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Roogirl
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#1 Posted: Wed Jan 2nd, 2008 09:17 pm |
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Is this true? Is it possible to have dual citizenship (US and Australia)?
http://www.us-immigration.com/information/dual
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The only reason I have not become a US Citizen is because I did not want to relinquish my Australian Citizenship, it is who I am! But if I have to ability to keep it and become a US citizen, then I'd seriously consider it.
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dahls
President Wannabe
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#2 Posted: Wed Jan 2nd, 2008 09:44 pm |
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Yes it is true you can have Dual Citizenship.
I'm still not sure what I'm going to do, i guess i have to get over my 10 yr PR card first then think about.
One day I'm going to go for it the next I'm not, one day i will make my mind up.
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Roogirl
Deck Hand
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#3 Posted: Wed Jan 2nd, 2008 09:49 pm |
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Wow, I always thought it was something in the works, but had not yet been agree'd upon. And going by this website, it happened in 2002!!!
Darn it, I should have done it before the prices were jacked up p0099a
Looks like something I need to move on. Would be nice to have both.
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dahls
President Wannabe
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#4 Posted: Wed Jan 2nd, 2008 09:59 pm |
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Yes it would noce to have both, I'm so angry i had to get my 10 yr card first, as that all went up as well, i was hoping to just go straight for Citizenship, that's what has put me off the fact that you have to keep paying out all the time.
Like off for yet another Biometrics at almost $100 p0099a.
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Roogirl
Deck Hand
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#5 Posted: Wed Jan 2nd, 2008 10:06 pm |
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Yeah, i always felt like they were just in it for all the money.
I paid several hundred odd dollars to have my "temporary restrictions" removed. Now tell me how THAT costs hundreds of dollars??
I eventually paid for my 10 year card, and then I had to pay for another card as I got divorced and changed my name back. Here's the kicker, I paid for the replacement card, got my receipt from USCIS, but never received notification of my new appointment for my new card. When i called, they said they had recorded it in their system with the name change! So I paid another several hundred dollars just for them to change their computer system?? unbelievable!
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dahls
President Wannabe
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#6 Posted: Wed Jan 2nd, 2008 10:10 pm |
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Unreal !!!!
I have just sent off yesterday for my 10yr card....oh the joy of it all.
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Denemca
Lieutenant
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#7 Posted: Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 12:10 am |
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I hold dual citizenship Roo...I got my citizenship in May 2006...so now I am legal in both countries totally 
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Denemca
Lieutenant
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#8 Posted: Tue Apr 1st, 2008 06:14 pm |
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I thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention, in case it affects anyone on this site...I was up late again due to a bit of pain, and spent my evening watching/listening to the Fox News Channel...
Due to the tremendous amounts of applications that were sent in before fees went up, there is an 18 month wait for naturalization applications being processed at the moment. I don't know if this is nation wide, or just for Texas, where they were airing the interview from, but it could mean a long time between lodging your application to having your interview...so if you are thinking about it, it might be worth lodging your application now, before the wait becomes even longer....
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vickster
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#9 Posted: Tue Apr 1st, 2008 08:01 pm |
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| we have our 10yr green cards and the dual citizenship is definately something we'll do if we decide to stay here for the long haul.
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Shazza
Lieutenant
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#10 Posted: Sat Sep 13th, 2008 08:34 pm |
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Denemca wrote: I thought I'd bring this to everyone's attention, in case it affects anyone on this site...I was up late again due to a bit of pain, and spent my evening watching/listening to the Fox News Channel...
Due to the tremendous amounts of applications that were sent in before fees went up, there is an 18 month wait for naturalization applications being processed at the moment. I don't know if this is nation wide, or just for Texas, where they were airing the interview from, but it could mean a long time between lodging your application to having your interview...so if you are thinking about it, it might be worth lodging your application now, before the wait becomes even longer....
There is a great resource on the USCIS website where you can check the wait times for your local office - I think this is it - https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/jsps/ptimes.jsp
I do know there is still a bit of a back log because of the fee increase.
I got US Citizenship for purely practical reasons back in March 2006. I applied in October 2005 so the process was quite quick for me.
I am also glad that I get to vote in November (but that's a conversation for another thread!).
And yes you can be a dual citizen with Australia - there is no way in hell I would have relinquished my Australian citizenship!
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chchchick
Moved on
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#11 Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 02:14 am |
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| I am about to leave the states and move back to NZ. I never got my citizenship here. My kids have both. If I did get it, I would be taken for a secret agent as I also have british, Canadian, and my nz... They can't make you give up your natural citizenship. Was australia making you make a choice? the USA hasn't the right to do that. You hold on to all the passports you have and that is that.
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Denemca
Lieutenant
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#12 Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 05:16 am |
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| It was the Australian end that said you would lose your Australian citizenship if you took citizenship of another country. This all changed in april 2004 I believe. I applied for mine in July 2005 I think it was, and had my oath ceremony in May 2006, after my file went missing as they transferred it to the state of VA because I moved after my interview....
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Sheryll
Lieutenant
Holidaying in Mazatlan
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#13 Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 07:50 am |
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Denemca wrote: Due to the tremendous amounts of applications that were sent in before fees went up, there is an 18 month wait for naturalization applications being processed at the moment. I don't know if this is nation wide, or just for Texas, where they were airing the interview from, but it could mean a long time between lodging your application to having your interview...so if you are thinking about it, it might be worth lodging your application now, before the wait becomes even longer....
The wait times are shortening. Here's a press release with the latest forecast waiting times.
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=72fd5d63502bb110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
It shows Portland, OR as 5.4 months, but a friend of mine waited only 4 months 2 days from posting the form in May till the oath ceremony this last Thursday (just one day after her interview)!
I'll be putting mine in in Feb when we come back from a trip to Mexico. 
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Sheryll
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Holidaying in Mazatlan
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#14 Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 07:57 am |
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Denemca wrote: It was the Australian end that said you would lose your Australian citizenship if you took citizenship of another country. . .
It all changed on 4 April 2002. Here's the link on the Aussie site:
http://www.citizenship.gov.au/automatic-citizenship/dual-citz.htm
A friend of mine who applied for Aussie citizenship before 2002 had to relinquish the citizenship of her native country. Had she applied after the above date, she could have kept it.
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Denemca
Lieutenant
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#15 Posted: Sun Sep 14th, 2008 05:59 pm |
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| sorry, I got the year wrong....but yes, when I found out I wouldn't lose my aussie citizenship, I applied for my us naturalization, for a couple of reasons...
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