If you are a US citizen with Italian ancestry you could be eligible for Italian citizenship by descent! Since the time of Italy’s unification, citizenship has derived by being born to an Italian parent not by being born in the Country. This…
I was born in Rome, but spent the majority of life abroad, including Chicago where I met my husband. We recently moved to Rome, and the first few months were quite a learning experience. In this short series of posts…
Ah, la dolce vita. You’ve finally attained your dream of being able to study in Italy! Get together with friends and have a glass of prosecco! Congratulations! …Or are these celebrations happening too soon? Have you considered what really goes…
Here we are with another post, this time dedicated to food (incidentally, the theme of EXPO, open now until October 31, 2015 in Milan).
Students ask many questions about linguistics, culture, and food: two most common questions from American students are appropriately about food: “How come in Italian pizzeria I get a pizza with vegetables when I order a pepperoni pizza?” and, “Why can’t I find Neapolitan ice cream in a gelateria?”
Welcome to the Italian blog: I’m Michela, an Italian teacher, and I live in Italy’s finance and fashion capital (Milan of course). So do I speak Italian or Italenglish?
Did your Italian ancestor naturalize as a US citizen? You might search all the dusty boxes from family attic collections without finding a definite answer. For some, an ancestor moved to the US more than 100 years ago, and their…
Thanks to our Italian ancestors, many of us who were born in the US can claim Italian citizenship by descent, also known as “jus sanguinis.” Our Italian forefathers developed this law with the intention that the descendants of the Italians…
If documents were intelligent beings, they would do well to heed this warning on their way to the Italian Consulate’s office. The Consulate looks for the corporate government seal on vital records, and, although you may have heard of the…