You probably don't fit any of the profiles. Maybe they investigated you a little ahead of time.

My son-in-law from Peru became a citizen a few years ago, and they hardly look at his passport any more. He is a handsome guy with dark skin and black hair, but the immigration people are pretty good at telling the difference between a Middle Easterner and a South American.

I remember being disappointed one time when I crossed into Canada. The whole thing took less than a minute. Coming back the other way was even faster. But that was 35 years ago.

> As many of you know, I've spent the better part of 18 months wrestling with government paperwork, with the intent of becoming a Lawful Permanent Resident of America.
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> This morning, we had an appointment with the USCIS (United States Citizenship & Immigration Service). We had a pile of paperwork about an inch and a half thick to take with us, but the guy barely glanced at more than a couple of them before blurting out "you're approved.".
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> We were caught by suprise for a moment, and neither of us was quite sure what he meant. But it turns out that I've got my green card, so we won't need to go through any of this again for another 2 years, when we'll need to prove that we're still married.
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> We'd taken our wedding photos along, as pictures of us together were one of the requirements. But he didn't need to see them in the end. Except that famous was quite insistent, so he had a look through them anyway ;)
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> So, if I choose to apply for American citizenship, I can do so in three years from today.
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> winter"Glad that's all over with"mute