Woot

[glasseye]

I passed my citizenship test and interview, and will be sworn in as a US citizen on Nov 13th.

Comments

[tejolote.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[sablebadger.livejournal.com]

grats!

[ctseawa.livejournal.com]

Congrats. I think. :)

[aelfgyfu.livejournal.com]

Yay!!!!!!

[tereshkova2001.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[oogby.livejournal.com]

Yay!

[katerinfg.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Do you know if there's an exchange program, by any chance?

[gwacie.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, or condolences :) I don't suppose you'll be able to vote in the election? :)

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Nope, I can't vote until I'm a citizen. Oh well, there's always next time! :)

[thestral944.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[nobu.livejournal.com]

w00t indeed.

are you still an EU citizen too? or do you have to give that up? I can't remember who does dual citizenships anymore...

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Short answer, yes I'm still a UK citizen.

Long answer:

Well, it's complicated. By US law they cannot require me to give up my UK citizenship (or any foreign citizenship), and UK law requires that if I want to give up my UK citizenship I have to swear a very specific oath in front of a representative of the queen.

However, the oath itself states that I will give up "all foreign allegiances." Depending on which department of the government you ask, this may or may not be binding. The courts seem to think it is not.

[lubeck.livejournal.com]

Well then you have the best of both worlds, or passports whichever is better.

[p1kap1ka.livejournal.com]

....just a little too late to vote....

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Yeah, almost exactly 9 months after I submitted my paperwork (about half the average processing time!)

[john75half.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congrats!

[ryunohi.livejournal.com]

Nice job! Were there any particularly amusing questions on the test?

[ootwoods.livejournal.com]

YAY! Make sure you vote early! :")

[glasseye.livejournal.com]

Can't vote this time around, but yeah, I definitely will next time! :-)

[ootwoods.livejournal.com]

Meh. Go talk to Acorn.. I'm sure they'll get you registered. :)