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During today's oath taking ceremony (3/14/2019), USCIS gave each one of us a packet that include, among things, a manila envelope that says 'Message from the President of the United States'. You can sense the stance of the current administration regarding immigration by the congratulatory letter that was in it. Thank you for the letter, President Obama!

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During today's oath taking ceremony (3/14/2019), USCIS gave each one of us a packet that include, among things, a manila envelope that says 'Message from the President of the United States'. You can s

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Ah, the old "kick the ladder down once I'm up on top" mentality.    OP: Happy to see you got that letter, I dread the day I have to be sworn in with that orange asshat lying through his teet

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Can we just agree that we are on the opposite side of this spectrum? I don't have to respect mango mussolini as much as you don't respect this future liberal president we don't have yet 😄

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7 minutes ago, zedkyuu said:

The one I got on Wednesday had Trump's signature, and they also played a video of Trump welcoming the new citizens. And this was in Oakland, CA... that said, they did have 1000+ people there, so they probably go through the welcome letters pretty quickly!

No Trump video, Guest speaker talked about asylum and refugees. A lot of new citizens want to vote. I'm very happy with my letter. Won't exchange it for anything else. :)

 

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18 hours ago, xyz12345 said:

During today's oath taking ceremony (3/14/2019), USCIS gave each one of us a packet that include, among things, a manila envelope that says 'Message from the President of the United States'. You can sense the stance of the current administration regarding immigration by the congratulatory letter that was in it. Thank you for the letter, President Obama!

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This literally made my entire week. I'm ready to enjoy the weekend now. Congrats on becoming the newest voting citizen!!!!!!

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3 hours ago, love_my_wife said:

Well, I personally don't blame Trump administration as America's immigration system has been played and abused by a lot of folks for monetary and general benefit over the years. Just google/bing and you will find a ton load of immigration fraud cases. What's wrong if they tighten some screws while deciding immigration benefits!

Ah, the old "kick the ladder down once I'm up on top" mentality. 

 

OP: Happy to see you got that letter, I dread the day I have to be sworn in with that orange asshat lying through his teeth "welcoming" me. 

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3 minutes ago, ordjnb said:

Ah, the old "kick the ladder down once I'm up on top" mentality. 

 

OP: Happy to see you got that letter, I dread the day I have to be sworn in with that orange asshat lying through his teeth "welcoming" me. 

That "orange asshat" is THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!  If you really "dread the day", why don't you just wait until a lying liberal is elected?

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

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Just now, missileman said:

That "orange asshat" is THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!  If you really "dread the day", why don't you just wait until a lying liberal is elected?

Can we just agree that we are on the opposite side of this spectrum? I don't have to respect mango mussolini as much as you don't respect this future liberal president we don't have yet 😄

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Just now, ordjnb said:

Can we just agree that we are on the opposite side of this spectrum? I don't have to respect mango mussolini as much as you don't respect this future liberal president we don't have yet 😄

I respect the office of the President and the system by which Presidents are elected enough not to call him names, whoever it is or will be in the future.......

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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And we have first amendment rights to call individual 1 whatever we want. Like the carrot caliphate. 

 

No need to get riled up though, as I said, we are just at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Not a bad thing 🙂

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7 minutes ago, ordjnb said:

And we have first amendment rights to call individual 1 whatever we want. Like the carrot caliphate. 

 

No need to get riled up though, as I said, we are just at the opposite end of the political spectrum. Not a bad thing 🙂

Never mind..........I have much better things to do than to argue..

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"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

Senior Master Sergeant, US Air Force- Retired (after 20+ years)- Missile Systems Maintenance & Titan 2 ICBM Launch Crew Duty (200+ Alert tours)

Registered Nurse- Retired- I practiced in the areas of Labor & Delivery, Home Health, Adolescent Psych, & Adult Psych.

IT Professional- Retired- Web Site Design, Hardware Maintenance, Compound Pharmacy Software Trainer, On-site go live support, Database Manager, App Designer.

______________________________________

In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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Regardless of who is in office or which party is in power, the immigration system filled with abuse, fraud, and illegal immigration.

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