On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:41:15 +0100, "FaqMan" <none> wrote: ><amis@kiscica.com> wrote in message >news:1148110405.041184.251080@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >> Hi all, >> >You would not be able to acquire citizenship in an EU state without first >meeting the residence requirements. > Except, of course, for those which have no residence requirements. -- Don Aitken Mail to the From: address is not read. To email me, substitute "clara.co.uk" for "freeuk.com"

Don Aitken wrote: || On Sat, 20 May 2006 21:41:15 +0100, "FaqMan" <none> wrote: || ||| <amis@kiscica.com> wrote in message ||| news:1148110405.041184.251080@y43g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... |||| Hi all, |||| ||| You would not be able to acquire citizenship in an EU state without ||| first meeting the residence requirements. ||| || Except, of course, for those which have no residence requirements. And the website of the Italian Consulate in New York has the following - as OP (if not FaqMan) is doubtless already aware: "APPLICATION FOR ACQUISITION OF ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP BY MARRIAGE TO AN ITALIAN CITIZEN (Art. 5, L. n. 91/1992) The foreign spouse of an Italian citizen may apply for Italian citizenship after 6 months of marriage if they reside in Italy and after 3 years of marriage if they reside abroad. By law, after the application is submitted, the Ministry of Interiors has 2 years of time to issue a decree either granting citizenship or denying it....." http://www.italconsulnyc.org/Cittadinanza_inglese.htm paul