For Americans claiming Italian citizenship by descent, with the office that handles your application: send your birth, marriage, death and naturalization records, and get Italian translations formatted for the application and apostilles coordinated with each issuing state.
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Line from a great-grandfather born in Calabria: 9 US records from New York, New Jersey and Florida. Checklist shows a missing marriage record — ordered. All 9 apostilled by their states, translated into Italian and delivered as one file for the appointment.
Choose your packageAmericans with an Italian ancestor can apply for recognition of Italian citizenship by descent with the office that handles their case, for example a consulate. Since the 2025 reform the conditions are narrower, and the file must be in order from the start. Every US record in the line needs an apostille and a translation into Italian; birth, marriage and death records are apostilled by the state that issued them.
Many applicants collect records from several states and then look for translators and apostille services separately, often paying per page and per document to different providers, with no clear view of what is still missing. Italian File Prep handles both steps for your whole line and shows the status of each document.
You start with the checklist. You describe your line — from the Italian ancestor down to you — and the service lists the records needed for each generation and the state that issues each one. Records you already have are marked; missing ones are highlighted, with guidance on where to order them.
Once you send the records, apostilles are coordinated with the secretary of state of each issuing state. Each state has its own requirements for the copy, the request form and the fee; the service prepares the requests and tracks each one until the apostille comes back.
Each record is then translated into Italian and formatted for the application, keeping names, dates and places consistent across all documents. Differences in spelling of names between records — common in older documents — are noted so you can address them before the appointment.
You follow each document's status in one place: received, sent for apostille, apostilled, translated, ready. When the file is complete, you receive the translations and apostilled records together, organized in the order of your line.
If the office that handles your application asks for something different — another format, a sworn translation in Italy, an extra document — you can add it to the order.
The service is for applicants and their families in the United States. It does not decide eligibility and does not file the application for you.
A typical file takes a few weeks, mostly waiting for states to return apostilles. You see each document move through the steps, and you get a message when something needs your attention: a record that a state refuses to apostille because it is an informational copy, or a name that is spelled differently on two records. When the last apostille arrives, the translations are finished within days.
We are not a government body, consulate or comune and do not give legal advice on eligibility. Requirements are set by the Italian authorities and by each US state.
US birth, marriage, death, divorce and naturalization records in your line.
Yes, we coordinate the apostille with each issuing state's secretary of state.
No. Eligibility is decided by the Italian authorities; for complex lines, ask a lawyer.
Tell us where you apply so the format matches.
Not yet. The service is in preparation, and we are checking whether applicants need it.