Hi, We are looking to buy a property in Italy using our Self Managed Super Fund. An SMSF is unique to Australia I believe but it is your retirement funds that we have put into our account managed account.
Do you have a preferred region? I hear Luca is great. I absolutely love montepulciano and bologna is great for schooling so there's lots of towns around there.
Hi, ok that helps heaps. so the process in Australia won’t be much different is the uk as it’s the Italian way...step 1 - you will need the following documents.original birth certificate - they will keep it so you need to get a new one from births,deaths, marriages. You will then need to have this apostle. Once you have done this, there are a list of approved translators on the Italian embassy website - pick one and have your birth certificate translated into Italian. The Italian version does not need an apostle if you are married you will need to do the same thing with your marriage certificate and you may need your partner there during the process as Italian law states permission is needed from both parties for citizenship and passport etci think you mentioned that your parents were born in Italy? If so, take their birth certificates with you and their marriage certificate. If you don’t have these then you will need to order them from Rome. You are applying for an acestor citizenship so you need to prove their citizenship first. If they were not born there, then let me know and I will tell you the steps you need to take for this. step 2. You need to book a first visit appointment for ancestry citenzship on the website, I think the uk might be ahead of us so there may be an online portal now that you can upload all your documents to. I am in the middle of transferring my brothers aire to the uk so it is a little different there. The embassy will go through your parents documents to prove your entitlement and then yours to ensure you have everything you need to be processed. There is generally a fee of around 350 Australian dollars to be paid on approval. Once you are approved, the embassy sends your birth certifate to the town which your family comes from to be kept on file and then you will fill out the aire form which just tells them where you are living abroad. After your citizenship is approved you can then apply for your passport. If you have kids then you will need to do all of the same documents above for them but they are free if under 18 years old and automatically will have their citizenship. it can take up to 3 months to get an appointment here in Australia so first step is to jump on your local Italian embassy website and make a profile. Usually the information on the appointment process is clear but they don’t really tell you all the documents you need etc so this gives you a step ahead. Any my questions let me know.laura
Hi,I have been researching my family history for the last couple of years. The advice I can give you is that most of the records will be held in the towns comune until about 1838 ish, before this time they are in the church. Go to the local comune and ask if you can search the records for your family history. I have done two trips so far, take a digital camera and search the birth records first. There are indexes in the back to search the surbame. Take photos of every record that relates to the name your looking for and review them later. It is very hard to get records when your not in Italy unless you already have all the details so use your time wisely and just photograph everything that could relate. Move on to any census records, these are incredibly useful, they will tell you lots of information about kids or parents not born in that town but one nearby etc. The next step is to visit the cemeteries nearby and walk them looking for plaques under the surname, again take photos and look at them later, this will tell you if there are other towns that the family may have come from. There is a great template online on translating birth records, they are really easy once you know how to read them and you don’t need to know Italian, the key words will give you what you need. I have used Legacy to enter all my information and then imported that into Myheritage. I have gone from just know my great grandthers name to 171 members in my family. more than happy to share some more tips and online resources but the best way is the town he is from first to get his birth record, this will tell you the town his father is from which will tell you if you need to stay in that town or move to a different one. feel free to ask any questions if you have any. laura
Thank you for the advice. There seems to be a power line that runs straight past the property but im still concerned about water and sewerage and the costs of these! There's so much to think about!!
Hi, before you think of the birth certificate. Do you have your italian citizenship? You need this before a passport. If you are not an Italian citizen then I can tell you all the steps you will need to complete.
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Do you have a preferred region? I hear Luca is great. I absolutely love montepulciano and bologna is great for schooling so there's lots of towns around there.
Hi, ok that helps heaps. so the process in Australia won’t be much different is the uk as it’s the Italian way...step 1 - you will need the following documents.original birth certificate - they will keep it so you need to get a new one from births,deaths, marriages. You will then need to have this apostle. Once you have done this, there are a list of approved translators on the Italian embassy website - pick one and have your birth certificate translated into Italian. The Italian version does not need an apostle if you are married you will need to do the same thing with your marriage certificate and you may need your partner there during the process as Italian law states permission is needed from both parties for citizenship and passport etci think you mentioned that your parents were born in Italy? If so, take their birth certificates with you and their marriage certificate. If you don’t have these then you will need to order them from Rome. You are applying for an acestor citizenship so you need to prove their citizenship first. If they were not born there, then let me know and I will tell you the steps you need to take for this. step 2. You need to book a first visit appointment for ancestry citenzship on the website, I think the uk might be ahead of us so there may be an online portal now that you can upload all your documents to. I am in the middle of transferring my brothers aire to the uk so it is a little different there. The embassy will go through your parents documents to prove your entitlement and then yours to ensure you have everything you need to be processed. There is generally a fee of around 350 Australian dollars to be paid on approval. Once you are approved, the embassy sends your birth certifate to the town which your family comes from to be kept on file and then you will fill out the aire form which just tells them where you are living abroad. After your citizenship is approved you can then apply for your passport. If you have kids then you will need to do all of the same documents above for them but they are free if under 18 years old and automatically will have their citizenship. it can take up to 3 months to get an appointment here in Australia so first step is to jump on your local Italian embassy website and make a profile. Usually the information on the appointment process is clear but they don’t really tell you all the documents you need etc so this gives you a step ahead. Any my questions let me know.laura
Hi,I have been researching my family history for the last couple of years. The advice I can give you is that most of the records will be held in the towns comune until about 1838 ish, before this time they are in the church. Go to the local comune and ask if you can search the records for your family history. I have done two trips so far, take a digital camera and search the birth records first. There are indexes in the back to search the surbame. Take photos of every record that relates to the name your looking for and review them later. It is very hard to get records when your not in Italy unless you already have all the details so use your time wisely and just photograph everything that could relate. Move on to any census records, these are incredibly useful, they will tell you lots of information about kids or parents not born in that town but one nearby etc. The next step is to visit the cemeteries nearby and walk them looking for plaques under the surname, again take photos and look at them later, this will tell you if there are other towns that the family may have come from. There is a great template online on translating birth records, they are really easy once you know how to read them and you don’t need to know Italian, the key words will give you what you need. I have used Legacy to enter all my information and then imported that into Myheritage. I have gone from just know my great grandthers name to 171 members in my family. more than happy to share some more tips and online resources but the best way is the town he is from first to get his birth record, this will tell you the town his father is from which will tell you if you need to stay in that town or move to a different one. feel free to ask any questions if you have any. laura
Thank you for the advice. There seems to be a power line that runs straight past the property but im still concerned about water and sewerage and the costs of these! There's so much to think about!!
Hi, before you think of the birth certificate. Do you have your italian citizenship? You need this before a passport. If you are not an Italian citizen then I can tell you all the steps you will need to complete.