My wife is an American!

Poststructural Pub
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Ahh yes. The greencard interview. That was nearly 4 years ago. We walked in with two satchels containing bulging folders of papers. Bills, photo albums, bank and tax records, you name it. When the agent asked to see proof of a comingled existence, Cindy handed some of the folders to her and she looked through them. She was like, “oh my god. I’ve never seen such thorough records”. Cindy is erm… very fastidious.

The interview didn’t last very long at all. We didn’t get any embarassing questions or anything like that. When it was over the agent handed back the folders and Cindy said “no, those are for you to keep. We have ours here” pointing to the other satchel. the agent said that they didn’t need to actually keep the documents they just wanted to see them. It was a big laugh in the end. Those folders are still down in the basement in boxes of other records. :laughing:

Best,
Paul

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Congratulations!

It sounds like she’ll be the best sort of citizen, too - meticulous, informed, and (now) registered to vote.

It sounds like the INS (or your office, anyway) have become more efficient (and friendlier) over the years. When my wife was sworn in, 18 years ago, we celebrated for TWO reasons - and the second was finally getting through all the red tape. I remember thinking at the time that if native-born citizens had to do HALF the study before voting that naturalization candidates do, the pool of eligible voters would be reduced a small fraction of the population - and the registration rate (among ELIGIBLE voters) would probably top 95%.

Now for the next major milestone: her first chance to vote! :smiley: