Where to apply jure sanguinis IN ITALY

[samwelch]

Does anyone have any cities/towns/communes where they had a good experience?

There are a few towns I have found online that other people have successfully used.

I don't care about location, only that they have done this before and are quick (1 month after residency and 2.5 months after application is my quickest find yet).

Thank you!

[jennabet]

If you can't be separated from your Italian partner, your partner may have to delay his move to Italy. Your situation sounds much like mine. I was a recognized Italian citizen living in Italy for ten years. I returned to Seattle to help my companion get his Italian citizenship so we could move back to Italy together. The San Francisco consulate advised us that my companion could go back to Italy with me on his US passport (good for three months) and apply jures sanguinis in my commune but that if the commune did not complete his application within three months, he would not have the right to remain in Italy and wait for citizenship. The only way he would have that right was if we were married or if he qualified for a visa. It is very unlikely, especially during this time, when the Interior Ministry and nearly all communes are bogged down with asylum requests from hundreds of thousands of Africans entering Italy every day that any commune is going to get a jures sanguinis application processed in under three months. As it turned out in our case, the San Francisco consulate gave him a jures sanguinis appointment within a very reasonable time frame and we decided to just wait in Seattle until he had his passport afterwhich time we came back to Italy together and have been here ever since. But all of this took place in 2011 -- before the migrant crisis put everything in Italy into a backlogged status.

[mler]

Jennebet is right. It is very unlikely that a jure sanguinis application will be processed within the three-month period you would be allowed to stay as a tourist. The only way it would work is if you qualified to obtain a permesso di soggiorno that would allow you to stay for a longer period.

Without that, your only option is to wait for SF.

Some may have had success getting their applications processed quickly, but I'm guessing their experience is the exception rather than the rule. You may want to contact one of the Italian lawyers who handle 1948 cases. Perhaps they can expedite the process for you for a fee.

[samwelch]

Yeah I agree with both of you. I will not be able to wait there while it is processing. I am just interested in filing in Italy and then I can come back to the USA to wait it out. Just looking for the perfect sized commune to file in. Just big enough that they know what they're doing. I know it will not take 5 years for my application to be processed in Italy. And that's what I'm looking at stateside. So it seems worth it to me.

[mler]

I wish it were that easy, but it doesn't work that way. In order to apply in Italy, you need to establish residence in Italy and stay there. Applying while in Italy as a tourist will simply not be permitted. And they will check your residency status.

Why not check with a lawyer. Perhaps, there is a way to get around this requirement through legal assistance, but otherwise your plan won't work.

Another thought: If you have close ties to your comune (relatives who are living there and either work for or who know people in the government) perhaps they can intercede on your behalf and expedite the process. It doesn't hurt to ask. However, if you are tracing your line through a great, great grandparent and have no strong comune ties, going to a random Italian city to apply will likely not be helpful.