A public directory of the 10 Italian consular offices serving applicants for Italian citizenship by descent (jure sanguinis) from the United States. Each entry links to a detailed reference page with jurisdiction, mailing address, Prenotami booking URL, apostille routing, and current MAECI consular fees.

Full directory index: partenza.co/us/en/italian-consulate/

Each consulate has jurisdiction over a specific group of U.S. states. Applicants must file their dossier at the consulate with jurisdiction over their state of legal residence. The individual directory pages include the jurisdiction table for each office, along with the official MAECI URLs and the current Prenotami booking link.

For reference, this is the typical sequence for a U.S.-born applicant claiming Italian citizenship by descent through a parent, grandparent, or great grandparent:

1. Gather U.S. vital records — birth, marriage, and death certificates for each person in the line of descent.
2. Obtain an apostille on each certificate — issued by the U.S. Secretary of State of the state that produced the record (for state-issued documents) or by the U.S. Department of State (for federal documents).
3. Translate each apostilled certificate into Italian — in the format and terminology used by the Italian consular stato civile network under MAECI.
4. Book a consulate appointment through Prenotami, the official MAECI online booking portal.
5. File the complete dossier at the Italian consulate with jurisdiction over the applicant's state of residence.

• Jure sanguinis (also written jus sanguinis) — "right of blood". The legal principle under which Italian citizenship is transmitted from parent to child regardless of birthplace.
• Italian nationality by descent / Italian citizenship by descent / Italian dual citizenship — common English-language terms for the same claim.
• MAECI — Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sets the rules and document standards used by Italian consulates worldwide.
• Prenotami — the official MAECI online booking portal used by Italian consulates in the U.S. to schedule in-person appointments.
• Apostille — an international authentication certificate issued under the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention, which Italy accepts for U.S. vital records.
• Stato civile — the vital records office inside each Italian consulate, which processes jure sanguinis dossiers.

Does an apostille replace the Italian translation? No. They are two independent steps. The apostille authenticates the U.S. certificate internationally; the Italian translation is what the stato civile office at the consulate actually reads and files. The apostille comes first, issued by the U.S. authority that produced the certificate; the translation is prepared afterwards.

Do Italian consulates in the U.S. require a "certified translation" of U.S. vital records? Italian consulates require translations prepared with the formatting and terminology that matches the Italian stato civile standard. The English-language notion of "certified translation" (sworn translator, court-certified, notarized) does not map cleanly onto what Italian consulates actually accept for U.S. documents.

Can jure sanguinis be claimed through a great grandparent? In general yes, subject to the specific rules governing each generational link (ancestor's naturalization dates, maternal lines before 1948, the 2025 reform limiting transmission after two generations, etc.). The Italian consulate with jurisdiction over the applicant's state is the authoritative source. This directory does not provide legal advice.

This repository is maintained by the team behind Partenza, a small independent operation based in the United States that provides English-to-Italian translation of U.S. vital records for jure sanguinis applications. The consulate directory was compiled while building the Partenza website and is published here as a public reference for anyone working with the same documents.

The full reference is available in four languages: English · Italiano · Español · Português (Brasil).