Registering our Marriage at Italian Consulate

To register our marriage at the Italian Consulate, I was required to bring a certified copy of our marriage certificate. A few weeks after our wedding, I went to Boston City Hall and for a small fee, was able to get the document. Normally, vital statistics documents are located at a separate location. However, since our wedding was so recent, the certificate was still at City Hall where we had originally applied for it.

Once I had the marriage certificate, I went to the Consolato Generale d'Italia a Boston one morning before work. Luckily, the Consulate is located across the street from the building that I work in which makes it very easy. When I arrived at the Consulate, I met with the same gentleman that worked on my Italian citizenship application a few years ago. He pulled up my records on his computer and then entered in the details of the marriage certificate, in Italian. Once entered, he printed a copy for me to review and correct any mistakes.

After he entered in my new information he said that they would send my marriage certificate to the Comune di Manoppello where the rest of my documents are recorded. I was told that I would not be notified that the changed had been made in Manoppello and that if I wanted to confirm I would have to make a request in a couple of months.

Overall, the process was very simple. Now that our marriage is registered, my wife is eligible for all the same benefits that I am as an Italian citizen, except she is unable to vote. If she chooses, she can apply for Italian citizenship after three years of marriage if we are living outside of Italy, or after six months of living in Italy.