Poppy girl

I seem to remember reading about someone else that had a nasty experience trying this stunt a while back I don't think it was BE.

Watch this site the next thing will be new thread (Stuck in Cuba will US Embassy help me!!")

ian-mstm

I found this bit really interesting: "Cuba has announced that as of May 2010 it will start requiring visitors to have non-U.S. medical insurance, and will sell a temporary policy to those who do not have it."

Ian

sir_eccles

Two quick questions:

The oath letter lists three things to bring along with the letter itself:
- alien registration card, check
- Re-entry permit or refugee document, never had one
- any immigration documents you may have????

That last one is a puzzler, I don't think I have any others, anything I might be forgetting?

Next question. Once I have taken the oath and become an American can my current employer demand to see my naturalization certificate? One assumes they no longer need to fill in I-9 or whatever. In normal circumstances one might just walk over to HR and wave it at them, except I work from home and the office is in a different state. The thought of emailing a scan of such an important doc unnerves me despite having previously emailed my greencard to them.

adjudicator89

ian, you are right and others. :-( Trip is canceled. Thank god I spend 19.95 for the travel insurance that way I am getting full refund for my ticket and hotel package. :-(

Back to passports. I have Czech, German and now US passport. So since I became an American citizen have I lost my German and Czech citizenship? Does anyone know? Thank you.

ian-mstm

The best place to start would be the German and Czech Embassy.

Ian

ian-mstm

All you need is your GC and the EAD/AP if you have. You don't have... so no worries.


No. Once eligibility has been shown (read = GC) they are not allowed to reverify your credentials.


You do not need to complete a new I-9 until such time as you have new employment.

Ian

Noorah101

If they never collected your EAD or AP, for example.

I don't think your employer needs to see your certificate, no. I don't think they are supposed to re-verify the I-9 you previously submitted. Even if they do need a new I-9 from you, a scan wouldn't do. Someone with the company needs to see the original certificate and sign the I-9 verifying they saw the original.

Rene

sir_eccles

Ahh, after a little digging I have now found 2 EADs, a paper AP and a 2yr Greencard. I really need to consolidate and reorganize all my immigration papers into one neat folder for posterity after all this.

hobbes79

From the amazingly reliable source that is wikipedia :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_nationality_law

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_nationality_law

But like Ian said, check with the embassies. Wikipedia isn't always right.

adjudicator89

Thank you hobbes. I will check with embassies. Milan

lansbury

My nephew-in-law is German so I would be interested in what they say. He can apply for US citizenship next year, but is fairly certain to do so means losing his German citizenship.

sir_eccles

Hmm interesting. I was just looking at the I-9 form and I suppose they might need to re-verify if the document they used to verify me expired at some point in the future. But all that said, the list of acceptable documents does NOT list "Certificate of Naturalization". If they really want something, I'll tell them to wait until my passport is done.


Press release detailing elimination of N550 from list

Scotz

Glad you are all fixed up Milan.. Congrats :sunglasses:

tonrob

I sent in my application late September, 3 months before my 5 years was up. Had my biometrics done late October and my interview took place earlier today.

I went to a new 'mobile office', a satellite to what is apparently the usual main office located some 2 hours drive away. Luckily the mobile office is 5 minutes drive from my house, so I considered myself lucky.

I arrived in the waiting room 15 minutes ahead of scheduled time, and was kept waiting until 10 minutes after, but from then on the whole process took only 15 minutes and I was out of the door. I had left my mobile phone at home after reading other comments, but there was no real security or related signage so it wouldn't have mattered if I had brought it.

Everything was quite straightforward, although he said at the outset that I couldn't be approved today as I am still within the 5 year window (just) due to the speed that my application was processed.

tonrob

You can apply for some kind of dispensation from Germany that means that, if approved, you keep your German citizenship. Mrs tonrob started to research this, and while the high-level criteria seems clear (prove some kind of disadvantage if you were not able to have each of the two citizenships) the details around the specifics of what it takes to get approved are not. She read quite a lot on a German forum but came away not much the wiser.

As we've both been very busy this year following the birth of the Sproutlet she decided not to pursue this further for the time being.