Document services · Handled in Milan

The paperwork behind your Italian passport, handled end to end.

Italian citizenship runs on documents: certificates from Italian town halls, apostilles, sworn translations, records from every country your family has touched. Our team in Milan walks into the offices, files the requests, and ships the finished, filing-ready documents to your door.

  • In person at every Italian town hall
  • Apostille & sworn translation included
  • Shipped worldwide by courier
  • One managed process, one contact

You send the list. We bring back the file.

No navigating an Italian bureaucracy from across the ocean. Three steps, one team on the ground, and a clear quotation before any work begins.

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Tell us what your case needs
Send us the records your consulate, court, or town hall is asking for. Not sure which ones? We map the full document list to your specific path.
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We obtain, authenticate, and translate
Our team in Milan files in person at the competent offices, arranges the apostille or legalization, and produces the sworn translation into Italian.
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Filing-ready documents, at your door
You receive the finished originals by courier, anywhere in the world, ready to submit. One managed process, from request to filing-ready file.

Italian certificates, obtained at the source

Most Italian citizenship cases stand or fall on records held by a comune, an Italian town hall. These records live only in the town where the event happened, and the office usually wants someone there in person. That is exactly what we do: a member of our team, carrying your signed authorization, files the request and collects the original.

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Birth certificates

The certificato di nascita confirms name, date, and place of birth. For most family-line cases, this is the single most important document you will need.

  • We locate the competent town hall, even from a town name in family stories
  • We file the request in person with your signed authorization
  • We obtain the original paper certificate, the only version that can be apostilled
  • We arrange the apostille and, where needed, a sworn translation
  • We ship the finished document to you by courier

Marriage certificates

The certificato di matrimonio links one generation to the next, so consulates and courts read it closely.

  • We identify the town where the marriage was recorded and request it there
  • We obtain the original in person, with no waiting in line on your part
  • We can request the fuller extract version when your case calls for it
  • We arrange apostille, legalization, and sworn translation as needed
  • We ship worldwide by courier

Death certificates

The certificato di morte closes out a generation in the family line, and like the birth record it never expires.

  • We request it from the town hall where the death was registered
  • We obtain the original document in person, with your authorization
  • We arrange apostille or legalization for use abroad
  • We add a sworn translation when your application requires one
  • We ship the document to you by courier

Residence certificates

The certificato di residenza confirms where a person lived. Cases involving relatives who stayed in Italy, or Italians registered abroad through AIRE, often turn on it.

  • Residence certificates from any town hall in Italy
  • AIRE residence certificates for Italians registered abroad
  • Related records such as stato di famiglia and citizenship certificates
  • Apostille, legalization, and sworn translation for use abroad
  • Worldwide courier shipping

Extracts and full copies

Italy issues records in three levels of detail, and picking the right one decides cases. We know which format your application needs and obtain it.

  • Extracts of birth, including the version showing paternity and maternity
  • Extracts of marriage and extracts of death
  • Multilingual international extracts under the Vienna Convention, accepted with no legalization
  • Full certified copies from the civil status registers
  • Apostille, sworn translation, and courier for every document

Certificates for applications

Citizenship by marriage or by residency also needs records from outside Italy, each one apostilled and sworn-translated. We manage the entire chain.

  • Birth certificates from your country of origin, obtained at the source
  • FBI and state criminal record certificates, with fingerprint support for US applicants
  • Apostille or consular legalization in the issuing country
  • Sworn translation into Italian, so the package is ready to file
  • One managed process that cuts delays, formal errors, and rejection risk
Certificate, extract, or full copy? It matters.
A certificato states the basic fact. An estratto adds the margin annotations, such as later marriages, name corrections, or citizenship notes, and those annotations often decide a case. A copia integrale is a certified copy of the original register entry itself. There is also a multilingual international extract, accepted across many countries with no legalization at all. We pick the format your consulate, court, or town hall will actually accept.

Apostille and legalization, accepted the first time

A document issued in one country has no automatic legal force in another. For Hague Convention countries, including the United States and Italy, the apostille validates it in a single step. For countries outside the Convention, the longer route of consular legalization applies. We handle both, working directly with the Italian Prefectures and the offices of the Public Prosecutor, and we prepare each document so it is accepted the first time.

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  • Apostilles on Italian public documents for Hague Convention countries
  • Consular legalization for countries outside the Convention
  • Direct filing with Italian Prefectures and Public Prosecutor offices, as your intermediary
  • Review of every document before filing, so nothing bounces for a formal defect
  • Personal records: birth, marriage, death, extracts, civil and family status
  • Criminal record and pending-proceedings certificates
  • Educational documents: degrees, diplomas, and transcripts
  • Sworn translation arranged as part of the same job
  • Worldwide courier of the finished, authenticated documents

Sworn and certified translations into Italian

Every foreign-language document in an Italian citizenship file must be translated into Italian, and for official use the translation itself must carry legal weight. A sworn translation, traduzione giurata, is sworn by the translator before an Italian court, which gives it full legal validity. We tell you which one your document needs, then produce it with professional translators on the court's official roster.

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  • Sworn translations of birth, marriage, and death certificates
  • Sworn translations of criminal records, including FBI and state records
  • Sworn translations of court documents and notarized powers of attorney
  • Sworn translations of degrees, diplomas, and transcripts
  • Certified translations where the receiving authority accepts them
  • Clear guidance, before any work starts, on sworn versus certified
  • Court swearing coordinated with the apostille step, delivered filing-ready

Support across every path to citizenship

Whatever your route to Italian citizenship, the document work is where cases are won. For citizenship by descent, iure sanguinis, we trace and collect the Italian records that prove your family line, town by town. For citizenship by marriage and by residency, we assemble the full package, each record apostilled at the source and sworn-translated. Our team in Milan also handles the administrative steps on the ground, so your file moves instead of sitting in a drawer.

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  • Document collection for descent: birth, marriage, and death records across generations
  • Complete document packages for citizenship by marriage and by residency
  • Foreign certificates obtained at the source, with apostille and sworn translation
  • Review of every document against the receiving authority's requirements before filing
  • Support with the administrative steps at the competent offices in Italy

Need certificates, apostilles, or translations?

Tell us what your case requires and we will send a clear quotation. No prices guessed on the spot, no surprises, just the paperwork side of your citizenship handled by a team on the ground in Italy.

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