Nick1971

I've looked online but would prefer to get advice from actual experience of obtaining dual nationality.
I was born in the UK but all my family are Italian.
My parents emigrated in the 1950's, so I'm assuming that just £300, my fathers and my birth certificate and the Jus Sanguinis law should be enough to get me an appointment at the Italian consulate?
Or am I naive and mistaken?

37100

Your birth certificate - translated and notarized.

BritInParis

Depends on if and when your parents became British citizens.

37100

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True, as usual.😀

Nick1971

My father arrived in the UK in the mid fifties and got British citizenship, or obtained a British passport in 2000.
I don't think my mother bothered.

Nick1971

Can this be done at the consulate?

BritInParis

You'll need to find your father's citizenship certificate and check precisely how and when he became a British citizen before going any further.

ononno

I know it won't be really helpful to you, because this citizenship thing has become fairly complcated. But just a few stories about my experiences in the matter. They mostly relate to the time when Italy had compulsory military service. In the area of North Wales where I have family, there are quite a lot of
families of Italian origin, mainly from the South or Sicily.Their parents or grandparents moved there in the 50's to work in the coal mines. A lad I knew had Italian parents, but he had a British passWeports. His parents had never bothered to take British citizenship. Got married, decided to honeymoon in Italy, since he'd never actually been there, and was invited to stay with relatives near Frosinone. On arrival at Ciampino airport, passport control, Italian name checked out; he was also officially an Italian citizen and arrested as a draft dodger!
My own no. 2 son suffered the same fate when his first child was born in 1993, some mix up with the anagrafe had failed to register the fact that he had dual nationality. Carabinieri turn up at my place because that's where mother and baby were staying just after the birth. Warrant for his arrest as draft dodger. We had a lot of fun sorting that out; in fact it reminds me that a very expensive book we bought on the subject of citizenship is still in the hands of our lawyer who we lent it to.
No 1 son was excused military service because of the emergency legislation after the 1980 earthquake, which meant he never actually had to make the choice at 18 of Italian or British. The consequences of this being that our local vigile have been chasing him to confirm his local residence, even though he's been in Ireland for the last 30 years.
Anyway, I hope all this has given you a bit of a laugh. Take real care over all the paperwork, don't leave anything to chance or heresay, and good luck with your efforts.
'o nonno

Iamjustme

I have a similar thread running, I know the line of my mother, but my issue is getting an appointment - have you actually got one??!! I note you are in Kent, so assume it would be London consulate.

I wish my mother had been registered at Liverpool or Scotland consulates, as they actually answer the phone (although they have an unbelieveably rude attitude, to you daring to ask any questions or pick their brains!)

grarca

Sorry to ask, but I am just curious. Did you get one? If yes, for how long did you try to get one?

grarca

Another important thing, other then the translation and apostile of the documentation, it is to verify that the lineage of succession has not been interrupted by the naturalization of your parents.

A presto

Gregorio

Nick1971

I've heard stories of how terrible the service is in the London consulate. If you're lucky enough to even get an appointment!
I wish you well. 👍

britaly00

How easy (read 'difficult') is it to get Italian citizenship for a Brit resident and living in Italy for some years, but with no Italian blood lines?

Sancho

I don't know.

philat98

I am applying for the citizenship by residence at the moment. There are eight steps and I am still on step 1 collecting the paperwork. This article seems to clarify the process a bit.
I passi per ottenere la cittadinanza italiana per Residenza