Robert Melson wrote: || In article <1148176003.548917.244170@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, || amis@kiscica.com writes: || || <snip> || ||| My original question still stands, though, namely: does the above ||| provision apply to the spouse of a newly-recognized Italian citizen ||| by descent -- i.e. can I just, zup, acquire Italian citizenship as ||| soon as my wife gets it, given that we've been married more than ||| three years? And is it a good idea to do so? ||| ||| Amis ||| || || 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. || || On the other hand, if you WANT to give up your US citizenship, || that's an entirely different matter. But if that's the case, be || aware that, as a foreign national, you will need a visa to enter the || country, be limited as to how long you can legally stay, and face a || whole range of inconveniences. Yeah, yeah, I know, the || "undocumented workers" (PC for illegal aliens) are here in huge || numbers, but would _you_ want to be part of an immigration roundup || and be shipped back to Italy with no hope of re-entry into the US? || Something to think about. || || Bob Melson || || || -- || Robert G. Melson | Rio Grande MicroSolutions | El Paso, Texas || ----- || Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to || trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule---and both || commonly succeed, and are right." ---H. L. Mencken Things *have* changed, Bob - acquisition of a foreign citizenship is no longer regarded as "an expatriating act", as it was in the past... paul