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MLWR

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4. I don't know how old you are, but I am on the cusp of 80 and

Reply to lostnfound (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 10:51 AM

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" if you fell in love with someone from another country, you could marry them and follow you’re ’happily ever after’ dream, because they ‘automatically became US citizen’ when you married " was NOT the case when I got married in 1968. My husband did not get automatic citizenship. He had to live here for 3 years and then go through the process: background check; citizenship classes and a test of knowledge of history and civics and finally the swearing-in ceremony.

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