Changes
I just finished watching this weeks Heroes and I was glad to see it’s continuing it’s good streak. The only shitty thing is the Parkman spirit walk storyline, but then I’ve never been interested in Parkman and his boring power.
Tonight I was at Mandy and Emma’s for dinner because it was Emma’s birthday. It was fun getting to see them since I haven’t seen them since I got back. Mandy is pregnant again which is cool, hopefully this time it’ll stick.
I took over my photo album since my photos came today. I made two photo albums, one of Seattle and one of everything else. I only took the Seattle one with me tho. It was really just to sort of put Tim in front of them in many photos and show what a part of my life he is.
I’ll prolly send out an e-mail to everyone before he arrives just making it crystal clear what he is and what we are.
Speaking of Tim, five weeks from now the US election will be underway or even over. It’s kind of scary that that event is gonna shape my future so much. Well not really my future, just where it’s gonna be.
If Obama wins then I’ll be moving to the States once he puts equal rights in place like he says he will, unfortunately that might take a while. If McCain wins then Tim will move over here within the next year or two.
I’m kinda wishing McCain would win so that we could be together quicker, who knows how long it’ll take Obama to pass equal rights? But I don’t think I could live in Scotland my entire life and I love our house in Seattle too much.
It’d be cool if Tim could move over here till I finish school and then we move back there but it’d be too expensive and also Americans can’t have dual citizenship so if Tim were to move here and marry me he’d never be able to go back.
His Mum would hate me for that.
September 30th, 2008 at 10:05 pm
I don't think marriage would affect citizenship…it would only give Tim a residence permit! Zach will have the option to apply for German citizenship after 3 years of marriage.
October 1st, 2008 at 12:54 am
Americans can and do have dual citizenship. it kind of depends upon the exact situation. i know a guy who has triple citizenship and was even working for a government contractor and had been through background checks (where they knew he'd used other passports to travel to restricted countries). i think typically the case is that the US tries to make you give up your previous citizenship if you're becoming a US citizen.
as Dodo says, marriage doesn't automatically grant a person citizenship in that country. there's still a procedure to go through. usually, however, marriage does grant you both a residence and work permit to live in a country — or at the very least make it very easy to get one.
more importantly, you can aply for residence, as we were made to do in the netherlands, even if you really don't have a real intent on living there. this sets the wheels in motion for you to eventually get a citizenship status, but you can always back out at any time.