Ancestry PassportCitizenship by descent

Official forms directory

Official forms, linked to the exact download

Each button opens the form itself, not a ministry home page. Under it you’ll find what the form is for, how to fill it in, who has to sign it, the fee and where to send it.

Italy

Italy has no single national form. You book on Prenot@mi, and then each consulate asks for its own Forms 1 to 4 and its own checklist. Use the version from the consulate that covers the state where you legally reside.

Prenot@mi

Citizenship appointment booking

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Booking portal · Italian / English

Open Prenot@mi

prenotami.esteri.it/

Fee: €600 per adult applicant, paid in US dollars ($691 until December 31, 2026). Non-refundable.

  1. Create an account with the email you will use for the whole case. Choose your consulate, then the service “Cittadinanza per discendenza”.
  2. The date you are given is your filing date. At most US consulates you mail the application on that date rather than attending in person. Read your consulate’s page below.
  3. Each consulate publishes its own forms (usually Forms 1 to 4). Use your consulate’s version, not one from another consulate.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Forms by Italian consulate in the US

ConsulateForms and checklistsHow you submit
BostonIn person on the appointment day. Forms 1, 2 and 4 are signed before the consular officer; a living ancestor signs Form 3 there or before a notary.
ChicagoCO, IL, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI, WYBy mail only since July 1, 2026. The package must arrive between the 1st and the 20th of your appointment month.
DetroitIN, KY, MI, OH, TNIn person at the appointment, with a money order or cashier’s check for $691 (until December 31, 2026).
HoustonIn person; Forms 1, 2 and 4 are signed at the consulate. New Prenot@mi slots open on Tuesdays at 5 pm local time.
Los AngelesAZ, Southern CA, NV, NMMail the full application on the appointment day. Do not go to the consulate.
MiamiFL, GA, SC, AL, MS, PR, USVI and parts of the CaribbeanForms are signed before a notary and apostilled. Pay by money order (not from Bank of America). Instructions arrive about a month before the appointment.
New YorkMail by certified mail on the appointment date (not before). Write the appointment date and Prenot@mi request code on the envelope. Forms are notarized and apostilled, dated within six months.
PhiladelphiaOpen the page that matches your case (parent or grandparent) for the documents and forms that apply to you.
San FranciscoMail the application; the envelope must show the appointment date and the Prenot@mi booking code.
Washington, DC (Embassy)Follow the embassy’s “How to submit” page for the current method.

Ireland

Foreign Births Registration starts online and ends on paper: you fill in and pay online, then post the printed form with your original documents.

FBR

Foreign Births Register application

Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) · Online form · English

Begin the online FBR application Official instructions

fbr.dfa.ie/

Fee: €278 for adults (€270 + €8 postage), €153 under 18. Paid online at the end of the form.

  1. Gather every certificate first. The online form cannot be saved and resumed, so plan to finish it in one sitting.
  2. Complete the form at fbr.dfa.ie, pay online, then print the completed application form it generates.
  3. Have a witness complete the witness section: they sign and stamp the form, sign the back of two of your four passport photos, and certify a photocopy of your photo ID.
  4. Post the printed form, original civil certificates, four photos, two original proofs of address, certified ID copies and the printed checklist to the address shown on the form. Use recorded (tracked) mail.
  • The witness must know you personally, must not be a relative, and must be currently practising in an accepted profession (police officer, teacher or school principal, member of the clergy, doctor, nurse, pharmacist, dentist, lawyer, notary, bank manager, accountant, elected representative, vet or chartered engineer, among others). If they have no official stamp, include their business card.
  • Irish documents must be civil (state) records. A baptismal certificate is accepted only for an Irish-born grandparent born before 1864.
  • Processing currently takes more than six months. Your originals are returned with the decision.

Link checked October 22, 2026

FBR cert

Replacement Foreign Births Registration certificate

Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland) · Online form · English

Request a replacement certificate Official instructions

fbrcertreplacements.dfa.ie/eseries/uiid752925311/fbr302.xsp

  1. Use this only if your parent was already registered and you need a copy of their FBR certificate (for example, to register yourself through them).
  2. Complete and pay online, then post the printed form and supporting documents to PO Box 13003, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, Ireland.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Germany

All German citizenship forms come from the Federal Office of Administration (BVA) and must be completed in German. Pick the package that matches your route.

Antrag F / FK / Anlage V

Application to confirm German citizenship (Feststellung)

Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA), Cologne · PDF portfolio · German only

Download the Feststellung package (PDF, 3.5 MB) Official instructions

www.bva.bund.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Feststellung/Paket_erw_kind.pdf

Fee: €51 per person. The fee demand is sent with the certificate, not paid up front.

  1. The download is a PDF portfolio: open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader on a computer to see the separate files inside (Antrag F, Antrag FK, Anlage V, Merkblatt, Vollmacht). Browser PDF viewers often show only a cover page.
  2. Fill in Antrag F if you are 16 or older, or Antrag FK for a child under 16.
  3. Add one Anlage V for each German ancestor in your line, one per generation, back to the ancestor who was German.
  4. Fill everything in German, sign by hand, and attach officially or notarially certified copies of your documents, never originals you need back.
  5. Mail the complete set to Bundesverwaltungsamt, Barbarastr. 1, 50735 Köln, Germany, or hand it in at your German embassy or consulate. The BVA does not accept applications by email or fax.
  • German missions in the US also ask for a short citizenship questionnaire (Fragebogen) when you hand in through them.
  • Questions in German or English: [email protected].

Link checked October 22, 2026

Fragebogen

Citizenship questionnaire for German missions in the US

German Embassy and consulates in the US · PDF · German / English

Download the questionnaire (PDF) Official instructions

www.germany.info/resource/blob/1216690/1d8a5c0288b1cf4118e90eb6f6fdc92b/fragebogen-zur-staatsangehoerigkeit-data.pdf

  1. Fill it in before you contact or visit a German mission in the US. It lets the consulate check quickly whether a Feststellung application makes sense for your line.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Erklärung EER

Declaration for children of German mothers (§ 5 StAG)

Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) · PDF portfolio · German only

Open the § 5 declaration download page

www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Einbuergerung/EER/02-Vordrucke_EER/02_04_EER_Paket/02_04_EER_Paket_node.html

Fee: Free of charge.

  1. For people born after the Basic Law took effect (May 23, 1949) who were excluded because citizenship passed only through the father or because their mother married a foreigner. The deadline is August 19, 2031.
  2. Download the package, complete the declaration and the Anlage EER in German, and send it with certified copies the same way as a Feststellung application.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Antrag A / AK

Restoration for descendants of people persecuted by the Nazi regime (Art. 116 II GG)

Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) · PDF portfolio · German only

Open the Article 116 download page

www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Einbuergerung/Anspruch/02-Vordrucke_E_A/02_04_E_A_Paket/02_04_EA_Paket_node.html

Fee: Free of charge.

  1. Use this route if your ancestor was deprived of German citizenship between January 30, 1933 and May 8, 1945 on political, racial or religious grounds.
  2. If your ancestor lost or could not acquire citizenship for related reasons but was not formally deprived of it, use the § 15 StAG package instead.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Antrag E15 / E15K

Naturalization as restitution (§ 15 StAG)

Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) · PDF portfolio · German only

Open the § 15 download page

www.bva.bund.de/DE/Services/Buerger/Ausweis-Dokumente-Recht/Staatsangehoerigkeit/Einbuergerung/EB15/02-Vordrucke_E15/02_04_Erm15_Paket/02_04_Erm15_Paket_node.html

Fee: Free of charge.

  1. Download the package, complete it in German and send it to the BVA with certified copies.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Poland

Wniosek

Application to confirm possession of Polish citizenship

Consulates of the Republic of Poland in the US (decided by a voivode in Poland) · PDF · Polish only

Download the application form (PDF) Official instructions

www.gov.pl/attachment/15ab35a9-f9b3-4e54-ba40-e985595ee542

Fee: $118 (consular fee item 2.03). By mail, pay by money order or cashier’s check only.

  1. Fill in the form in Polish, including the sections on your parents and grandparents back to the Polish ancestor.
  2. Attach copies certified by a Polish consul, or by a US notary with an apostille. Documents in English need a translation by a Polish sworn translator or by the consul.
  3. Submit it in person at your consulate (book on e-konsulat.gov.pl) or by mail. The consul forwards it to the voivode, who decides.
  4. If refused, you can appeal to the Minister of the Interior and Administration within 14 days.
  • Plan for the next steps: transcription of your US birth certificate into the Polish civil registry ($71, item 7.06) and a passport ($165).

Link checked October 22, 2026

e-Konsulat

Consular appointment booking

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland · Booking portal · Polish / English

Book a consular appointment Official instructions

www.e-konsulat.gov.pl/

  1. Choose the country (USA), then the consulate that covers your state, then the service.

Link checked October 22, 2026

Canada

IRCC account

Online citizenship certificate application

IRCC · Online form · English / French

Sign in or create an IRCC account Official instructions

www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html

  1. Upload scans of your documents and a digital photo that meets the citizenship photo specifications.
  2. Pay the CAD $75 fee within the account. Submit within 60 days of starting.

Link checked October 22, 2026

CIT 0001

Application for a citizenship certificate (proof of citizenship)

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) · PDF · English / French

Download CIT 0001 (PDF, August 2026 edition) Official instructions

www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/documents/pdf/english/kits/forms/cit0001/01-08-2026/cit0001e.pdf

Fee: CAD $75 per person, paid online before you submit.

  1. Most people should apply online instead: sign in to an IRCC account and choose the citizenship certificate application. You have 60 days to submit once you start.
  2. Apply on paper only if the online application does not fit your case, for example if you were born before February 15, 1977 or are applying for four or more children.
  3. For paper: save the PDF to a computer and open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader 10 or later. It will not open properly in a browser, on a phone or on a tablet.
  4. Fill in the form, print it and sign it by hand. Follow the document checklist (CIT 0014) and the citizenship photo specifications.
  5. Pay the fee online, print the receipt, and mail everything to Case Processing Centre – Sydney – Proofs, P.O. Box 10000, Sydney, NS B1P 7C1, Canada. By courier: IRCC Digitization Centre – Proofs, 3050 Wilson Ave, New Waterford, NS B1H 5V8, Canada.

Link checked October 22, 2026

CIT 0014

Document checklist for proof of citizenship

IRCC · PDF · English / French

Open the CIT 0014 checklist

www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/cit0014.html

  1. Print it, tick each document you include, and put it on top of your paper application.

Link checked October 22, 2026

US records you’ll need for any country

Most applications need proof of when, or whether, your immigrant ancestor naturalized, and every US certificate needs an apostille.

G-1041 / G-1041A

USCIS genealogy index search and record request

USCIS Genealogy Program · Online form · English

Open the USCIS genealogy request portal Official instructions

genealogy.uscis.dhs.gov/

Fee: $30 per request online, $80 on paper.

  1. File G-1041 (index search) first unless you already have a file number such as a C-file or A-file number.
  2. When the index search returns a file number, file G-1041A (record request) with that number.
  3. Use our G-1041 helper to work out which record series covers your ancestor.
  • USCIS only holds files for immigrants who naturalized or registered in certain date ranges. For naturalizations before September 27, 1906, ask the court or NARA.

Link checked October 22, 2026

NARA

Federal court naturalization records

National Archives (NARA) · Online form · English

Open NARA’s naturalization records page Official instructions

www.archives.gov/research/immigration/naturalization

  1. NARA holds declarations of intention and petitions filed in federal courts. Records from state and county courts stay with that court or a state archive.
  2. Give the name (with spelling variants), date of birth, approximate arrival and naturalization dates, and where the person lived when they naturalized.
  3. For dual citizenship cases, ask for certified copies; NARA’s dual-citizenship FAQ explains what consulates usually accept.

Link checked October 22, 2026

DS-4194

Apostille for federal documents (naturalization certificates, FBI checks)

US Department of State, Office of Authentications · Online form · English

Open the State Department apostille page

travel.state.gov/en/replace-certify/authenticate-documents/apostille-certificate.html

  1. Federal documents, such as certified USCIS copies or FBI records, are apostilled by the State Department, not by a state.
  2. State-issued documents (birth, marriage and death certificates, county court records, notarized forms) are apostilled by the Secretary of State of the state that issued them.

Link checked October 22, 2026

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