2663 Dual citzenship

We have just discovered that my husband's Great Grandfather was born in Italy. His(my husband's) Grandmother was born in the states. We have his information on the census reports about the date of birth in Italy but no city. We do have the birth info on his grandmother. What chance does he have of obtaining a dual citzenship and what are the advantages.
Thank you for all the help you've already given me on these forums.
Jane

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 02/13/2006 - 14:30

[QUOTE=jane2ron]We have just discovered that my husband's Great Grandfather was born in Italy. His(my husband's) Grandmother was born in the states. We have his information on the census reports about the date of birth in Italy but no city. We do have the birth info on his grandmother. What chance does he have of obtaining a dual citzenship and what are the advantages.
Thank you for all the help you've already given me on these forums.
Jane[/QUOTE]

cheaper passports..... but and if i were u i'd look into it, i don't think that
qualifies. grandparents used to,and still may do. but great grandparents,i
sorry to say doesn't.
willing to stand corrected....

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 01:01

You could apply BUT it is more difficult. The rule is:

[b]Your paternal or maternal grandfather was born in the USA, your maternal or paternal GREAT grandfather was an Italian citizen at the time of his/her birth, neither you nor your father/mother nor you grandfather/grandmother ever renounced rights to Italian Citizenship. [/b]

If anyone in the chain requested and obtained American citizenship, they renounced their Italian citizenship.

You can read about dual citizenship on my site [url]www.expatsinitaly.com[/url] as well as do a quick questionaire on My Italian Citizenship [url]http://www.myitaliancitizenship.com/index.jsp?f=qualification.htm[/url]

As for the advantages, the main one, if you are not an EU citizen is that you would have the right to live and work in Italy without having to get a visa and unlike EU citizens you would also not need a permesso di soggiorno.

Hope this helps.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 12:06

My husband says we will have to pay mega bucks for health care. We are moving hopefully full time to Italy beginning next year. I have found lots of info for EU residents but what about for Americans and health care in Italy. Are we eligable for health care even though it is likely we will still be US citizens? Will we need another add on policy? We will be 57 and 58 when we move.
Thanks ever so much.
Jane

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 02/14/2006 - 12:34

You will need to make a yearly payment into the national health service but the cost is very low (less than €500 per year). You may want to do a search on my site as we have articles on this (prices as well as how to get set up)