Non-Australian Citizens

For the submission of documents issued by foreign, non-Australian authorities, the applicant must VERIFY WITH THE COMPETENT ITALIAN EMBASSY/CONSULATE THE FORMAL AND SUBSTANTIAL CORRECTNESS.

APPLICANT

• Appointment confirmation printout;
• Application form, to be signed in the presence of the Consular Officer on the day of the appointment;
• Applicant’s passport;
• Proof of residence within this consular district (e.g., utility bills, Australian driver’s license);
• Original birth certificate, with apostille and Italian translation;
• Original marriage certificate, with apostille and Italian translation;
• Where applicable, original divorce decree, with apostille and Italian translation.

ANCESTOR

OPTION 1: Italian parent (including adoptive parent)

1. Photocopy of the birth certificate issued by the Italian municipality;
2. Photocopy of the marriage certificate if the marriage took place/was registered in Italy, or original marriage certificate, with apostille and Italian translation, if the marriage was contracted in Australia;
3. Where applicable, original divorce decree, with apostille and Italian translation;
4. Certificate of non-naturalization in Australia, issued by the competent authorities, or photocopy of the Australian visa, or Australian citizenship certificate, demonstrating that the parent did not acquire Australian citizenship prior to the birth of the direct descendant.

Italian certificates must be requested from the Municipality and delivered to this Office in photocopy.
Australian certificates must be requested at the Registry of Births, Death & Marriages/ Family Court and must be delivered to this Office in original, apostilled e translated to Italian

OPTION 2: Italian parent (including adoptive parent) also holding another citizenship, who resided in Italy for 2 consecutive years prior to the applicant’s birth:

• 1. Original birth certificate, with apostille and Italian translation;
  2. Original marriage certificate, with apostille and Italian translation;
  3. Where applicable, original divorce decree, with apostille and Italian translation;
  4. Photocopy of the historical residence certificate issued by the Italian municipality.

   

Italian certificates must be requested from the Municipality and delivered to this Office in photocopy.
Australian certificates must be requested at the Registry of Births, Death & Marriages/ Family Court and must be delivered to this Office in original, apostilled e translated to Italian

OPTION 3: Italian grandparent (including adoptive grandparent)

1. Photocopy of the birth certificate issued by the Italian municipality;
2. Photocopy of the marriage certificate if the marriage took place/was registered in Italy, or original marriage certificate, with apostille and Italian translation, if the marriage was contracted in Australia;
3. Where applicable, original divorce decree, with apostille and Italian translation;
4. Certificate of non-naturalization in Australia, issued by the competent authorities, or photocopy of the Australian visa, or Australian citizenship certificate, demonstrating that the grandparent did not acquire Australian citizenship prior to the applicant’s birth.

Italian certificates must be requested from the Municipality and delivered to this Office in photocopy.

Translations must be carried out from the original language directly into Italian, translations into intermediate languages are not allowed.

This Consulate can only certify translations made from English (the original language of issuance of the documents) into Italian. In the case of original languages other than English, the applicant must arrange for the translations to be certified/legalised by the competent authorities in the country that issued the original document.

All original documents will not be returned, but retained by the consulate for record-keeping.