My CAP name is now my legal name!

[Майор Хаткевич]

Yesterday I became a US Citizen, so my name that is on all my CAP certificates is now my legal name as well!

That solves the issue of having a different name on my Mitchell/Earhart from my IDs, finally. Lol.

[PhoenixRisen]

Congrats!!

[Pylon]

Congratulations!  What a great day for you, I'm sure!   :clap:

[raivo]

Congratulations!!

[MSgt Van]

Congratulations Mr. USAFaux2004!

[jimmydeanno]

Congratulations!  I'm curious about your naturalization process.  What was the reason you decided to become a citizen?  I had a few friends in high-school that were dual-citizen Canadian-American and later decided to return to Canada.

[SamFranklin]

Congratulations to you! As soon as you turn 18, go register to vote and participate in this government of, by, and for the people.

[cachambliss]

Congratulations from another naturalized Citizen of this great country. 
You worked for it, you have earned it, It is your duty and obligation as an American By Choice to get involved and VOTE.  Conservative or Liberal, Democrat,  or Republican, or Libertarian, or Independent please do not take your duty and obligation lightly.

BTW I hope your picture on your Certificate of Citizenship looks a whole lot better than mine).

Cliff
Guatemala by Birth, America by Choice.

[vmstan]

Congrats!

[Star-Maker]

I originally misread the thread title as your CAPTalk name now being your legal name. 

Congratulations on your citizenship!

[CAP Producer]

Congratulations on your citizenship and welcome to the family!

[IceNine]

Congrats!

I'm not going to stop with the Russian jokes any time soon though   

[Strick]

Awsome.......... :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:Congratulations!!!!!!!!!  This is why AMERICA is a great place becuse we all at one point came from some where else.

[Flying Pig]

I dont think that has anything to do with why America is great......


However, Congratulations American.

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

The United States of America was built on a proud  history of immigrants coming here and becoming Americans.

You are part of that.

Now...as soon as you can, get your newly-naturalized American posterior out there and VOTE!

:clap:

[The CyBorg is destroyed]

I had a few friends in high-school that were dual-citizen Canadian-American and later decided to return to Canada.

I live near the border and encounter quite a few dual CanAm's, some by birth, some by parental citizenship, some by naturalization.

As long as they don't formally renounce their Canadian nationality (in writing), they can retain their Canadian citizenship, even though the U.S. Oath of Naturalization requires renunciation of allegiance to a foreign state.

However, I'm not sure how other countries handle the issue.

[Major Lord]

Darn illegal-alien Canadians coming down here and stealing all of our good beer-drinking and hockey playing jobs! Ya' hosers!

Major Lord

[a2capt]

Like, take off, man!

To the Great White North!  ... Take off!

It's a beauty way to go!

Congratulations none the less!

[DBlair]

Congratulations on becoming an American citizen!


...I'm curious, though. CAP let you join under a name other than your actual legal name?

[Майор Хаткевич]

To answer some questions:

I moved to the US on 19 Dec 01, and was eligible for applying on November 15 2007 (3 months before eligibility, thus at 17 years and 9 months old). The process costs $675, so at 18 I chose not to do it.

The minimum time is 5 years from Green Card to citizen, but apparently anyone under 18 can't take the oath of citizenship, even though at 17 the military service oath is OK *and they are pretty close in wording*.

I'm originally from Latvia (but as IceNine said, I'm a ruski), and they allow people to retain citizenship, thus I have a dual citizenship unless I write to the embassy and tell them to take it away.

There was no specific reason for it, other than, if I live here, I might as well be a citizen, right? The vote card (which you could fill out right there and be registered), is already in the mail, and I plan on voting come November.

My photo on the certificate is horrid...I should have taken one myself and cleaned it up a bit...didn't expect that one to be the one they use...lol.

CAP received a copy of my green card when I applied. The name on the card is Mihails (Russian for Michael, with an 's' added on the end by stupid Latvian grammar rules) Hatkevics, which is a bastardized version of Hatkevich with an 's' on the end, the c having a small 'v' over it in the Latvian alphabet to make it a ch sound.  So instead of being Hatkevich or even Hatkevichs, I was Hatkevics which drove me insane until a few days ago. On the app we put Michael and Hatkevich which sound right. No one said a thing, and my CAPIDs and everything else came out in this fashion.