Back to the Consulate!

I hope this is it. It has been a long, expensive process toward my dual citizenship goal! With the simultaneous arrival of the apostile from Connecticut and the translations from Irvine in Tuesday’s mail delivery, I now hope that I have dotted every “i” and crossed every “t”.

To recap, I needed

• Maternal grandfather’s birth certificate from Italy
• Maternal grandfather’s naturalization paperwork
• Maternal grandfather’s death certificate
• Maternal grandmother’s birth certificate
• Maternal grandmother’s death certificate
• Maternal grandparents’ marriage certificate
• Mother’s birth certificate
• Mother’s 1^st marriage certificate
• Mother’s 1^st marriage divorce decree
• Father’s birth certificate
• Father’s death certificate
• Parents’ marriage certificate
• My birth certificate

Then any document NOT from Italy needed an apostile

• Maternal grandfather’s death certificate
• Maternal grandmother’s birth certificate
• Maternal grandmother’s death certificate
• Maternal grandparents’ marriage certificate
• Mother’s birth certificate
• Mother’s 1^st marriage certificate
• Mother’s 1^st marriage divorce decree
• Father’s birth certificate
• Father’s death certificate
• Parents’ marriage certificate
• My birth certificate

Then any bloodline document NOT from Italy needed a translation

• Maternal grandfather’s death certificate
• Maternal grandparents marriage certificate
• Mother’s birth certificate
• Mother’s 1^st marriage certificate
• Mother’s 1^st marriage divorce decree
• Parents’ marriage certificate
• My birth certificate

The initial research to get my grandfather’s birth certificate was $700. Certified birth, marriage and death certificate copies (10) cost $5-10. Current copy of Divorce decree was $25. Apostiles (11) cost $25 each, translations (7) $50.

Ouch. I hope this turns out to be one of those “priceless” commercials!

My appointment is for April 29^th, at 9:15!

What colors would look good in my villa?