What does it take to become a US Citizen? (health care, laws, Mexico)

[Manhattan-ite]

What does it take to become a US Citizen?

First of all, it takes PRIDE and LOVE.

One shouldn't get a citizenship just because one has been living in our great country for a number of years.

There are too many citizens who care not for America. They just wanted the paper.

Then there are those like me who moved to the US because we love this country more than anything. Other than the legal process and papers we go through, it is the LOVE we have for America that counts or should count.

One shouldn't apply for citizenship as if it were a driver's license.

Of course, America's got a bit of everything, and so we patriot immigrants have to face those unwelcoming folks (see elsewhere in this forum for particular examples) who greet our coming with "we don't want you, foreigner" and "legal or illegal, we don't want any immigrants" signs.

In spite of them, I feel welcomed and loved because I freely and legally chose to join the greatest nation on earth, and my fellow Americans admire this.

[dreameyes]

Thankyou Manhattanite. That was a great post!!

[ducksburg]

Originally Posted by Manhattan-ite

What does it take to become a US Citizen?

First of all, it takes PRIDE and LOVE.

One shouldn't get a citizenship just because one has been living in our great country for a number of years.

There are too many citizens who care not for America. They just wanted the paper.

Then there are those like me who moved to the US because we love this country more than anything. Other than the legal process and papers we go through, it is the LOVE we have for America that counts or should count.

One shouldn't apply for citizenship as if it were a driver's license.

Of course, America's got a bit of everything, and so we patriot immigrants have to face those unwelcoming folks (see elsewhere in this forum for particular examples) who greet our coming with "we don't want you, foreigner" and "legal or illegal, we don't want any immigrants" signs.

In spite of them, I feel welcomed and loved because I freely and legally chose to join the greatest nation on earth, and my fellow Americans admire this.

You made a good point!

[ducksburg]

for all the time,some people are talking about illegals,even in threads about legal immigration process...a bit weird,lol

[alexander59]

My mother married a GI, that's how she came here, she tells people that some people cross the desert, other the Rio Grande, some are smuggled in trucks and others risk thier lives in rickety boats, but she had to marry my father.

[foma]

Gaining citizenship is more a tedious process than anything else. You have to wait years many many years for this letter that says "you're gonna take the citizenship test, study hard!"

The exam, not so hard but pick a few people off the street - Americans who were born and raised here - and many of them can't pass the test. Good ol' Jay Leno proved that.

Your English is obviously proficient so I don't think you'll have a problem. Just do some studying. Do a search online for immigration exam questions or somethign like that and I bet you can find test samples and study guides. Maybe even the INS web site has information for you. My Mom had to study for several months; I studied the night before. I bet you could do the same!

Good luck!

[speakslow]

im training to be a hair dresser in the uk and i eventually want to LIVE in the u.s.
would i be able to do this?
i don't have family out there but i know some people.
what are the requirements and would i be able to get a work permit to start off with?
then apply for permanent residence?
is there ANYWAY i can move there?

[tonrob]

Originally Posted by speakslow

im training to be a hair dresser in the uk and i eventually want to LIVE in the u.s.
would i be able to do this?
i don't have family out there but i know some people.
what are the requirements and would i be able to get a work permit to start off with?
then apply for permanent residence?
is there ANYWAY i can move there?

Your two most realistic choices would be:

1) meet and marry an American (can lead to Permanent Residency), or
2) have the funds to start your own business, subject to a number of criteria (does not lead to Permanent Residency)

Have a butchers here:

Pulaski's Ways: How to Live and Work in the USA : British Expat Wiki

[FJORDHEIMER]

If you can jump the border your American. lol

[GuyPinestra]

Originally Posted by dreameyes

Thanks for the replies. I've actually got my greencard and have been living in the States with my husband (who is an American and who sponsered me) for 7 years now.

Kudos, dreameyes, for doing it RIGHT.

God bless you and your family here in America.