US Citizizen !!! Finally

[juan01 0]

I attended my oath ceremony on August 2nd, 2008.

It was more emotional than I expected, and I can now proudly say that I am a US citizen.

I will post a video and more details later one.

I've been on this board since being a conditional resident, thanks all and thanks to the board.

Good luck everybody on your journey and never dispair, hope is just around the corner.

Juan G.

[Thai family 0]

Congratulations!!! That is truly the end of the journey, or the beginning, however you look at it. May your life be blessed.

[moonhunt 1]

Congratulation! It's time to get some relax and enjoy your vacation without much of worrying about mailbox checking or lost in mail.

[mRs StOcKwElL 1]

Congratulations!!! You are now be called an AMERICAN!!!

[CaNdiD wiTcH 0]

Congrats...

[Sassy1natl 0]

Awesome!!! Congratulations!!

[NickD 203]

You are now be called an AMERICAN!!!

Ha, wondered about that too, doesn't an American come from America? But there is a north and south America that has a total of 35 countries. I think these are all of them:

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Rep.

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent &

the Grenadines

Trinidad & Tobago

United States

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Some we are not very friendly with, but couldn't the people of these countries call themselves Americans too? Historically, what we call the native Indians were traced from Asia crossing into now what is Alaska, you could walk across about 12,000 years ago and going clear down to the tip of South America. Most of the immigrants in starting in the 15th century came from Europe bring diseases that wiped out a good share of these native Americans. So our European roots can be traced from Canada clear down to Peru.

Both my wife and I are 3rd generation in our respective countries, but in tracing our roots, our grandparents lived within 400 miles of each other or within the confines of the State of Wisconsin. While many Europeans stayed there, our ancestors were adventurous and were seeking a better life, we must have this in our blood.

So I guess in away, I did marry the girl next door so to speak, the circle is now complete. But we left a massive paper trail behind us to complete this circle. Ha, found that post, I believe in Off Topic, are foreigner women better than American women amusing. Technically, my wife is an American woman.

History of mankind can be traced back almost one million years, we all came from the same place in central Africa, but managed to really divide ourselves and mostly by very greedy people that somehow managed to get control of specified groups and were seeking more power resulting in endless wars. But these are just the leaders, the common people that work hard and want to raise families are no different than you or me. We are also the people that die in wars. Modern physiology is beginning to show that these leaders show excessive signs of aggression, or to put it very shortly, they are nuts and it seems the common people are not smart enough to realize they are being led by very aggressive and greedy nuts. Hence our divisions and wars, these nuts do not end with extreme religious beliefs that have no scientific evidence to back them up.

Thus the start of our immigration journey, but we cannot end it there, if we want good lives for our offspring, better take an interest whom is running our countries. History has also shown that these leaders are causing far more damage to their own countrymen then anyone else.

One country broke away from all previous traditions by having government run by the people, truly a miracle in terms of previous history, but it's up to the people to make sure their government is ran by them. A responsibility of every US citizen.

[juan01 0]

In the English language America specifically refers to the United States of America. check wikipedia.

[lucyrich 20]

In the English language America specifically refers to the United States of America. check wikipedia.

I just did. Note what it says:

America usually means either:

The Americas, the lands and regions of the Western hemisphere

The United States of America, a country in North America

It's interesting. If you want to be precise or if you want to avoid offending, I believe you've got to avoid the term "America" at all. Canadians sometimes take offense at being lumped in with USA, so they seem to think "America" refers only to the USA. Latinos sometimes take offense at the Yanks using the term to refer to themselves to the exclusion of the rest of North and South America. I've been corrected by both groups, and told that my usage was incorrect whichever way I used it.

[samantha_lou 0]

Just wanted to say congrats! Well done for completing the whole USCIS adventure!!

[KC♥MP 0]

Congratulations!!!

[Mina76 0]

Congratulations and Best Wishes to you!!!

[Muuuuah 0]

Congratulations

[Yiyi and Chris 0]

ONGRATULATION

[Yiyi and Chris 0]

You are now be called an AMERICAN!!!

Ha, wondered about that too, doesn't an American come from America? But there is a north and south America that has a total of 35 countries. I think these are all of them:

Antigua and Barbuda

Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Canada

Costa Rica

Cuba

Dominica

Dominican Rep.

El Salvador

Grenada

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Jamaica

Mexico

Nicaragua

Panama

St. Kitts & Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent &

the Grenadines

Trinidad & Tobago

United States

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Ecuador

Guyana

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Some we are not very friendly with, but couldn't the people of these countries call themselves Americans too? Historically, what we call the native Indians were traced from Asia crossing into now what is Alaska, you could walk across about 12,000 years ago and going clear down to the tip of South America. Most of the immigrants in starting in the 15th century came from Europe bring diseases that wiped out a good share of these native Americans. So our European roots can be traced from Canada clear down to Peru.

Both my wife and I are 3rd generation in our respective countries, but in tracing our roots, our grandparents lived within 400 miles of each other or within the confines of the State of Wisconsin. While many Europeans stayed there, our ancestors were adventurous and were seeking a better life, we must have this in our blood.

So I guess in away, I did marry the girl next door so to speak, the circle is now complete. But we left a massive paper trail behind us to complete this circle. Ha, found that post, I believe in Off Topic, are foreigner women better than American women amusing. Technically, my wife is an American woman.

History of mankind can be traced back almost one million years, we all came from the same place in central Africa, but managed to really divide ourselves and mostly by very greedy people that somehow managed to get control of specified groups and were seeking more power resulting in endless wars. But these are just the leaders, the common people that work hard and want to raise families are no different than you or me. We are also the people that die in wars. Modern physiology is beginning to show that these leaders show excessive signs of aggression, or to put it very shortly, they are nuts and it seems the common people are not smart enough to realize they are being led by very aggressive and greedy nuts. Hence our divisions and wars, these nuts do not end with extreme religious beliefs that have no scientific evidence to back them up.

Thus the start of our immigration journey, but we cannot end it there, if we want good lives for our offspring, better take an interest whom is running our countries. History has also shown that these leaders are causing far more damage to their own countrymen then anyone else.

One country broke away from all previous traditions by having government run by the people, truly a miracle in terms of previous history, but it's up to the people to make sure their government is ran by them. A responsibility of every US citizen.

AGREE WITH YOU BUT EVERYONE IN THIS PAGE SOMEDAY WILL CALL THEMSELVES AMERICAN... AND TRUST ME BEFORE THAT YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF AMERICAN BUT CALL YOURSELF "VENEZOLANO".... TO SOME PPL YOU WILL SAY I AM AMERICAN AND TO OTHERS I AM VENEZOLANO... ORGULLOSAMENTE VENEZOLANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!