements.
Was your mu born in Italy? and her parents? If yes, it's likely she was born Italian citizen, provided her parents were married.

bitten_by_cutie

Yes mum was born in Italy, of married Italian parents born there too.
So 100% born Italian citizen.

Just wondering if she was a British passport holder at my birth, she does not remember, and doubt I can get that info easily, as such old records, or whether they would even bother to ask for evidence of this. ie was she Italian passport holder at my birth - ie do they want a copy of her passport from 1969!!!

Amara

But what difference does it make for you? If your dad is British, you "inherited" British citizenship from him, your mum's citizenship status at that time wasn't important.

melanzana

Panic stations.

Man the Barricades.


An email or talk with the Italian embassy might sort it all out. First principles, then ask on an anonymous forum for help.

Sorry, but honestly.

bitten_by_cutie

I just read for Italian citizenship your Italian parent, must be 'Italian' at time of your birth for you to later claim jus sanguinus principle......but I may have misinterpreted it.....

melanzana

bitten_by_cutie wrote: »

oh ok. I just read for Italian citizenship your Italian parent, must be 'Italian' at time of your birth for you to later claim jus sanguinus principle......but I may have misinterpreted it.....

I just dont know if my mum had a British or Italian passport at time of birth.....she had a British passport when I was younger, just dont know exactly when.....

Then you must find out.

We can't help, as much as we would want to without the necessary information!

I think you need to think it out again!

Best of luck.

FBaby

It doesn't matter which passport your mum had or has now. Your citizenship is not based on your passport, it's your citizenship which determines if you can apply for a passport.

Your mum was born in Italy from Italian parents, so she became Italian at birth. It is highly likely that when you were born, you automatically took on Italian citizenship. This might depend on whether your mum registered your birth at the Italian embassy.

The best way to find out is by applying. I discovered that my kids had dual nationality when I put an application for a passport for my eldest. for 16 years, I assumed she only had one nationality, but I applied just in case and couldn't believe it when her passport came in the post in less than a week.

tatabubbly

pollyanna24 wrote: »

I would love to move over there, but I thought jobs were quite bad as well.

I was just thinking about getting the Irish passport and use that when I go abroad. I've been told I can get one as my dad is Irish and has an Irish passport, but at the same time have been told I have left it too late to get an American passport (my Mum is American with an American passport).

God this grates on me as an Irish person.

The job situation in Ireland is ok, it's the housing crisis that is going on in the majority of cities that is the problem (as I'm assuming most people will want to live in urban centers). I'd also tell people to look into the infrastructure as well before they decide to move..