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A procura (power of attorney) is an Italian legal document authorizing a person (typically a lawyer) to act on behalf of another. In 1948 cases, the petitioner signs a procura authorizing Italian counsel to file the petition, attend hearings, and receive the sentence on their behalf.
The procura must be notarized and apostilled (if signed outside Italy) and translated into Italian by a sworn translator. It is a critical document — without it, the petitioner would need to travel to Rome for every hearing.
Ancestra's Italian counsel prepares the procura as part of the 1948 case filing, and the client signs it at a US notary (or local notary in their country of residence).
Related terms
A 1948 case is a judicial petition for Italian citizenship filed in the civil court of Rome, available to descendants of Italian women who gave birth before January 1, 1948.
Judicial filing is the process of submitting a citizenship application through a court in the country of origin, rather than through a consulate or ministry.
An apostille is a certification that authenticates the origin of a public document for use in another country that is a party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention.
Jure sanguinis (Italian for 'right of blood') is the Italian citizenship-by-descent regime, which has no generational limit and is the most accessible CBD regime in Europe.
The anagrafe is the Italian civil registry office that maintains records of residents, births, marriages, and deaths in each Italian commune (municipality).
An atto di nascita is an Italian birth certificate, retrieved from the anagrafe (civil registry) of the commune where the person was born.