A heart warming story...

RealSuperK said:
A 101 year old grandma becomes a US citizen
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/faces.htm

What USCIS didn't mention was that she filed for her citizenship in her early 50s and has been stuck in the name check for 50 years. Kidding, of course, just trying to laugh at the screwed up situation the name check crowd (and I'm one of them) is in.
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People like Mrs. Ilchenko are living example of why this Nation is so proud of itself. These are the real Americans to whom the the new generation should look up with respect and veneration.
My wish for this great women is that in about 8 years from now, she and her grandcildren, and maybe grand-grandchildren will celebrate her 10th aniversary as American Citizen :)
Congratulation Grandma Ilchenko :)
 
vulpasin said:
People like Mrs. Ilchenko are living example of why this Nation is so proud of itself. These are the real Americans to whom the the new generation should look up with respect and veneration.
My wish for this great women is that in about 8 years from now, she and her grandcildren, and maybe grand-grandchildren will celebrate her 10th aniversary as American Citizen :)
Congratulation Grandma Ilchenko :)
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Not to be cynical or anything, and I wish Grandma Ilchenko and her kids, grandkids and so on all the best, but I suspect Grandma Ilchenko doesn't even speak English. Not sure how that qualifies her as being a real American...

I'm glad that USCIS found something positive to write about. Now the next thing I wanna read on their web site is something like this - "USCIS in collaboration with FBI got their s**t together and cleaned up all remaining backlogs of all applications of all kinds". Wouldn't THAT be something nice to read about too? Probably not as hear warming as the story about Grandma Ilchenko, but nice nonetheless.

K
 
RealSuperK said:
Not to be cynical or anything, and I wish Grandma Ilchenko and her kids, grandkids and so on all the best, but I suspect Grandma Ilchenko doesn't even speak English. Not sure how that qualifies her as being a real American...

I'm glad that USCIS found something positive to write about. Now the next thing I wanna read on their web site is something like this - "USCIS in collaboration with FBI got their s**t together and cleaned up all remaining backlogs of all applications of all kinds". Wouldn't THAT be something nice to read about too? Probably not as hear warming as the story about Grandma Ilchenko, but nice nonetheless.

K
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It's a good chance she can barely speek at all. Although judging by the picture she looks in good health despite her age. But this is beyond the point. If I'm not wrong, people of a certain age if they lived in this country as LR long enough (I believe is 20 or...get this: 50 years!) can get Naturalized without being examined for history and language. Also seniors with medical condition (and maybe not only seniors) may be exempt from language/history tests.
I remember I read the above info somewhere, I'm not 100% sure about the accuracy of it.

On the other hand the "USCIS in collaboration with FBI"...sounds more like a fairy tail and should begin with: "once upon a time"... :D
 
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RealSuperK said:
A 101 year old grandma becomes a US citizen
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/faces.htm

What USCIS didn't mention was that she filed for her citizenship in her early 50s and has been stuck in the name check for 50 years. Kidding, of course, just trying to laugh at the screwed up situation the name check crowd (and I'm one of them) is in.
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Realy nice story. I hope we all reach that age...but hopefully we'll get our citizenship earlier :D
 
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