> I think the better question, at least from the outside, is what you think you'll > gain by acquiring Italian citizenship. I have no doubt US law has changed > since I retired from the Consular Service, but actively seeking and accepting > citizenship in a foreign country was one of the sure-fire ways to lose your > American citizenship - and may well still be. I'd strongly suggest you check > with the Bureau of Consular Affairs, US Department of State, Washington, DC, > before you take ANY active measures toward Italian or other nationality - it > might just come back and bite you on the butt. > Currently, actively seeking and acquiring a citizenship in a foreign country will only cause loss of US citizenship if done voluntarily and with the intention of giving up US citizenship. If there is no intention to give up US citizenship then citizenship is not lost. The State Deaprtment has a uniform administrative standard of evidence based on the premise that US citizens intend to keep their US 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.