Woot! I'm Legit y'all!!!

[ssmjlm]

Yay!

[timorousbeastie]

Congrats!

[MamaMaui24]

Congratulations!

[shelbyann]

Congrats!!

[Deleted]

Congrats!

(And I'm sorry. The US sucks lately.)

[elocrates]

Woo! Congratulations!

[yellowbrkrd]

Congrats!

[biogirl21]

Congrats!

[Brie]

Hooray!

(waves tiny American flag)

[orangeblossom]

Yay, This is CEP post worthy.

[lg28]

Huge congrats! I know it's been an ordeal so I'm glad it worked out

[lauralala]

Yay! Congrats - I know the process has not been easy.

[curbsideprophet]

Congrats!!!

[redheadk]

YES!!!!!!!

[hetty]

Congratulations!

[winecheery]

Good for you, yay!

[heygrey]

CONGRATULATIONS!! having that tiny piece of plastic in hand is the best feeling! does this mean your husband and kids are automatically residents as well? (I'm not knowledgeable on US visas.) are you planning to apply for citizenship?

[potatopie]

Congrats! I'm dreading the green card process for DH. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Glad everything worked out for you!

[magpie]

congratulations! We just finished the immigration process for my H (after being here for 15 years, he got to VOTE for the first time during this primary election!!!).

[SJ]

Congratulations!!

[heygrey]

Aug 21, 2014 22:51:37 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Aug 21, 2014 22:23:04 GMT -5 heygrey said:

CONGRATULATIONS!! having that tiny piece of plastic in hand is the best feeling! does this mean your husband and kids are automatically residents as well? (I'm not knowledgeable on US visas.) are you planning to apply for citizenship?

Thank you!

My kids are citizens having both been born here and my husband is now a resident as well. 

I'm not eligible to apply for citizenship for 5 years. I'm not sure what I'll do then. 

i was going to go back and edit re: your kids. i knew they would be citizens by birth, but that slipped my mind. 

i would have a hard time deciding on US citizenship only because i wouldn't want to renounce my natural citizenship. (i'm assuming the US still only recognizes one, yes?) but on the flip side, if you're making it your home and it's where your kids are... idk. hard! 

[zeewifeandmama]

Congrats!! Such a long arduous process!!

[mie]

Congrats!

[greycat]

Congrats!!!!

[fbf2006]

Aug 21, 2014 23:41:09 GMT -5 heygrey said:

Aug 21, 2014 22:51:37 GMT -5 @246baje said:

Thank you!

My kids are citizens having both been born here and my husband is now a resident as well. 

I'm not eligible to apply for citizenship for 5 years. I'm not sure what I'll do then. 

i was going to go back and edit re: your kids. i knew they would be citizens by birth, but that slipped my mind. 

i would have a hard time deciding on US citizenship only because i wouldn't want to renounce my natural citizenship. (i'm assuming the US still only recognizes one, yes?) but on the flip side, if you're making it your home and it's where your kids are... idk. hard! 

The US doesn't make you renounce citizenships. She can always be a dual citizen, depending on her home country's rules.

Congrats @246baje! Mine was stalled so we're leaning on my husband's process at this point. I was in the US legally for 16 years (crazy huh?!!).

[chickens987]

Congrats!

And @246baje, why is the h1b controversial? I'm about 7 years out from paying attention but that's the visa H was here on.

Are you considering naturalization?

[heygrey]

Aug 22, 2014 3:17:21 GMT -5 fbf2006 said:

The US doesn't make you renounce citizenships. She can always be a dual citizen, depending on her home country's rules.

that's good! I know they've flip flopped on this issue as my BIL was required to renounce his Canadian citizenship when he became an American, but it's been several years. probably the better part if a decade? Canada allows dual citizenship.

[UnderProtest]

I THINK it is that the US doesn't recognize dual citizenship while other countries do. So you can be a UK/US citizen (or whatever country) for UK purposes, but the US would consider you only a US citizen.

Anyway, congratulations!!!!

[mellymel]

Congratulations!!

[bunch]

Yay!  Congratulations!