Welp, I've decided to try to get Italian dual citizenship

[CanonRay]

I have two reasons. One, I'd like to make a connection with my ancestors, but more to the point I'd like to have a guaranteed way out of the country if tsf gets in. I could easily see him closing the borders so we, his enemies, can't escape his vengeance. I think at the least he'd create some graft by charging a large payment to leave. Hitler did that to the Jews in the 30s..

Maybe I'm paranoid, but with an Italian passport, they really can't stop me (and my wife) from landing in a safe harbor.

The process is complicated, I'm going on what they call a 1948 case, which I think refers to a section of the Italian immigration laws. They will use my grandmother's line, who was born in Sicily in 1895. My grandparents married in 1909, and my grandfather was a US citizen, having forsworn allegiance to King Emanuel Victor in 1905. My grandmother did not have to do so, as she automatically got citizenship through her husband, so she made no such declaration. That makes me eligible.

There are a lot of hoops and documents, so I've started working with a law firm out of Verona who specializes in this work. Should take somewhere around a year give or take.

So wish me luck on this new journey. My diligent genealogical work over 30+ years is paying off.

Ciao!

[XanaDUer2]

1. My cousin and i with Ireland

[slightlv]

10. This is where I'd like to move.

But the lineage goes back one generation too far for me, I think. My great-grandmother came to the United States as a small child with her parents. As far as I can, I've traced our ancestry back to the Aran Islands. I know prior to that, there was immigration from Spain to Ireland and to Scotland, but I've not found anything on the Scots side of things... nor have I looked at the Spain lineage. I do know it's all on my Mom's side of the family, maternal side at that. My great-grandfather (My Mom's grandfather) was American Indian. Grandma said when they got mad, you just got out of the way. (gryn) I NEVER saw either one of them mad!

Unfortunately, all is lost on my Dad's side of the family. The Great Depression tore his family apart. I never knew any of them, and he had no idea where any of them were. He joined the military as soon as he could reasonably lie about his age for WWII. The most I ever got out of him was English... maybe French Alsace. He really didn't know.

I figure I'm stuck here. I'm a mutt of the first order! But I'd LOVE to move to Ireland!!!!!!!

[XanaDUer2]

11. Yes

[Skittles]

2. good luck

my mum was never an American citizen but I will stay and fight fascism

[Glorfindel]

3. Best of luck! "Better safe than sorry."

[walkingman]

4. Wish I could do the same - this shitshow is getting old and so am I.

[Srkdqltr]

5. Um good luck. Although with the way Europe is going who knows.

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Wow. Best of luck.

[elleng]

7. BENE! We Open in Venice!!!

[IbogaProject]

8. Conservative government

And they got especially hard hit during COVID. But with an EU passport you could move anywhere else in the Schengen Agreement zone, which is different than the EU boundaries

[Dem2theMax]

9. I'm jealous.

If only my grandparents had been born in Sweden instead of the United States. Great-grandparents were born in Sweden, but they don't count. One generation too far.

Wishing you the best of luck. May the process go as smoothly as possible.

[CanonRay]

13. I'm not there yet, but it seems doable.

[Dem2theMax]

14. If you're determined, you'll do it!

[ShazzieB]

12. I wish you all the luck in the world!

My father was born a British subject (in 1909; his parents brought their family over here in 1911), which is supposed to entitle me to dual US/UK citizenship, according to what I've read. I doubt I'll ever do anything about it, though. As tempting as the thought is these days, the older my husband and I get, the more daunting the thought of moving to another country is. It would also be very expensive, I'm sure, and I don't see any way we'd ever be able to afford it. But I am all in favor of doing it, if one possibly can.

I just hope to God the Orange Hellbeast loses in November. If he doesn't, nothing will ever be the same. If we were LGBTQ or any color other than pasty white, going the expat route would probably look more appealing, but the motivation just isn't strong enough right now to make me want to fight past the financial obstacles. Again, I send my wishes for good luck to you and anyone else looking for a way to make it out of here!