What it costs, how a file comes back, and what this is not
Everything a careful reader asks before spending anything. The free check itself is on the front page, and it takes about two minutes.
The plan is a list of records, one row each
A typical grandparent line takes seventeen rows. Here are the first three, in the words the plan itself uses, and the fourth beginning under them.
Certificate of Non-Existence, Form G-1566
Which officeUSCIS.
What it provesThat a search of USCIS records under every name listed found no naturalization.
What sends a file backA search under one spelling. List every spelling from the ship manifest, the census, the marriage record, the death certificate and the children’s birth certificates.
Index search, Form G-1041, then the records request, Form G-1041A
Which officeUSCIS Genealogy Program.
What it provesWhether a naturalization file exists for 27 September 1906 to 31 March 1956, and its file number.
What sends a file backA Declaration of Intention read as a naturalization.
Letter of no record, or a certified copy of the petition for naturalization and the oath of allegiance
Which officeNARA, the national office or the regional office for that state.
What it provesOn the no-record branch, the second search that found nothing.
What sends a file backA photocopy. The letter must be an original with the office seal.
and 14 more rows in this plan
Four numbers, and where each one comes from
Where each comes from: 23 is one entry per record type in the file that builds the plan; 17 is one ending per article of law in the file that runs the check; 13 and the date are the citation audit of 9 September 2026, which read every citation at its official publisher, the Gazzetta Ufficiale, the Constitutional Court, the Court of Cassation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The rules themselves were read on 2 September 2026. We do not show a customer counter, because we do not yet have one that is true.
How a file comes back
Each line on the left is a "what sends a file back" field, copied from the plan. Each line on the right is the row that carries it.
What the same question costs elsewhere
italyMONDO lists full service at 12,000 dollars on its citizenship services page. Bersani Law Firm publishes 5,000 to 12,000 dollars for full service in its 2026 cost guide. Now Citizens lists its guided plan at 1,999 euros on its plans and pricing page. All three figures were read on those three pages on 10 September 2026. Homeport: 49 dollars.
For one family line.
What is included
- Every record to order for your case, in the order to order them
- For each record: which office issues it, and where that office publishes its fee and its wait
- What each record proves, and what sends a file back
- The request letter for every office, filled in, in Italian and English
- Your answers beside the rule they reach, with its date
Thirty days, full refund, one email.
Payment is taken through StripeVisaMastercardAmerican Express
A self-help information product, not legal advice. Nobody here reviews your case.
The plan, plus what the application itself needs.
What is included
- Everything in the Action Plan
- Nine modules in the order you need them, from the law to filing
- Document review: upload what you have, see what each record proves and what is still missing
- Letters ready to send to an Italian comune, in Italian and English
- The apostille and translation guide, state by state
Thirty days, full refund, one email.
Payment is taken through StripeVisaMastercardAmerican Express
A self-help information product, not legal advice. Nothing is filed for you, and the document review is a self-check.
When one missing fact decides the line.
What is included
- The request letter to the right office, filled in
- How to read each answer that office can give
- The check run again when the answer arrives
- Credited in full against the Action Plan and the Self-Help Kit
Thirty days, full refund, one email.
Payment is taken through StripeVisaMastercardAmerican Express
A self-help information product, not legal advice. Not affiliated with the Italian government.
Three courts moved this law in 2026. Some of it is still moving.
The Constitutional Court upheld the new limits in April. The Supreme Court reversed the long-standing minor issue in July, reopening lines that had been treated as dead. Whether the 2025 rules may reach back to people born before them is now sitting with the EU Court of Justice.
We keep the unsettled points as a dated list, each with its status and what changes if it flips. The free check shows you the ones that touch your result.
Read the rules at their own publishers: Decree-Law 36 of 2025 as converted by Law 74 of 2025, in the Official Gazette; judgment 63 of 2026, at the Constitutional Court, deposited 30 April 2026; judgment 24045 of 2026, at the Court of Cassation, deposited 26 July 2026. All three checked 10 September 2026.
Whether EU law bars the new rules from reaching back to people born before 2025. Referral 147 of 2026, deposited 23 July 2026. An answer is expected late 2027 or 2028. Status read 10 September 2026.
For some of the 2026 rulings no matching circular has been found yet, so some consulates may still apply the older restrictive guidance.
Whether the windows for minor children hold through future budget laws. In 2026 alone these rules moved twice in eight months.
I ordered one record from the wrong province. It came back correct and useless, and the file waited while I ordered it again. That is why the plan names the office before it names the record, and why row 4 exists. I am one person in Berlin, not a firm. I read the official sources, and I date every rule I publish.
The registered address and the full name of the trader are on the site notice page, as German law requires. Questions go to hello@usehomeport.com.
Before you spend anything
What is the difference between the 49 and the 149?
The Action Plan, 49 dollars, is the list of records for one family line: which office, what it proves, what sends a file back, the order to work in, and the request letter for each office. The Self-Help Kit, 149 dollars, is that plan plus the nine modules that carry you through the application itself, the document self-check, and the apostille and translation guide, state by state. If you buy the plan first, it is credited in full toward the kit for 60 days.
What happens if a rule moves after I buy?
When a rule moves we republish the page, with the date of the change. That is the whole reason we publish the date beside every rule and keep the open questions board. In 2026 these rules moved twice in eight months, so this is not a hypothetical.
Is this legal advice?
No, and it is built so that it cannot become that. We publish rules with their sources and show your facts beside them. You draw the conclusion. Nobody here reviews your case, and only the Italian authorities decide.
Do I have to give an email address to use the check?
No email before your result. The check runs in your browser, and your answers are never sent to us. An email address is asked for only after the result, and only if you want the list of records sent to you.
What happens right after I pay?
You get an email with a link that opens your page. No account, no password, nothing to install. Keep the email: the link is your key. The consulate fee of 600 euros is separate from this, and it is not refunded.
What if the check says my line is cut?
Then you have paid nothing, and the check will have told you which routes remain and which are closed. If you bought a product anyway and it does not help you, the refund is one email away for thirty days.