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This shit is complicated. They want forms that are valid for 6 months, that take some months to come in, that I need to serve in an appointment that also takes some months, within a visit window of 3 months. I also need an "apostille stamp" on my documents, and also get them translated to Italian, and I'm not yet sure how to get them translated.

Anyone go through anything similar? Got advice?

no but i found out i qualify for italian, and thus EU citizenship? is that true?

my grandmother was from sicily, came to america when she was 5.

I think this is actually one of the purposes of embassies. Find the nearest Italian consulate in your country and reach out to ask them for support.

s0nicfan posted...

I think this is actually one of the purposes of embassies. Find the nearest Italian consulate in your country and reach out to ask them for support.

I have to do some of this stuff through them, so hopefully they're not like the DMV.

Robot2600 posted...

no but i found out i qualify for italian, and thus EU citizenship? is that true?

my grandmother was from sicily, came to america when she was 5.

AFAIK, yes.

As long as you can prove that your grandmother was an italian, it should be "easy", as long as you have the documents to prove her citizenship, as well as the relationship between you and her.

And as a Italian, the borders in whole EU are veeeery open.

Guide posted...

This shit is complicated. They want forms that are valid for 6 months, that take some months to come in, that I need to serve in an appointment that also takes some months, within a visit window of 3 months. I also need an "apostille stamp" on my documents, and also get them translated to Italian, and I'm not yet sure how to get them translated.

Anyone go through anything similar? Got advice?

I don't know about the situation in Italy at all, but it sounds mostly like the same as here in Austria.

So, take my information with a huge chunk of salt, because this would be advice for a situation in Austria, not Italy.

Be patient, but stubborn. If you have troubles or issues, friendly and respectfully annoy the shit out of them.

Migration offices are more or less all understaffed, so the main problem you will face is to annoy them so much that your file doesn't vanishes between a stack of other files and be forgotten, but don't piss them off so that they do whatever they can do out of spite.

It may also be possible to move your case to a different district. Here in Austria I know that the biggest troubles are in Vienna of course, because that's where most migrants are requesting permits, overworking the clerks here.

Other offices may be better because they have much lower workload.