Still waiting...

I was told by the Philly consulate that it would take a week or two to translate my documents and prepare them to be sent to Italy. Once sent, I was told that it shouldn't take that long to get a response. In affect, by sending the documents over, my dad was now considered an Italian citizen because the Philly consulate had approved them.

So, two months go by and I haven't heard any word from Philly. I decided to call and check up on my dad's citizenship progress. I spoke with the lady that had handled the application. She was surprised that they hadn't received anything back. She went through the latest batch of responses they received and confirmed that my dad's wasn't there. She told me to check back in Sept because it was the end of July, I could pretty much skip Aug because that is when Europeans take their holiday. She also mentioned to me that I shouldn't have to wait until they received word back from Italy to be able to submit my application and birth certificate. She told me that they could send a document to the Boston consulate informing them that they recognized my dad as an Italian citizen.

I contacted my consulate in Boston to ask if this is something they would accept. I was told that yes, if the Philly consulate would send them verification that my dad was an Italian citizen, then they would go ahead with my application and send it off to the Commune di Manoppello. However, the gentleman that was helping me told me to have Philly send this info quickly because he was going on vaca for all of Aug and that he would submit it if he got the paperwork in time.

I had the Philly consulate send the document to the Boston consulate informing them that they recognized my dad as an Italian citizen. Once Boston received it I also gave them a copy of my birth certificate that they would translate and send over with my application. I also had to register for the draft over there, but was told that this was a formality because military service was no longer required.

So, luckily I was able to get the guy at the Boston consulate to send all this over before he went on vacation. I would have to be patient and just wait for a response....Hopefully in Sept.