View Full Version : how do i apply for american citizenship?
UrbanPoet
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:37 PM
how do i apply for american citizenship? is it hard?
devious9191
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:44 PM
Are you looking to move there permanently, or work there for a year or two?
Do you have friends of family there that could 'sponsor' you?
UrbanPoet
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:49 PM
No... i want an american credit card. :D
15-20_God
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:51 PM
marry a us chick.
devious9191
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:52 PM
No... i want an american credit card. :D
lol... I see. Well then it's not worth it. Costs thousands of dollars and months if not years of bs.
Blazin_Sunfire
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:53 PM
TRAITOR!!!! lol
devious9191
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:54 PM
marry a us chick.
That's my plan :p
UrbanPoet
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:54 PM
Oh... :|
what if i marry a US chick and divorce her with a pre-nup all with the intention of me gaining US citizenship?
devious9191
Aug 31st, 2005, 04:56 PM
Oh... :|
what if i marry a US chick and divorce her with a pre-nup all with the intention of me gaining US citizenship?
Still costs thousands and months of bs. Plus you have to deal with the wife now too.
DJXP
Aug 31st, 2005, 05:17 PM
Oh... :|
what if i marry a US chick and divorce her with a pre-nup all with the intention of me gaining US citizenship?
I heard you have to stay married for 2 years or something.
CoinSaver
Aug 31st, 2005, 05:44 PM
No... i want an american credit card. :D
If all you want is an american credit card, just call the Bank of America and apply.
I have a VISA through them.
engo
Aug 31st, 2005, 05:49 PM
If all you want is an american credit card, just call the Bank of America and apply.
I have a VISA through them.
Is it a USD credit card which I can buy stuff on website saying that they need a US credit card (with US address)? If yes, that would be interesting.
Daemar
Aug 31st, 2005, 05:52 PM
why are you in a canadian forum asking canadians how to become an american citizen?
That's like a mute person asking a blind person to describe what they see in the mirror.
Daemar
Aug 31st, 2005, 05:55 PM
Is it a USD credit card which I can buy stuff on website saying that they need a US credit card (with US address)? If yes, that would be interesting.
whatever you're thinking, it's not worth the trouble and it'll cost you some $
plus if you do become an american citizen you'd have to give up your canadian citizenship - no more dual citizenship.
kilarney
Aug 31st, 2005, 06:00 PM
whatever you're thinking, it's not worth the trouble and it'll cost you some $
plus if you do become an american citizen you'd have to give up your canadian citizenship - no more dual citizenship.
NO MORE DUAL CITIZENSHIP? SINCE WHEN? :lol:
wiggy
Aug 31st, 2005, 06:15 PM
http://www.migrationinformation.org/USfocus/display.cfm?id=304#10
Foreign-born members of the military can apply for US citizenship without the mandatory five-year waiting period. In general, when the foreign born apply for citizenship, there is a five-year waiting period from the time they get their "green cards" until they can apply to become naturalized US citizens.
Under previous rules, the five-year period was reduced to three years for military members. Since a July 3, 2002 executive order, there has been no mandatory waiting period for military personnel. The naturalization process typically takes eight to 10 months from the time an application is submitted until the oath of citizenship is administered.
http://www.marines.com/
jerryhung
Aug 31st, 2005, 06:27 PM
what's the point of getting US CC if you don't live down there?
Unless you plan to have a permanent home or friend there to get stuff, not much point really, and you don't save anything at all
UrbanPoet
Aug 31st, 2005, 06:41 PM
why are you in a canadian forum asking canadians how to become an american citizen?
That's like a mute person asking a blind person to describe what they see in the mirror.
wouldnt make much of a difference asking american citizens how to become an american citizens since most were probably born one...
DealMaster
Aug 31st, 2005, 07:23 PM
exactly...Anyways, I don't /think/ you can have an american adress unless you....ya know....live in america. otherwise you can just get US cc's through banks I believe.
Eternity
Aug 31st, 2005, 08:07 PM
NO MORE DUAL CITIZENSHIP? SINCE WHEN? :lol:
Since the sun starts rising from the east :cheesygri ......the US doesn't have a dual citizenship policy.
Hulkster
Aug 31st, 2005, 08:08 PM
Get a gun.
CoinSaver
Aug 31st, 2005, 08:40 PM
Is it a USD credit card which I can buy stuff on website saying that they need a US credit card (with US address)? If yes, that would be interesting.
It is a USD credit card, but with my Canadian address. Heck, I live here, so that's my address.
Got it originally about 7 yrs ago when I was travelling to the US a lot.
kilarney
Aug 31st, 2005, 08:54 PM
exactly...Anyways, I don't /think/ you can have an american adress unless you....ya know....live in america. otherwise you can just get US cc's through banks I believe.
or buy/rent property in Buffalo and Rochester and send it there. Pick it up yourself later. Rochester would be viable since there is a ferry that runs here to there.
devious9191
Aug 31st, 2005, 10:28 PM
whatever you're thinking, it's not worth the trouble and it'll cost you some $
plus if you do become an american citizen you'd have to give up your canadian citizenship - no more dual citizenship.
That's not true... your *other citizenship isn't recognized by whatever country you're living in, but you don't have to give it up.. unless this is very recent. Look at Alanis Morissette for an example... and that was just in Feb.
Sgt_Strider
Aug 31st, 2005, 11:30 PM
whatever you're thinking, it's not worth the trouble and it'll cost you some $
plus if you do become an american citizen you'd have to give up your canadian citizenship - no more dual citizenship.
That's not true, you can have dual citizenship. My mom has Canadian and American citizenship, at least that's what she told me.
Hulkster
Aug 31st, 2005, 11:37 PM
That's not true, you can have dual citizenship. My mom has Canadian and American citizenship, at least that's what she told me.
Yup. I'm a dual citizen also.
Daemar
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:02 AM
That's not true, you can have dual citizenship. My mom has Canadian and American citizenship, at least that's what she told me.
If you already have it, it's fine. You can't get it anymore as far as i know.
Sgt_Strider
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:10 AM
If you already have it, it's fine. You can't get it anymore as far as i know.
So when did it stopped? I'm having a hard time believing this...
j3fan
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:21 AM
No... i want an american credit card. :D
becoming an american citizen won't help you in getting an american credit card...they don't care if you are a citizen, legal alien, permenant residence....etc....btw, i'm a legal alien living in the USA and i have an american credit card...
....all they care about is your american credit history...and you also need a social security number....
j3fan
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:24 AM
If you already have it, it's fine. You can't get it anymore as far as i know.
this is bs...you can be dual citizenship, but when you are in Canada, you are consider a Canaidian citizen...when you get your Canadian citizen (as an american citizen), they make you take an oath saying you are no longer an american citizen, but that doesn't mean anything cuz you have to go the a US consulate and say that to them and signed their papers saying you are no longer a US citizen in order to be no longer an american citizen...same thing is true the other way...
...so if you have a US and Canadian citizen...on Canadian turf, you are considered as only a Canadian citizen and on US turf, you are considered as a US citizen, and anywhere else, you are a dual citizen....
j3fan
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:26 AM
That's not true... your *other citizenship isn't recognized by whatever country you're living in, but you don't have to give it up.. unless this is very recent. Look at Alanis Morissette for an example... and that was just in Feb.
yes, this is true....when you become an american citizen, in USA you are not considered a dual citizen, but solely an american citizen when you leave USA to Canada, you are considered as a Canadian citizen....and not a dual citizen....anywhere else you are considered dual citizenship....
Sgt_Strider
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:29 AM
this is bs...you can be dual citizenship, but when you are in Canada, you are consider a Canaidian citizen...when you get your Canadian citizen (as an american citizen), they make you take an oath saying you are no longer an american citizen, but that doesn't mean anything cuz you have to go the a US consulate and say that to them and signed their papers saying you are no longer a US citizen in order to be no longer an american citizen...same thing is true the other way...
...so if you have a US and Canadian citizen...on Canadian turf, you are considered as only a Canadian citizen and on US turf, you are considered as a US citizen, and anywhere else, you are a dual citizen....
Thanks for the clarification.
guest10586
Sep 1st, 2005, 02:55 AM
this is bs...you can be dual citizenship, but when you are in Canada, you are consider a Canaidian citizen...when you get your Canadian citizen (as an american citizen), they make you take an oath saying you are no longer an american citizen, but that doesn't mean anything cuz you have to go the a US consulate and say that to them and signed their papers saying you are no longer a US citizen in order to be no longer an american citizen...same thing is true the other way...
...so if you have a US and Canadian citizen...on Canadian turf, you are considered as only a Canadian citizen and on US turf, you are considered as a US citizen, and anywhere else, you are a dual citizen....
Wow, how screwed up would that be if you went to war with dual citizenship. You join to fight them but once you land on enemy territory you shoot everyone in the back. :lol: