u/Pure_Ambition

Chicago, if it matters.

I know it's not necessary, but I want to try. The appointment is short, and by all accounts very standardized and straightforward, so I've been practicing with Anki for key terms related to the appointment and lots of duolingo, as well as practicing simulated appointments with AI. I've been working on my Italian for a few months but am still quite new, A1/A2 perhaps. I'm just worried they'll be annoyed with my bad Italian and switch to English. But I'd really like to try in Italian as much as I can - I don't get many opportunities to converse in Italian.

Seems like as long as they don't go off script or speak in a dialetto or have a very thick accent, I should be able to muddle through and understand what they're asking even if I don't understand perfectly. And since it's a passport appointment and not a citizenship appointment, I'm not as worried about communicating everything perfectly - I go in, give them my documents and photos, pay the fee, get my fingerprints taken, and hand them an envelope. Very standardized.

I think worst case, I just switch to English halfway through.

So, do you think I should try? Any advice?

Anyone else have this problem? It seems like when I try to access FastIT, it only works maybe 1/3 of the time. For example, the past several days I have got an error every time I log in.

But even before that, after I was recognized, I would go to the Scheda Anagrafica of my AIRE registration and only find myself inscribed in AIRE about half the time. The other half it would tell me that I'm not inscribed and thus can't access my file. But I know without a doubt that I am recognized and inscribed in AIRE - I have used AIRE to successfully register my change of address and obtain a codice fiscale. So maybe only 1/3 of the time I am able to access the portal correctly and get correct information.

Is it normal for it to be this unreliable?

Fortunately, we'll be going to Olympic during the week and not on a weekend. Going up to visit next week, this is the first year without timed entry passes so not sure what to expect. We've never been to the park.

We don't mind getting up early to get a jump on things.

What should we see first to beat the crowds? Any general advice?

Thank you!

Ciao,

Sono americano e un nuovo cittadino italiano, dai miei antenati. Scusa il mio italiano.

Voglio imparare di più sulla cultura italiana.

C’è solo musica pop? C’è rock, electronica, Metal, jazz, e altri? Mi piace tutta la musica. Voglio ascoltare i tuoi artisti preferiti.

Sono interessato. Quale musica italiana ti piace?

M3 here, I always hear about fun rotations people take in M4 and am curious if something like a European rotation exists.

I found at least one medical school in Italy that would take US students from universities even that don't have a formal agreement with them, curious if it would be fun or worth it.

Hi all,

I believe I was recognized about 2 weeks ago, and am trying to figure out how to get my Codice Fiscale and birth certificate, as I'm gathering documents for a passport appointment in August.

For the past two weeks, the portal has acted strangely - sometimes showing me my AIRE registration and enrollment, and other times telling me that "I must be registered in AIRE to access this service".

I have at various times been able to see my AIRE enrollment and to not see it at all.

However, at no time have I been able to access my Codice Fiscale page, as it says "the service is not available at my location."

Does anyone know what to make of this inconsistency, or how I can get my Codice Fiscale?

On top of that, I've emailed my comune in Sicily asking how to obtain my birth certificate, but I have received no response. Is it better to hire a private company? I worked with 007 Italian Records (Francesco Curione) before and he was excellent, should I just hire him again?

I'm looking for Youtube videos/instagram reels of a meme I've seen where someone crafts an English sentence specifically designed so that, when translated, every word translates to a short, similar-sounding word in the other language, and the result sounds like you're just mumbling sounding gibberish. It's hard to explain without knowing a specific example, but

The sentence in english would itself be nonsensical, it would be like "the spider walks down the dog to the orange octopus quickly"

and then the translation, into Spanish for example, would be something like "ole o le o leyola layoleoloa la le" (I'm making this up completely because I don't know an example).

Does anyone know what this is called, or have a link to a meme that does this?

Just received a certified email from my comune - who I've not ever had any direct contact with - containing a copy of a letter they sent to the Chicago embassy stating that they have transcribed my birth certificate and added me to AIRE. I tried to log into FAST.IT but everything seems to have changed recently and I can't figure out how to check there. I have received no correspondence from the embassy since my homework submission.

Is there anywhere else that I can confirm?

I had no minor rule, started my app before the March 25 changes, but did NOT complete my homework until this past January.

Also - what are my next steps to get my passport? Do I need to wait for anything or do anything before scheduling an appointment?