International Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: How many of you International nesties have dual citizenship?
I was born with two, American and German, but my mother never registered my birth with the German government, so I am going through the process of doing that now.
If I live ten more years in Switzerland (which we most likely will--as it's our long term home location) I'll be able to apply for naturalization there. I'm not sure if I want to or not. It's less of a big deal for me though than it would be for H since CH has compulsory military service for all Swiss males under a certain age (it's somewhere in the 50-58 range).
As an aside, had I not been born an American I highly doubt I'd want to naturalize to become one. It's different than all other countries because of the tax perspective. I'd rather just have a green card because it's easier and far lest costly to get rid of when you leave than is citizenship. If you give up a green card when you leave the country, you no longer have to file with the IRS, possibly owe them money, tell the IRS about your foreign accounts, and deal with ever changing reporting laws. If you naturalize and leave the country you will forever have to deal with all of the above. For me, it's not worth it just to vote.
I do not, because
1) I haven't been here 9 years
2) I can't get permanent residency or citizenship as a SAHM (2.5 years of full-time work required)
3) Most importantly, I'm not willing to give up my US citizenship.
I am dual US/Aussie. I was born in the US and became an Aussie citizen last year. The citizenship process was easy for me and not very expensive ($260 AUD).
I was going to have to re-new my visa in 2011, so while inquiring about that I found out I was eligible for citizenship so I applied.