Dear friends, since the beginning of the year, we have been working on a new version of our website, which will be online by the end of May. Our new We the Italians will be more innovative, faster, and more rational. There will be several new features, but the biggest change concerns the areas into which we have divided the United States from the v...

On March 28, 2025, an emergency decree (decreto-legge) was approved by the Italian Council of Ministers, which outlines new eligibility rules concerning the recognition of Italian citizenship by descent. The much-discussed changes have led to countless questions and concerns, leaving many with Italian ancestry wondering if they have a path forward...

Dear friends, it has been a very, very busy but exciting June for all of us here at We the Italians. We started it in New York's Little Italy with the opening party of the magnificent Red Sauce Studio, the latest genius brainchild of John Viola and the group that makes the Italian American Podcast with him, including my friends Rossella Rago and Pa...

June 17, 2024 Camera dei Deputati, Roma, Italy https://bit.ly/4ey9tIH

Dear friends, Next June 4 will be a very important date. Exactly 80 years earlier, on June 4, 1944, troops of the American Fifth Army entered Rome, liberating it from Nazi oppression and war. The people of Rome took to the streets, finally free and happy, to celebrate, hug and thank the American soldiers. These are scenes of happiness that all us R...

Since its foundation in 2013, Italian Citizenship Assistance (ICA) has helped hundreds of citizens with Italian descent around the word to obtain an Italian passport thanks to Attorney Marco Permunian and his team of professional genealogists, translators, attorneys and dual citizenship experts both in Italy and in the United States.   ICA has grow...

Ciao from Rome in this strange August during coronavirus times to all the friends of We the Italians. Dear friends... once again: how are you? Are you taking care of yourselves and your families? Are you safe, and healthy? I hope you all are ok. We at We the Italians are fine, working and enjoying the Italian summer and the beautiful places our gor...

Growing up in Chicago, Juliana Calistri was surrounded by all things Italian: music, food and language. Ms. Calistri’s grandparents were raised in Bagni di Lucca, Italy, and though her father was born in Chicago, he spoke Italian before he spoke English. “If you ask me to bake, I’m going to make biscotti and lemon knots, not chocolate chip and oatm...

For those of you who may be familiar with the Italian Citizenship Assistance (ICA) articles on the subject of Italian citizenship, you may also be familiar with the Italian Citizenship Podcast where we discuss the ins and outs of Italian citizenship; how to apply and so on.  Recently, we at ICA, have been receiving a number of inquiries from our cl...

Ciao from Rome to all the friends of We the Italians, and Happy Easter! We are particularly pleased and proud to announce the first partnership that kicks off a new season for We the Italians. We know that the problem of dual citizenship is very important for several members of the Italian American community, and that is why we are pleased to be ab...