I continued to check the
website of the Ministero dell’Interno almost daily. Once I’d deleted my old profile that had the wrong
K-number and wrong submission date, everything was as it had been. In other words, nothing had changed. The
application was still being reviewed.
Then, A. texted to say that
she’d gotten a call from R.. My documents were ready. R. had tried to call me,
but the number didn’t work.
We went to the Prefettura
where R. showed us the decree. She thought that it’d take longer if she mailed
it, so she tried to call to tell us to come see her but our phone number didn’t
work. Turns out, she had misread my phone number on the application. They don’t
just speak differently in Italy, they write their numbers differently, too. Always
mistaking my “6”s for “4”s and stuff……
I took the decree to the
Comune, made an appointment to take the oath, went back a week later, the mayor
read the decree and I took the
oath, signed my name on the giant pieces of paper that go in the large books in
the town hall, handed over my Permesso di Soggiorno and got my new Carta
d’Identita. And popped open the bottle of proseco my friends had brought with
them.
One year and three weeks
from the date I submitted my application, I was granted citizenship. They still had eleven months to decide,
according to the law. Not bad, Italia.
Now, to get a passport.
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