US citizenship anyone?

[trailmix 77]

I will ALWAYS be a Canadian in my heart, no matter what any damn papers say but no one was going to keep Gene and I apart.

[Sprailenes 47]

I am not super patriotic so I don't really care.

[trailmix 77]

I am not super patriotic so I don't really care.

I can understand that, I don't think of my being Canadian as being part of an allegiance to an actual piece of land or government.

I think of it as wanting to be part of a country of people, where my people went to live many many years ago, for some good reason, that they helped to build up that country so that it would be easier for us.

So being Canadian to me is more about the respect I have for those who blazed those trails

It's also about a general belief in Canada that we look out for one another, that makes me want to be part of that group.

Edited November 7, 2008 by trailmix

[raymaga 25]

I swore on a bible at my interview and I don't believe in god. I will sit there and pray along with people at thanksgiving too, I am sure I could say that and not feel a single thing in order to gain more rights in the country I live in.

Yes its ridiculous, but I would say it. I would be laughing hysterically in my mind but I'd say it.

That's EXACTLY how I feel (and felt at my Oath Ceremony)!!!!!

I think it's sad that we Canadians have to do this, when Americans don't have to do the same in Canada.

[ruby_mtl 0]

I'm so relieved to see that other people say that they didn't want to go to the US...I thought it was only me and I feel guilty about feeling that way. The reason why I'm the one moving and not him is because he has other children and is very close to them. from the beginning I never wanted to take him away from his children. However, in the back of my head...until now, I wish he would move.

I just looooooove living in Montreal, and the culture and values of Canada....not so sure about the States...plus we'll be living in Albany, NY anyone who's been there I'm sure can feel my pain! LOL Oh well....sacrifices we make for love!

[Emancipation 2]

I'm so relieved to see that other people say that they didn't want to go to the US...I thought it was only me and I feel guilty about feeling that way. The reason why I'm the one moving and not him is because he has other children and is very close to them. from the beginning I never wanted to take him away from his children. However, in the back of my head...until now, I wish he would move.

I just looooooove living in Montreal, and the culture and values of Canada....not so sure about the States...plus we'll be living in Albany, NY anyone who's been there I'm sure can feel my pain! LOL Oh well....sacrifices we make for love!

Albany's not so bad hee hee

[minnew 4]

I have to obtain at my earliest, my US citizenship for my husband's employ. Period. At first, I was told by his employ that I HAD to renounce my Canadian citizenship. We can all bander about all we want about whether or not we want dual, but can you imagine how I felt knowing I might have to officially renounce it??? I was SO angry! Anyway, because of this, I started to look at how I would have to do this, and it's very convoluted.

First, you have to make written application, and you HAVE to appear in front of a JUDGE, IN Canada. HE/SHE gets to determine whether or not your application gets approval, and I can't remember right now what the reasons are, but I could frankly say that from what it looked like to me, no one in VJ would EVER be given the right to formally renounce their citizenship. This is NOT taken lightly at all. This is NOT an everyday occurrance. Secondly, you can't just say, I don't want it because I don't want it...*sigh* You CAN'T have your citizenship renounced because you are GOING to be another citizen from another country. All it means is that the other country won't recognize it.

You will NOT be allowed to renounce your citizenship if you're not already a citizenship of another country. Not on the promise of it, not on "while I"m going to get it eventually...". You CAN'T be in limbo with no citizenship.

Sorry if I sound like I"m ranting, I kind of am. I had to seriously look at what I was going to do. My whole life I felt was on the line. Gene was SICK...SICK thinking I would have to choose. Call me a traitor, but I would have chosen him. I will ALWAYS be a Canadian in my heart, no matter what any damn papers say but no one was going to keep Gene and I apart.

Anyway, after all was said and done, I can have dual, which is what I'm going to do, and what I was prepared to do anyway.

I have a feeling I will be in the same situation as you as far as spouse's employer. When you have dual citizenship which passport do you get to keep? Is there something from Canada you can get to prove you are a citizen without a passport? (besides birth certificate)

[Flames9_RN 358]

you can have a Cdn passport and a USA passport! When u come back into the USA on travels, you have to provide the POE the USA passport

[Reba 2]

when you enter Canada you use your Canadian passport, when you enter the US you use your US passport.

My Aunt has 3 passports. I think I'd get too confused

There used to be a member here at VJ who was working on US citizenship and she already had 5 or 6 or something like that. Can you imagine the passport renwal fees for all those things? sheesh!

Edited November 7, 2008 by Reba