If I go to Italy and marry an Italian, will I have to give up my US passport?
Answer:
As said, no need for visa for staying up to 90 days; but of course if you marry an Italian citizen, you're not going to have any problem living in Italy even if you want to keep your US citizenship; if you want to became an Italian citizen (including dual citizenship) you have to live for at least six months in Italy after marriage (or three years if you live outside); it's also required you never been convicted for a serious crime (Italian penal code) and you're suppose not be a risk for national security.
Learning Italian is not actually required but if you plan to live in Italy you can understand it's strongly adviced you do :)
why would you do that? bring that bastard overhere and get married here and make him an american.
My understanding is that you can apply for dual citizenship if Italy offers it, thus being both an American and an Italian citizen, and having passports from each. I think many countries are good about the dual citizenship - the US is the only one I can think of off the top of my head that does not allow it (for example if your situation was reversed, you would have to give up yor Italian passpoirt for the US one).
No you will not become an Italian just because you married one.Also I don't think you need a visa to go to Italy. I never needed one.I travel all over Europe and never needed one,only if you go to a communist country.Are you planning on going to mainland China?
You would have no problem getting a visa to visit, work or marry an Italian. He would have no problem getting a visa to visit, work or marry an American. The biggest problem, for either of you, would be having to listen to objections from family and friends and complete strangers on MyTend.com .
Don't Listen to your sister....Contact the Italian Consulate here in NYC and they will walk you through the process of getting married.
http://www.italconsulnyc.org/index.htm...
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you can apply for a work visa through the Italian consulate but you will still be considered a us citizen. once the visa expires you will either have to apply again (and may not be granted another) or decide if you want to be an Italian citizen. you can keep dual citizenship though (which is HIGHLY recommended since it is pretty beneficial to be a us citizen).
No,you are allowed to hold 2 passports as well as have dual citizenship.
I sincerely hope this Italian gentleman that you are planning to marry is someone you have met in person and not on the Internet. You could be in big trouble if you just fly off to Italy to marry a guy you met on the Internet.
You will not have to give up your citizenship, you can get a dual one. No need Visa too, but you may be better to consult their consulate or ambassy here in the US to announce your intentions, they will give you all the details and the work around...
As for living there, it should not cause too much trouble. I guess you are speaking Italian too, so it will help, as outside Roma, english is almost non-existant!!
no you dont need to give up your original citizenship and since you are american its easy for you to obtain visa for italy.
As a US citizen you should not have to amny problems. You can legally travel to italy for up to 3 month without a visa. Just get married during that time. After that you will have to apply for residency, like the US Green Card. You won't automatically become a citizen just a legal resident with work permit. The process is similar to the US Green card process, lots of paperwork, interview to determine your 'moral character' but nothing really difficult. After that you can stay in Italy and work indefinetely. After a certain nummber of years (I think 5 in italy) you can apply for citizenship. Italy specifically allows dual citizenship, so you will not have problems from them. Also, even though a lot of people state the opposite, you do not really loose you US citizenship when you naturalize in another country beause citizenship oaths are historical and have little legal power. The US requires very specific acts for you to relinquish your citizenship, and routine verbal oaths delivered in a foreign country are rarely considered valid. See: The Marc Rich case (Action and Deltamar v. Rich, 951 F.2d 504 (2nd Cir. 1991)). Rich assumed an oath in Spain would remove his US citizenship. The Spanish naturalization oath he took included an explicit renunciation of US citizenship.The court judged that he was still a US citizen.
The official US State Department's position is:
'The Department has a uniform administrative standard of evidence based on the premise that U.S. citizens intend to retain United States citizenship when they obtain naturalization in a foreign state, subscribe to routine declarations of allegiance to a foreign state, or accept non-policy level employment with a foreign government.' This means unless you specifically show that you want to loose your US citizenship, you will keep it even if you naturalize to another country.
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