Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship
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@Horace said in Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship:
It was a remarkably easy process to apply for citizenship. All told it took about an hour.
Is there any reason then, that people have to wait years to finally obtain citizenship? Do all countries practice such a slow process? I know some here have firsthand knowledge on how it works, so maybe there are some good reasons (outside the obvious) for the process we currently have in the U.S.
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@Horace said in Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship:
It was a remarkably easy process to apply for citizenship. All told it took about an hour.
Is there any reason then, that people have to wait years to finally obtain citizenship? Do all countries practice such a slow process? I know some here have firsthand knowledge on how it works, so maybe there are some good reasons (outside the obvious) for the process we currently have in the U.S.
@Rainman said in Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship:
@Horace said in Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship:
It was a remarkably easy process to apply for citizenship. All told it took about an hour.
Is there any reason then, that people have to wait years to finally obtain citizenship? Do all countries practice such a slow process? I know some here have firsthand knowledge on how it works, so maybe there are some good reasons (outside the obvious) for the process we currently have in the U.S.
Generally people apply for US citizenship only after having solved all the problems in their native countries. The US applies this waiting period to allow people to understand what they are getting themselves into, by becoming citizens. They are leaving lives of privilege and luxury to come to the US, in a humanitarian effort to try to fix the most unfixable of nations. It is difficult to teach people the real effects of the racism and bigotry and systematized hate in America, until they have the lived experience. The US government hopes that those who are not willing or able to undertake this struggle against the oppressors, to please stay in their own countries. This war is not for the faint of heart, nor for the impure of heart. Only the most courageous and noble people can survive the struggle here.
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She's becoming a citizen today, four months after I clicked through the online application process. I am surprised it was that quick. Might have been even quicker, but their original interview was scheduled while she was visiting china, and we had to postpone a few weeks.
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She's becoming a citizen today, four months after I clicked through the online application process. I am surprised it was that quick. Might have been even quicker, but their original interview was scheduled while she was visiting china, and we had to postpone a few weeks.
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Woohoo!
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It says something that as much of a dumpster fire as this place is today, intelligent people still choose to come here and be a part of it.
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Congrats!
Now she can be as miserable as the rest of us and complain just as loud!
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@Jolly said in Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship:
Congrats!
Now she can be as miserable as the rest of us and complain just as loud!
Congrats!!
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Congratulations Horace. When I got Canadian citizenship I was surprised by how emotional I got. And apart from anything else it takes away any uncertainty in future if the political landscape shifts
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Thanks all. She’s ambivalent about it, but she will love the passport. And maybe someday we will bring her parents here to live with us. That’s only possible if she’s a citizen.
@Horace said in Trump supporters better not apply for citizenship:
Thanks all. She’s ambivalent about it, but she will love the passport. And maybe someday we will bring her parents here to live with us. That’s only possible if she’s a citizen.
Ahh, Mrs Horace, anchor baby.
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Congratulations Horace and the Mrs.!
It would be interesting to hear her thoughts on what it all means, but IT'S NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS RAINMAN!
My parents thought it was a big deal as I recall, but they always considered themselves Estos first, the old country became exaggerated in how wonderful it was in comparison. -
It's purely transactional to her, no emotion, but for some regret at giving up her Chinese citizenship. She's not a huge fan of America. It's just where she has to be, in order to spend her life with the world's greatest husband.
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It's purely transactional to her, no emotion, but for some regret at giving up her Chinese citizenship. She's not a huge fan of America. It's just where she has to be, in order to spend her life with the world's greatest husband.
