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Originally posted by: Mahaguru
They don't do oath taking ceremonies in stadiums anymore? Before it used to be you went to the interview, and then got a date for the oath taking ceremony.
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They still do - the fiance had his at the LA county fairgrounds. It varies from office to office.
 
Congratulations dude!! How'd you manage to get your greencard? Were you first on an H1B visa and then sponsored by your company for a green card?

Also, out of curiosity, what is the advantage of getting a US passport as opposed to having an Indian passport with a green card? What are the additional perks that the US passport grants that a green card doesn't besides the right to vote?

Cheers
 
Originally posted by: kalster
you are no longer a harami, you are a desh drohi 😉 just kidding
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lmao.. nice one.

I just realized his user id read "A haraami" .. Previously read Aharami as one entity.. damn I'm slow!
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
The oath ceremony was probably the best part of the afternoon. At the oath ceremony everyone was visibly excited and in a jovial mood. Even the ceremony administrators were cheery and jovial.

So I held up my right hand and pledged my allegiance to this country and the flag and was finally out at 6pm. Over 90% of the time was just wait time - a bit more than what I expected, but I'd go thru it all 100 times over to become a citizen of this country.

I can finally vote!
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I remember taking my oath when I joined the military. It was a privately emotional moment for me. :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Originally posted by: Aharami
The oath ceremony was probably the best part of the afternoon. At the oath ceremony everyone was visibly excited and in a jovial mood. Even the ceremony administrators were cheery and jovial.

So I held up my right hand and pledged my allegiance to this country and the flag and was finally out at 6pm. Over 90% of the time was just wait time - a bit more than what I expected, but I'd go thru it all 100 times over to become a citizen of this country.

I can finally vote!
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I remember taking my oath when I joined the military. It was a privately emotional moment for me. :thumbsup:
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😕

Please don't tell me you joined the military to become a citizen.
 
Originally posted by: ICRS
Originally posted by: DainBramaged
Originally posted by: Aharami
The oath ceremony was probably the best part of the afternoon. At the oath ceremony everyone was visibly excited and in a jovial mood. Even the ceremony administrators were cheery and jovial.

So I held up my right hand and pledged my allegiance to this country and the flag and was finally out at 6pm. Over 90% of the time was just wait time - a bit more than what I expected, but I'd go thru it all 100 times over to become a citizen of this country.

I can finally vote!
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I remember taking my oath when I joined the military. It was a privately emotional moment for me. :thumbsup:
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😕

Please don't tell me you joined the military to become a citizen.
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Uh...did I say that? 😕 Even if I did, what would be so wrong with that? To answer your question, no I didn't.
 
Originally posted by: gsethi
dont forget Jury duty 😉
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lol. I've never been called for Jury duty. however...a former co-worker of mine, who is Palestinian, has been called for jury duty 4 times (well, that was 3 years ago, so maybe it's 8 times by now? of course...it was probably just an excuse to not work)

point being, it seems that the feds' concept of a foreign-citizen's role in this country is to sit in a courtroom all day.
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Congrats! :thumbsup:
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Thanks. this was a VERY big day for me.

Originally posted by: ICRS
Where were you from originally?
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India. Emigrated here with my mom back in '93
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Pics of mom?
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i was gonna be all witty and give a link to a google image search of "mom" masqueraded as a bbzzdd link, but google image search of "mom" brings up a lot of nude pics. damn
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wow it really does.
 
Originally posted by: jai6638
Congratulations dude!! How'd you manage to get your greencard? Were you first on an H1B visa and then sponsored by your company for a green card?

Also, out of curiosity, what is the advantage of getting a US passport as opposed to having an Indian passport with a green card? What are the additional perks that the US passport grants that a green card doesn't besides the right to vote?

Cheers
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I came here when I was 11. My uncle (mom's older brother) came to America on his own back in the 70s. He ended up getting his CPA license here, opening up his own firm, and prospering. So he sponsored my mom and I in the late 80's (huge expense to sponsor someone). By early 90's my dad in india was having financial trouble so my mom came to America to earn a living. I came here a year later to be with her. Got our green card shortly since we were already in the books (much easier to get a green card if you're residing in America).

I've been eligible for citizenship for a while now (have to live here for 5 yrs w/ green card to become naturalized), but dunno why I never did. But I really wanted to vote this election and make my voice heard (however insignificant it may be) so I applied for citizenship this year.

AFAIK, advantage of US passport is that I can now hold govt/defense contractor jobs besides being able to vote. There might be some other benefits that I'm not aware of. Also I dont have to keep renewing my green card every 10 yrs. Once you're a citizen, you're a citizen for life, even if you dont renew your passport every 10 yrs.
 
Originally posted by: jai6638
Originally posted by: kalster
you are no longer a harami, you are a desh drohi 😉 just kidding
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lmao.. nice one.

I just realized his user id read "A haraami" .. Previously read Aharami as one entity.. damn I'm slow!
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yea. when I joined AT back in the days, I was paranoid that haX0rs will find out my info if I used anything close to my real name as my handle, and "a harami" was all I could come up with. Was supposed to be a temp handle as I didnt expect to stick around here this long.
 
Originally posted by: lightstar
grats! now you can marry your soulmate from back home and make them a citizen too
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actually my soul mate (the one i'm engaged to at least 😛) is a natural born citizen.
 
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: Aharami
Originally posted by: 91TTZ
Congrats! :thumbsup:
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Thanks. this was a VERY big day for me.

Originally posted by: ICRS
Where were you from originally?
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India. Emigrated here with my mom back in '93
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Pics of mom?
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i was gonna be all witty and give a link to a google image search of "mom" masqueraded as a bbzzdd link, but google image search of "mom" brings up a lot of nude pics. damn
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This is indeed tested and true. :thumbsup:
 
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