I'm going to be an American citizen!
Feb 18th 2018, 7:16 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Cracking stuff, congrats! 
Feb 18th 2018, 7:19 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Nice to hear some good news! 
Congratulations and welcome to the world of dual-hood.... 
Congratulations and welcome to the world of dual-hood....
Feb 19th 2018, 7:53 am
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Congratulations
Feb 19th 2018, 8:35 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Nutmegger
Congratulations! Where will your ceremony take place?
Feb 19th 2018, 8:37 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by BigK
Nice. Looks like the process has slowed down a bit. We got our interview within 6 months, and luckily the oath ceremony was the same afternoon in the courthouse, downstairs from the interview location. So we interviewed, had lunch, and got sworn in. Very exciting, and congratulations!
It's looking like a total time of 11 months from start to finish. I was anticipating 3 or 4.
Feb 19th 2018, 8:38 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Boiler
USA!
I'm going to stand in line and chant that...well maybe I should wait till they say I'm an American first.
Feb 19th 2018, 8:39 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Rete
Great news on getting the oath ceremony date. We'll throw you a party on the 1st of March to celebrate.
Yay! Champers and cake please!
Feb 19th 2018, 8:40 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Mercury39
Woot - Congrats!
We finally submitted today. Curious, did you file back in April 2017 by mailing in the form or online submission? (We just filed online) Someone commented recently that they thought online submissions were getting processed faster, so maybe we'll see!
We finally submitted today. Curious, did you file back in April 2017 by mailing in the form or online submission? (We just filed online) Someone commented recently that they thought online submissions were getting processed faster, so maybe we'll see!
Feb 19th 2018, 8:51 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Rockgurl
Thank you! Sorry for the late reply but I haven't been able to load the page for a couple days. It will be in Hartford.
No problem -- if Rete's footing champers and cake, I'm going to party crash!
Feb 19th 2018, 9:21 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Nutmegger
No problem -- if Rete's footing champers and cake, I'm going to party crash!
Absolutely! I'll be positively giddy that day and extraordinarily sociable!
Feb 20th 2018, 9:18 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Wonderful news! Congratulations! 
Feb 21st 2018, 2:08 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by lansbury
Double the chance of your team winning at the Olympics. 
Congrats, Rockgurl. The day soon approaches when you'll be able to hand in your green card(s) and never have to deal with USCIS ever again. Rock on.
Feb 21st 2018, 2:29 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Don't think the near proximity of potential cake has escaped me.
Watching... Always watching...
/Roz.
Watching... Always watching...
/Roz.
Feb 21st 2018, 2:32 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Nutek
Don't think the near proximity of potential cake has escaped me.
Watching... Always watching...
/Roz.
Watching... Always watching...
/Roz.
Feb 21st 2018, 3:39 pm
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Re: I'm going to be an American citizen!
Originally Posted by Nutek
Don't think the near proximity of potential cake has escaped me.
Watching... Always watching. .....
Watching... Always watching. .....
And if it is I am sceptical that you'd be any good at it!
