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Consul Monti, your Consulate’s jurisdiction covers a big territory, including Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Which activities are implemented by the Consulate in favor of our countrymen?
Our main mission is to ensure the protection of Italian interests beyond national borders and to offer our countrymen a wide range of services. The protection applies, for example, in cases of death, injury, serious illness, arrest or detention, acts of violence, assistance in the event of a serious crisis, or by issuing passports or emergency travel documents due to events like a loss or stolen passport.
The Consulate also performs notarial functions (for example with the preparation of powers of attorney and/or legalization of documents and/or translations), is responsible for the transcription of all the civil status acts that take place in the States in our jurisdiction (births, marriages, deaths, divorces , naturalization) and the carrying out of practices concerning AIRE, the registrar of the Italians living abroad, which is also an essential tool for the preparation of the electoral vote of our citizens abroad. Much of the office is also dedicated to the recognition of new Italian citizens by checking the blood lineage.
Interview: Adriano Monti
On the next October 23 and 24 Chicago will host the Italian Expo, the most important event yearly organized specifically to promote Made in Italy in the Midwest, and one of the most important in the United States. Thanks to the efforts of the ItalianAmerican Chamber of Commerce of the Midwest, with the collaboration of the Italian Consulate General governed by Monti, ENIT and the Italian Travel Promotion Council, this year's event will have as its theme the promotion of Italy and its tourism in line with the actions of the “Destinazione Italia” plan to Expo Milano 2015. We the Italians will be part of this important event.
Let's go back to the Great Lakes, in our journey to discover Italy in the USA, and today we are happy to meet with the Italian Consul General in Chicago, Adriano Monti, whom we thank for his cordial availability.