What Are You Doing Right Now
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@tim_g said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
My wife is becoming a U.S. citizen today. As well as everyone else on the bottom floor. People still coming in.
Some entertainment on the stage while everyone waits for the Oath Ceremony to begin.
Congratulations!
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@tim_g Congrats to her.
What was her citizenship before?
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@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
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@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, he's an American.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, he's an American.
He probably meant citizenship for her...
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@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, he's an American.
He probably meant citizenship for her...
Right, but she can't get it automatically through marriage because he's an American. So since the US does not grant citizenship via marriage, she can't get it automatically.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@rojoloco said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, he's an American.
He probably meant citizenship for her...
Right, but she can't get it automatically through marriage because he's an American. So since the US does not grant citizenship via marriage, she can't get it automatically.
Clearly a green card marriage...
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@tim_g Congratulations man. I hear that is a lot of work
Thanks, yea it took years and a lot of money and paperwork. We used a lawyer for the first part of the app, but did it ourselves the rest of the way. I'm good with paperwork sometimes.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@tim_g Congrats to her.
What was her citizenship before?
Thank you!
Sweden. Now she and our kids have dual citizenship.
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@tim_g Congrats to her.
What was her citizenship before?
Thanks, nope... It's quite the process even through marriage and kids.
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@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, I am married to an American which in itself doesn't give you citizenship or green card. I came here with k-1 visa which means a lot of paperwork and you only can get married here in the US. If you get married in another country that is more difficult to go through.
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@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, I am married to an American which in itself doesn't give you citizenship or green card. I came here with k-1 visa which means a lot of paperwork and you only can get married here in the US. If you get married in another country that is more difficult to go through.
From what I've heard, I can't even imagine it being harder. That's very unfortunate.
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@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, I am married to an American which in itself doesn't give you citizenship or green card. I came here with k-1 visa which means a lot of paperwork and you only can get married here in the US. If you get married in another country that is more difficult to go through.
We had our wedding in Japan, but did not do any legal paperwork for it because my wife had a K-1 visa.
We went to the courthouse in my home county for a legal wedding once we got back in the U.S. after the wedding.
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@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
This is why politicians just do and say what ever the fuck they want.
The population doesn't know jack shit about how it really works.
This is also way it was so easy for Trump to push all the right buttons with 'Murica.
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@jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, I am married to an American which in itself doesn't give you citizenship or green card. I came here with k-1 visa which means a lot of paperwork and you only can get married here in the US. If you get married in another country that is more difficult to go through.
We had our wedding in Japan, but did not do any legal paperwork for it because my wife had a K-1 visa.
We went to the courthouse in my home county for a legal wedding once we got back in the U.S. after the wedding.
This does mean I deal with my Wedding anniversary twice each year.
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Wow you can feel the Freedom oozing from every orifice in America these days. So much so that people who have been married for years to Americans still need to spend lots of money and do loads of paperwork to become citizens. Then they need to pass a test that 3/4 of American born Americans cant pass.
I helped my friends wife quiz for her test a couple years ago. -
@jaredbusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dbeato said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@dustinb3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Tim_G if you married her, wasn't citizenship immediately granted?
No, I am married to an American which in itself doesn't give you citizenship or green card. I came here with k-1 visa which means a lot of paperwork and you only can get married here in the US. If you get married in another country that is more difficult to go through.
We had our wedding in Japan, but did not do any legal paperwork for it because my wife had a K-1 visa.
We went to the courthouse in my home county for a legal wedding once we got back in the U.S. after the wedding.
That make sense, and that's one way to do it.
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@momurda said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Wow you can feel the Freedom oozing from every orifice in America these days. So much so that people who have been married for years to Americans still need to spend lots of money and do loads of paperwork to become citizens. Then they need to pass a test that 3/4 of American born Americans cant pass.
I helped my friends wife quiz for her test a couple years ago.To be fair to the system, I'd like the 75% that can't pass the test kicked out, too
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@scottalanmiller Yes, I totally agree with this.
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@momurda said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@scottalanmiller Yes, I totally agree with this.
If all countries said this, where would the people go?
You're more likely to end up with a situation like Starship Troopers - service is citizenship.... i.e. don't get certain rights unless you pass a test or go into the military, etc.
