Since I started all this.... I just have never felt the need to become a citizen. I also lived in Switzerland for 7 years (no chance of becoming a citizen there) and so am kind of used to being a non-citizen. Have lived half my life outside the UK now.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Greenwood" <[email protected]> To: "hotshotlorimer" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 5:32:22 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [LU] Charlton screening If you become a US citizen (as I did) then you do not give up your British citizenship. So I hold two passports. One primary reason was an esoteric, but very pragmatic one about death duties and the survivor getting a huge bill if you were a non citizen, but not if a citizen. Not sure how it applies if your spouse is a US citizen - we were both Brits. But also - soon I will have lived here half my life, it seems right to be a citizen. Tim On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 5:06 PM, hotshotlorimer < [email protected]> wrote: > I've been in the USA for 10 years now, and have an American wife but would > NEVER, EVER, EVER consider becoming a US citizen (or for that matter, a > citizen of any other country) - can anyone explain to me how the thought > process for that decision actually works? I'm never gonna pledge allegiance > to a damn American flag; what the hell would The Queen say? > > BTW - the first question is an entirely serious one and the second question > is only partially tongue in cheek. > _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist and the hardest time in a sailor's day is to watch the sun as it sails away
