CONGRATULATIONS to our newest US citizen!

The Satellite
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My wife, originally from China, just took the oath of loyalty today and received her naturalization certificate as a citizen of the United States.

Her first ever election (no right to vote in China, obviously) will be the May runoff.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

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Dude, that is awesome. Congrats!

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Thanks!

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I know the work they have to do to prepare and often if they really put in the work and study they end up knowing more about the US than natural born Americans.

Both my parents were proud to become citizens after years of being permanent residents.

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Congrats to the wifey! All the best

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Thanks!

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Awesome!!!

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Congratulations

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Merci!

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Cheers!

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Great!

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Congrats. That’s awesome.

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Thanks!

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Good deal; did she have to renounce her Chinese
citizenship and surrender her China passport, etc… or does all that automatically happen ?

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She doesn’t have to surrender her Chinese passport.

HOWEVER, as a practical matter, she won’t be able to travel from and back to the USA on it.

Why not?

Because she did have to surrender her GREEN CARD when she became a citizen.

That means that if she left the USA on a Chinese passport, she’d have to come back on it, and if she came back, and couldn’t present either a Green Card, or a Visa (which she can’t), she’d have issues.

By contrast, if she leaves under a US passport with a stamp, she need only present that US passport upon returning, and everything is fine.

Thus, while she technically still possesses a Chinese passport, it’s practically useless now.

As for renouncing citizenship…in your naturalization oath, you pledge loyalty to the USA and renounce loyalty to other countries.

Here is the oath:

“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God.”

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Ryan: I assume your wife is proud to now be an American. Would she ever want to go back to China? I am sure she has family there. Congratulations to both of you.

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Of course she’s proud to be an American.

Her Mother and a few relatives are still in China, and she still owns a Condo there.

At some point we’ll probably try to bring her Mother here.

Until then, she may still travel back to see her Mother from time to time.

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Congratulations :us:

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Thanks!

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That’s the silliest question. Do British immigrants never want to go back to England, or Canadians, or French? Hey Chris you never want to go back to visit France right? Sounds a bit r word. Just because she’s from China you question her patriotism?