Comments on: Citizenship http://spelhouselove.com/2009/11/17/citizenship/ 2 years, 2 kids, 2MBAs Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Diane Lockhart http://spelhouselove.com/2009/11/17/citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Diane Lockhart Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:18:36 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=1602#comment-270 Wow! great determination on the parts of both of you to achieve that goal. I won't say if, I'll say when you make it to Amazing Race, I will be cheering for you. You have already demonstrated that you work very well as a team. Wow! great determination on the parts of both of you to achieve that goal. I won’t say if, I’ll say when you make it to Amazing Race, I will be cheering for you. You have already demonstrated that you work very well as a team.

]]> By: Danni http://spelhouselove.com/2009/11/17/citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Danni Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:26:19 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=1602#comment-251 My husband (then boyfriend) did this when we were in undergrad and we did the quizzing thing too. It was stressful, because he had already been detained on his way back to Columbia once. My family i Jamaican but I was born in the states...but when we travel we always get the side-eye like we are trying to smuggle each other in. It is a long process, but being able to vote for Obama was nice...and not having to do it when we got married definitely made it cheaper (his parents sponsored him after they got citizenship...which took decades of illegal status!). My husband (then boyfriend) did this when we were in undergrad and we did the quizzing thing too. It was stressful, because he had already been detained on his way back to Columbia once. My family i Jamaican but I was born in the states…but when we travel we always get the side-eye like we are trying to smuggle each other in.
It is a long process, but being able to vote for Obama was nice…and not having to do it when we got married definitely made it cheaper (his parents sponsored him after they got citizenship…which took decades of illegal status!).

]]> By: Liz http://spelhouselove.com/2009/11/17/citizenship/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Liz Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:02:22 +0000 http://spelhouselove.com/?p=1602#comment-248 A good friend of mine married a woman from the Czech Republic. The met in the UK, and for reasons relating to her family, she elected to stay in the UK throughout this process (her parents were very ill, and she was not sure she would be able to travel out of the US as freely as needed in case of a devastating emergency). My friend traveled back and forth to the UK extensively; all told they spent about three years apart and God knows how many pivotal moments without each other (one that stands out in my mind is when she underwent her second miscarriage all by herself). She is now a citizen and they are reunited, but you are right -- it is an arduous process! A good friend of mine married a woman from the Czech Republic. The met in the UK, and for reasons relating to her family, she elected to stay in the UK throughout this process (her parents were very ill, and she was not sure she would be able to travel out of the US as freely as needed in case of a devastating emergency). My friend traveled back and forth to the UK extensively; all told they spent about three years apart and God knows how many pivotal moments without each other (one that stands out in my mind is when she underwent her second miscarriage all by herself).

She is now a citizen and they are reunited, but you are right — it is an arduous process!

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