took the words right out of my mouth - i think the worst is yet to come - i love this country to death but i wish death on the idiots running it right now - i find it scary just how blind/dumb people can be and blame the economy's down fall on immagrents rather then the morons/criminals running this great country right now - i hate the fact that im starting to lose hope in our country and i just hope that our next commander in chief does some good , rather then rape this great country of ours

damn !

 

congrats!
for him yes, but if you're a born american i don't think so. go for another citizenship and us takes yours away.... I think.... I could be wrong i haven't looked into this for a while...

but with the way this country is going don't sound so bad!!! :p

btw about the draft thing...technically there is... they just aren't using it...yet at least. sadly my name is on the draft because i wanted financial aid fr college -_-.

 

^ My name is on the list too. Though it's not a "draft" until they actually start calling people up. Right now they just have a big list of names of potential candidates. I was forced to sign up for Selective Service as a condition of my naturalization. Thankfully, every year that passes I get a little bit older and a little bit less eligible to be drafted.

As for dual-citizenship, every country has different laws regarding this. Some countries require that you notify them if you become a citizen of another country, and they will take away your old citizenship. The UK doesn't get involved in those matters, so a UK citizen can be naturalized almost anywhere else and still keep their UK passport and citizenship. Some countries require that you hand over any old passports and renounce any former citizenship upon naturalization, but America does not. If you were born in a country which does not regulate future naturalization, then you can actually build up quite a collection of passports. I am thinking about shooting for Mexican citizenship next (no joke).

 

yes, bush is somewhat moronic but he did get elected twice for a reason... and to say that they are dumb when you cant even spell the word immigrant?! i dont think you can have much to say anymore...

as for the economy, the economy isnt how it is bc people in the government dont know what theyre doing, it is partially but it is also the fault of the people living in it, citizens or not... you say that they dont know how to take care of the govt yet millions and millions of residents of america find themselves in debt... i can bet you more than half of the people on this forum are at debt, and almost all of them isnt because of life or death emergency... it is probably bc they wanted to mod their car... and no im not gonna pass judgment bc yes i, too, am in debt for my car... and the us govt didnt put a gun to our heads saying loan this and loan that... we do it too... and we do it everyday...

so i think you should think about that a little more....

btw, rodC

how long exactly did it take you to go through the process... luckily for me, my dad was a citizen so all i did was take a constitution test... the process took just months but i hear horror stories of it taking years...

 

^^and i ask this bc i am planning to move to australia and am currently awaiting for my visa to be approved....

 

hey if its all good in 3 years i might be shootin for mexico too :p (stickin around in US still to get my bachelors)

and if a draft ever gets called on, youve got 2 countries to escape to! :p

 

Seven years.

It really depends what your goal is. I mean, it took me seven years to get to the point of being sworn in as a citizen, but I had legal status from the minute I arrived here. I started out with a one-year visa, and during that first year I applied for a green card. I was able to get the visa extended while the green card application was pending, and I received my green card about two years after arrival. A green card lasts for 10 years and can be renewed indefinitely, so it is essentially permanent. I didn't need to go any further at that point because I already had permanent resident status, but I chose to go all the way and get citizenship. A person has to hold a green card for about 4 years before they can apply for citizenship, so I filed my citizenship application a year ago and just finally completed the entire process now.

 

^ And btw, going through any type of immigration process in IL would probably be much faster than it was for me here in CA. The Los Angeles office is the most backlogged in the country. The processing times were pretty ridiculous for me. It took 7 months from the time when I mailed my application to the time when it was formally received and reviewed by the USCIS.

 

I could not agree with you more. Every morning on the way to work I pass a... it probably doesn't qualify as a house anymore, maybe more of a dilapidated shack, but there's this early 80's Caprice in the driveway, original paint, except it's sitting on 22" chromed rims. WTF?

 

Grats RodC. Where in the UK are you from?

I have a funky situation. I was born in the UK in a public hospital. I have a public health number in Britain but my dad was in the American Navy and we moved to the states. My mom is a brit, and I'm in the process of getting my dual citizenship. Had I done it when I was 18 the whole process would have been incredibly simple and fairly painless. Now that I've waiting until 24, everthing is bumpy. Either way, it is going to be expensive.

 

Scotland. Where were you born?

 

The British have BAD teeth.

 

Fúck off.