Looks like you're stuck with me!
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Then in your case, I suggest you don't apply to become a citizen. I expect you've already come to that decision. /ravi
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can now travel without a problem of being outside the country too long.
Unless I win the lottery big time I cannot afford to be away from my job for more than 2 or 3 weeks at most anyway. If I won the lottery I would be leaving the US permanently anyway (along with my US wife who is very happy about this idea). Once I have enough money I plan on living somewhere more pleasant, more free and less dangerous.
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lots of places it's easier for her to travel to on a US passport
Not for me with my UK passport.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
I guess it depends on your situation. My job paid me to stay in South America for 12 years, so we had to come back periodically on account of her green card. It always happened at inconvenient times, so it would have been much more convenient if she had her citizenship back then. Whether we'll work outside the US again in the future, I don't know. I do have some offers, but I don't know how serious they are, since I'm not in a position to take any extended work assignments for another year or so.
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After a stressful drive to the USCIS office (did they really need to remove an overpass and gum up the interstate??), followed by difficulty in locating the room once there, the actual Naturalization Interview was entirely anti-climatic. The civics / history test was a doddle, in fact I'm certain up to a half of the country could pass. The very pleasant officer has recommended my naturalization to US citizen (which should happen within the next couple of months). I am amazed given the gruffness of the typical immigrations officer at the airport how polite and cordial all the USCIS staff are at the regional office, and not just towards a native English speaking Brit like me. In other news: The recent purchase of a bright red growley V8 muscle car at age 38 has led Mrs MidwestLimey to conclude I'm having a midlife crisis. I've told her to hold off on that comment until I start with the tight jeans, hair dye and hitting on 20 year olds.
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MidwestLimey wrote:
am amazed given the gruffness of the typical immigrations officer at the airport
That was my experience in 2007 when we went there. Dealing with them could not have created a worse impression. Not just gruff, but utterly bored and perhaps full of self-importance and the world owes me a living. One bloke was hung over the counter like he'd been binge drinking, maybe he had. Once we got past them the rest of the vacation was nothing but a happy time. Don't worry about your mid-life crisis. I've passed that age and I never had one. For sure, I'd love another BMW R90S and miles of open road to ride on but they don't make 'em anymore, the R90S that is, then again, the roads aren't exactly open like they used to be either.
If there is one thing more dangerous than getting between a bear and her cubs it's getting between my wife and her chocolate.
