My Wife Became An American Citizen Today!

"If you’re a leader, you lead the way. Not just on the easy ones; you take the tough ones too…” – MAJ Richard D. Winters (1918-2011), E Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne

"Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel." - Isaiah 5:20,24

March 09, 2021, 02:56 PM

drill sgt

Congratulations to the MRS. in her endevor to be a legal citizen of this country. .....several years ago one of my co-workers came from Costa Rica and his account of the process he had to go thru the length of time and money cost thru the legal system was absolutely worth it for him and his family with other family members following in his footsteps. .............................drill sgt.

March 09, 2021, 03:40 PM

valkyrie1

Congrats,came to this country in 61 and became a citizen in 1976. A great experience for me and hopefully for the missus also..

March 09, 2021, 04:52 PM

motor59

Congratulations to you both!

March 09, 2021, 05:01 PM

ensigmatic

quote:
Originally posted by redstone:
That is spectacular. Welcome to the USA!!

She's actually been here on a green card for over 28 years. But thanks just the same

quote:
Originally posted by drill sgt:
...several years ago one of my co-workers came from Costa Rica and his account of the process he had to go thru the length of time and money cost thru the legal system ...

There were no legal issues where my wife was concerned because she was here legitimately as my wife.

At the time she initiated the process the fee was $700+. Now it's up to $1200 or so? It's non-refundable, too. You miss any one of your scheduled appointments and you best have a damn good reason, otherwise they dump you and you have to start all over from scratch.

That made her appointment for the interview and citizenship test something of a nail-biter. We had a major snow storm the evening before and that morning, couldn't take my AWD Jeep (for reasons I won't get into)--so we had to take her little front-wheel drive Equinox, and her appointment was first thing in the morning.

She wanted me to thank all of you for your kind words

She's been following the thread. Remarked "I got more well wishes there than I did on Facebook." "Well, honey," I replied, "I have 87,958 friends on SIGforum."

March 10, 2021, 06:54 AM

Beancooker

Nicely done! Congratulations!!!

March 10, 2021, 07:13 AM

vinnybass

Congratulations to you both. Well done. We celebrate doing it the right way.

March 10, 2021, 07:28 AM

Lord Vaalic

Welcome and congrats!

March 10, 2021, 08:41 AM

Av8nShooter

Congratulations!

Best wishes to you both.

March 10, 2021, 10:10 PM

snoris

Congratulations to you both!!!

March 10, 2021, 11:11 PM

pingman274

Congratulations indeed!

March 11, 2021, 04:56 AM

satch

The sad thing is in the future the Democrats will make becoming a Citizen nothing more than being able to sneak across our Border and promises to vote Democrat the rest of their lives will be the Oath taken. This is how nations die.

March 11, 2021, 05:11 AM

Blume9mm

One of the most memorable events in my life was going to some German friends swearing in as citizens. I suggest if anyone here gets the chance go to one of these.

Look up the oath they have to take to become a citizen, it is still not 'politically correct'.

March 11, 2021, 05:40 AM

satch

Our great Grandfather came here in 1847 as a 20 year old with his two sisters from Germany. In 1850 he became a citizen. In later years his home caught fire and he risked his life to go in the burning house to retrieve his citizenship papers.We still have those papers today.