I am a citizen,

[dex3361]

took the Oath of Allegiance this morning

Welcome Aboard, It is good to have another tractor crazed United States Citizen. MAY THE LORD BLESS the USA.

 

[3RRL]

Congratulations exChecksonofagun!
I took mine in 1962 and never looked back.
Had to wait the mandatory 5 years but almost to the day. My oldest brother took his after only 3 years because he was in the Marine Corps at the time and was eligible for early citizenship reward.
Use it wisely! You are blessed.
Rob-

 

[2manyrocks]

Congratulations and welcome.

 

[Charlesaf3]

Congratulations! glad to hear it.

 

[DieselPower]

Congratulations and welcome abord. Enjoy your new rights and get out there and vote!

 

[CurlyDave]

Welcome to our country my friend.

 

[EddieWalker]

Eddie- I never heard you mention that your parents are immigrants. If you don't mind my asking, what country are they from? They sure did raise an all American boy.

My Parents are Canadians. One of my brothers is a duel citizen and had a passport for both countries. He likes to travel and support himself by working overseas. As a Canadian, he falls under some British entitlement to work in their former colonies. I might do it one day, but so far, haven't bothered to fill out the paperwork. I qualify, just too lazy to deal with it.

Dad's family is from Scotland,where we have family. I've never met them, but my parents and that same brother have been there and met a bunch of them.

Mom's family is from the Ukraine. Grandpa used to write to his family all the time before passing away, but for whatever reason, nobody knows what happened to those letters or how to contact anybody there.

I'm the first person in my family born in the USA. Dad was a citizen when I was born, but my Mom was still a Canadian. They moved here in 62. My Dad had just gotten out of the Canadian Air Force and had been trained in electronics. He applied for a job with the phone company, and worked as a janitor until he was hired. Then it's the All American Story. Work, save and invest.

Eddie

 

[weldingisfun]

Congratulations and welcome, Friend.

 

[czechsonofagun]

Thank you, gentlemen Looks like there is much more exalliens or first generations here than I would have imagined.

It was not difficult, we live in States for almost 13 years and I am married to an American for 15, there was very little for me to study to pass the test. Like names of my local representatives and some details from US history and civics - like who worked on Federalist papers.
It did not take too long, I actually applied in October 08. The filling fee is about $700 and it includes fee for biometric data (fingerprints). I have now at least 3 sets of fingerprints with various offices. I would think the Fairfax office is one of the fastest in the country because of D.C. but I can only compare to what I heard of people waiting 10 month for an interview. I passed the test on Tuesday afternoon and they offered me oath ceremony the next morning at 9. The lady said, that if I had the interview before noon, they would let me do the oath the very same day.
The ceremony of the oath was nice and friendly, they didn't mind picture taking etc. We took kids to see it as a civic lesson and the crowd was very colorful.

Downsides:

- Can't scare the kids anymore in the Men in Black style: I am an alien
- My wife is no longer sleeping with a mysterious foreigner, she got an American with thick accent instead
- And of course, as Bird pointed out, I can't say anymore things like "we don't do it in my country" or "you Americans, yadda, yadda"

Don't get me wrong, it was the right thing to do!

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Welcome to the club Prokop. My grandparents came from your country back in the 20's. They had a very difficult time at first. Hopefully it's been easier for you.