Sept 04 comes and goes....

I followed up at the end of Sept 04 with the Consolato d'Italia - Filadelfia (Italian Consulate of Philadelphia). They still hadn't heard back from Manoppello and told me to check back again in November.

I checked back in November and again in December, both with the same responses that nothing had come back. Now, because of the Christmas holiday and New Years, I was told that it would be best to wait until after the new year to check back.

At this point I was definitely getting frustrated because I really wanted to get my Italian passport. Unfortunately all I could was wait until after the holidays and check back again in Jan 05.