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duckman2000

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8 years of bureaucracy later
« on: July 09, 2009, 08:48:45 PM »
 :american
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Mr. Gundam

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #1 on: July 09, 2009, 08:59:35 PM »
Huh? You get citizenship or something?
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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2009, 09:05:14 PM »
how duckman requisitioned his groove back

what are you, a grade 36
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BlueTsunami

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2009, 09:13:05 PM »
Time to eat american foods and gain 800lbs
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duckman2000

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #4 on: July 09, 2009, 09:16:14 PM »
Quote from: BlueTsunami on July 09, 2009, 09:13:05 PM
Time to eat american foods and gain 800lbs

I've gained 40 over the last 8 years (well, it feels like 40), and it ain't muscle mass.  :american
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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #5 on: July 09, 2009, 09:23:30 PM »
Quote from: duckman2000 on July 09, 2009, 09:16:14 PM
Quote from: BlueTsunami on July 09, 2009, 09:13:05 PM
Time to eat american foods and gain 800lbs

I've gained 40 over the last 8 years (well, it feels like 40), and it ain't muscle mass.  :american


You'll fit in just fine, duckman.
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Eel O'Brian

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #6 on: July 09, 2009, 09:42:09 PM »
congrats
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Bocsius

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #7 on: July 09, 2009, 10:19:42 PM »
8 years of bureaucracy and all it took was 1 verse of God Bless the USA to seal the deal.
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Tieno

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #8 on: July 10, 2009, 05:19:10 AM »
Now you can no longer be part of elite cultured Europe.


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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #9 on: July 10, 2009, 06:09:27 AM »
Booooo!
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duckman2000

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #10 on: July 10, 2009, 11:43:31 AM »
Quote from: Tieno on July 10, 2009, 05:19:10 AM
Now you can no longer be part of elite cultured Europe.

:bow Dual citizenship :bow2
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muckhole

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2009, 01:13:33 PM »
Good stuff, congratulations!

8 years, wow. Is that normal? I'm pretty ignorant of U.S. immigration wait times etc.
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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #12 on: July 10, 2009, 01:57:03 PM »
I am not sure what the normal naturalization process is, but I have an aunt from Columbia and it took her 13 or so years before she became a citizen, even though she had already married my natural citizen uncle and had 2 kids.

Also, I have a friend from Bahrain that has had a hell of a time going from a student visa to a green card. He wants to become a citizen, but it sounds like the odds are slim to none  :-\
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duckman2000

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #13 on: July 10, 2009, 03:14:09 PM »
The actual citizenship deal was actually less complicated than everything before it. The processing time for my original internship visa was 12 months, and even then I was at the mercy of the border officers, who all have the power to turn you away for any reason and who have no obligation to explain why. The general attitude of immigration here, from the border to regional and national offices, is "we work in mysterious ways," and it's almost possible to find out what is going on at any time during processing.

Honestly, if they are honest in wanting to streamline this system, they should start by looking at the regional offices. But I think it's opaque and nested for a reason, to intimidate applicants.
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duckman2000

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #14 on: July 11, 2009, 02:05:22 PM »
Woohoo, got my US passport today!  :american
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duckman2000

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #15 on: July 11, 2009, 02:41:11 PM »
Quote from: a slime appears on July 10, 2009, 01:04:53 PM
Quote from: duckman2000 on July 10, 2009, 11:43:31 AM
Quote from: Tieno on July 10, 2009, 05:19:10 AM
Now you can no longer be part of elite cultured Europe.

:bow Dual citizenship :bow2
Going to be doing that soon myself.

Which nationalities? There's a passage in the oath that technically undermines the whole dual citizenship thing, but as long as there is peace between the EU and the US, I'm fine.
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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #16 on: July 11, 2009, 06:49:32 PM »
Mr. Slime is of Spanish descent
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duckman2000

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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #17 on: August 20, 2009, 02:41:47 PM »
This certainly made crossing borders a hell of a lot smoother.  :bow Dual citizenship :bow2
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Re: 8 years of bureaucracy later
« Reply #18 on: August 20, 2009, 02:55:46 PM »
They sentenced me to twenty years of boredom ...
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