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Hello,

I just want to thank all of you for helping me pass the time during my citizenship journey.

Today I took the oath in Concord NH- in a very emotional and suprisingly warm ceremony.

Wow, am I glad it's over... now beginning a new chapter- and somehow I will miss my good old "oh, you Americans!" exclamations.

Good luck to everyone- and "God Bless America"

Rebecca

N-400 (based on 5 years of Permanent Residence)

11/2/09 mailed application to Lewisville TX Lockbox,11/3/09 received by USCIS, 11/9/09 received NOA, 12/2/09 Biometrics, 1/13/10 Interview done- now waiting for oath letter, 3/8/10 received oath letter, 3/29/10 OATH CEREMONY!!!!

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Hello,

I just want to thank all of you for helping me pass the time during my citizenship journey.

Today I took the oath in Concord NH- in a very emotional and suprisingly warm ceremony.

Wow, am I glad it's over... now beginning a new chapter- and somehow I will miss my good old "oh, you Americans!" exclamations.

Good luck to everyone- and "God Bless America"

Rebecca

congrats!!!

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Hello,

I just want to thank all of you for helping me pass the time during my citizenship journey.

Today I took the oath in Concord NH- in a very emotional and suprisingly warm ceremony.

Wow, am I glad it's over... now beginning a new chapter- and somehow I will miss my good old "oh, you Americans!" exclamations.

Good luck to everyone- and "God Bless America"

Rebecca

Congratulations :)

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people."

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Hi Rebecca (lol....you American!),

Congratulations on being a US Citizen and thanks for sharing about that experience here on VJ! :thumbs::star:

Good luck with the rest of your life journeys and good luck in getting a US passport too.

Ant

**Ant's 1432.gif1502.gif "Once Upon An American Immigration Journey" Condensed Timeline...**

2000 (72+ Months) "Loved": Long-Distance Dating Relationship. D Visited Ant in Canada.

2006 (<1 Month) "Visited": Ant Visited D in America. B-2 Visa Port of Entry Interrogation.

2006 (<1 Month) "Married": Wedding Elopement. Husband & Wife, D and Ant !! Together Forever!

2006 ( 3 Months I-485 Wait) "Adjusted": 2-Years Green Card.

2007 ( 2 Months) "Numbered": SSN Card.

2007 (<1 Months) "Licensed": NYS 4-Years Driver's License.

2009 (10 Months I-751 Wait) "Removed": 10-Years 5-Months Green Card.

2009 ( 9 Months Baby Wait) "Expected": Baby. It's a Boy, Baby A !!! We Are Family, Ant+D+BabyA !

2009 ( 4 Months) "Moved": New House Constructed and Moved Into.

2009 ( 2 Months N-400 Wait) "Naturalized": US Citizenship, Certificate of Naturalization. Goodbye USCIS!!!!

***Ant is a Naturalized American Citizen!!***: November 23, 2009 (Private Oath Ceremony: USCIS Office, Buffalo, NY, USA)

2009 (<1 Month) "Secured": US Citizen SSN Card.

2009 (<1 Month) "Enhanced": US Citizen NYS 8-Years Enhanced Driver's License. (in lieu of a US Passport)

2010 ( 1 Month) "Voted": US Citizen NYS Voter's Registration Card.

***~~~"The End...And the Americans, Ant+D+BabyA, lived 'Happily Ever After'!"...~~~***

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Congrats on getting your U.S. citizenship!!!

Best wishes!!

"THE SHORT STORY"

KURT & RAYMA (K-1 Visa)

Oct. 9/03... I-129F sent to NSC

June 10/04... K-1 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

July 31/04... Entered U.S.

Aug. 28/04... WEDDING DAY!!!!

Aug. 30/04... I-485, I-765 & I-131 sent to Seattle

Dec. 10/04... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport stamped)

Sept. 9/06... I-751 sent to NSC

May 15/07... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Sept. 13/07... N-400 sent to NSC

Aug. 21/08... Interview - PASSED!!!!

Sept. 2/08... Oath Ceremony

Sept. 5/08... Sent in Voter Registration Card

Sept. 9/08... SSA office to change status to "U.S. citizen"

Oct. 8/08... Applied in person for U.S. Passport

Oct. 22/08... U.S. Passport received

DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!! DONE!!!

KAELY (K-2 Visa)

Apr. 6/05... DS-230, Part I faxed to Vancouver Consulate

May 26/05... K-2 Interview - APPROVED!!!!

Sept. 5/05... Entered U.S.

Sept. 7/05... I-485 & I-131 sent to CLB

Feb. 22/06... AOS Interview - APPROVED!!!!! (Passport NOT stamped)

Dec. 4/07... I-751 sent to NSC

May 23/08... 10-Yr. PR Card arrives in the mail

Mar. 22/11.... N-400 sent to AZ

June 27/11..... Interview - PASSED!!!

July 12/11..... Oath Ceremony

We're NOT lawyers.... just your average folks who had to find their own way!!!!! Anything we post here is simply our own opinions/suggestions/experiences and should not be taken as LAW!!!!

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Thanks for all the congrats... it still feels a bit unreal.

I applied for passport right at the courthouse... that was kinda frustrating- first they give you a fancy certificate and then they take it away ;)

Can't wait to go abroad now.

N-400 (based on 5 years of Permanent Residence)

11/2/09 mailed application to Lewisville TX Lockbox,11/3/09 received by USCIS, 11/9/09 received NOA, 12/2/09 Biometrics, 1/13/10 Interview done- now waiting for oath letter, 3/8/10 received oath letter, 3/29/10 OATH CEREMONY!!!!

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Brother Hesekiel   2,236

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Thanks for all the congrats... it still feels a bit unreal.

I applied for passport right at the courthouse... that was kinda frustrating- first they give you a fancy certificate and then they take it away ;)

Can't wait to go abroad now.

Congratulations!

Don't remember if I asked you before: did you get a BBG and have dual citizenship now or did you lose your German one?

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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Congratulations!

Don't remember if I asked you before: did you get a BBG and have dual citizenship now or did you lose your German one?

Hi Just Bob-

I did not go for dual citizenship... while preparing the BBG I realized I had no binding ties to ye olde country at all.

Ah well...

Take care :)

Rebecca

N-400 (based on 5 years of Permanent Residence)

11/2/09 mailed application to Lewisville TX Lockbox,11/3/09 received by USCIS, 11/9/09 received NOA, 12/2/09 Biometrics, 1/13/10 Interview done- now waiting for oath letter, 3/8/10 received oath letter, 3/29/10 OATH CEREMONY!!!!

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Hello,

I just want to thank all of you for helping me pass the time during my citizenship journey.

Today I took the oath in Concord NH- in a very emotional and suprisingly warm ceremony.

Wow, am I glad it's over... now beginning a new chapter- and somehow I will miss my good old "oh, you Americans!" exclamations.

Good luck to everyone- and "God Bless America"

Rebecca

Congratulations! Looking forward to starting that leg of the journey.

CSC USCIS ~CR-1 Visa~ Journey

2009-08-03 : I-130 Received in CHICAGO, IL 60604

2009-08-12 : NOA1

2009-09-10 : NOA2

NVC ~CR-1 Visa~ Journey

2009-09-25 : NVC case # assigned

2009-10-20 : DS-3032/AOS Bill Generated

2009-10-22 : DS-3032 e-mailed; AOS/I-864 Bill (paid online $70)

2009-10-22 : Opted In for electronic filing

2009-10-26 : Sent In Completed I-864

2009-10-30: IV Fee bill generated, paid online $400

2009-11-03: DS-230 mailed to NVC

2009-12-11: Case Completed at NVC

2010-03-25: Interview at MTL - Visa Approved!!!

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vsmtghdy   2

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:thumbs: Congrats! :thumbs:

HELEN

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22 February 2010 - mailed the N-400 packet

02 March 2010 - Check encashed/I-797C NOA

03 March 2010 - USCIS Acceptance Confirmation via e-mail and text message

06 March 2010 - received I-797C, Notice of Action/Receipt

01 April 2010 - Biometrics Appointment (Biometrics done 4/7/10)

27 April 2010 - received I-797C/ Request to Appear for Naturalization Interview

02 June 2010 - Interview schedule

17 June 2010 - Oath Taking (Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento, CA)

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