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Hi, me and my family are looking to move to Italy as we have ancestry that could probably get us citizenship, and we are trying to get out of America due to probably obvious reasons. I need help answering these questions:

    1. Are there any colleges that have education degrees that are taught in english? I am currently pursuing a degree in Secondary Education to become a high school history teacher at my local college and need to find a college (ideally in Italy) where I could transfer to.
    1. Are there any entry level jobs that are good for english speakers?
    1. What are the most trans friendly cities in Italy?
    1. Best ways to learn Italian? Especially anyone willing to help me learn.
    1. Any advice in general anyone can provide for someone trying to move to Italy.
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

How'd the law change? Last I check the person needed to be a citizen since the creation of Italy as a unified country and had to be a citizen when their child was born. My great-grandfather emmigrated to the US from Sicily and never naturalized as an American citizen, so he died an Italian citizen despite living in the US when my grandfather was born. Getting documentation to find out when he was born though.

Also what service did you use to find out eligibility?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

"My Italian Family" is the name of the service.

The law changed to reflect that when your ancestor naturalized, if his/her child (your relative) was a minor (18 or 21, depending on the date your ancestor naturalized), then the child lost Italian citizenship too.

The reason this matters is that your ancestor who emigrated lost citizenship, period, when naturalized. But if s/he had children before naturalization, then the children might be citizens.

The "might be" used to be "are". It didn't matter if the child was a minor until very recently, on October 3rd.

If you don't want to use the company above to evaluate whether you are eligible, the Dual U.S.-Italian Citizenship group on Facebook is invaluable (I use a shill account there) and their website, dualusitalian.com has all of the details too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My great-grandfather never naturalized, he stayed in America through a green card and visas until his death

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago

That supports your case! Buona fortuna, amico/a!