Comments on: The Lighter Side of this Canuck’s Deportation (or not) http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/ Denver parenting, with altitude Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:16:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Heidi Ahrens http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3833 Heidi Ahrens Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:37:40 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3833 Well, I don't have any real advice for you since two years ago I had to make the same decision. My daughter has dual citizenship and my husband is Canadian. My green card was up so I had to decide keep the husband at my side and become American or have him deported. I selected to become american and he got his green card. Now we live happily ever after in Carbondale. Heidi http://www.outdoorbaby.net Well, I don’t have any real advice for you since two years ago I had to make the same decision. My daughter has dual citizenship and my husband is
Canadian. My green card was up so I had to decide keep the husband at my side and become American or have him deported. I selected to become american and he got his green card.

Now we live happily ever after in Carbondale.

Heidi
http://www.outdoorbaby.net

]]> By: yvonne http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3832 yvonne Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:18:27 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3832 As an American living in Canada, I just can't bring myself to giving up my American citizenship--though I guess that's not a requirement anymore. My 17 y.o. has both, but in his mind he's Canadian and darn proud of it!!! As an American living in Canada, I just can’t bring myself to giving up my American citizenship–though I guess that’s not a requirement anymore.

My 17 y.o. has both, but in his mind he’s Canadian and darn proud of it!!!

]]> By: serf 'rett http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3831 serf 'rett Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:24:50 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3831 Would you have to take the buggy-from-hell too? Would you have to take the buggy-from-hell too?

]]> By: Jenn http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3830 Jenn Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:52:28 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3830 What feels like home? When you come back to Calgary do you breathe a sigh of relief? If Denver is home, then go for it. It is not the same but if I had to choose between the province I was born and the province I choose. I would choose where I live now. Jenn What feels like home? When you come back to Calgary do you breathe a sigh of relief? If Denver is home, then go for it. It is not the same but if I had to choose between the province I was born and the province I choose. I would choose where I live now.

Jenn

]]> By: Liz http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3829 Liz Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:17:16 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3829 Get dual citizenship?? I know people that have it, I don't know how you go about getting it, but that might work for you! Get dual citizenship?? I know people that have it, I don’t know how you go about getting it, but that might work for you!

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3828 Kimberly Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:47:44 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3828 Oh my. It was totally number four, wasn't it. Neil and I talked it over when we lived down there and thought we might end up settling there. We decided to play it by ear and base our decision on whether or not citizenship would affect our lives at all. We weren't disaffected so that element didn't come into things. We weren't sure if there were any practical issues that would make getting our citizenship a worthwhile endeavor. It's a very personal thing really though, isn't it? Oh my. It was totally number four, wasn’t it.

Neil and I talked it over when we lived down there and thought we might end up settling there. We decided to play it by ear and base our decision on whether or not citizenship would affect our lives at all. We weren’t disaffected so that element didn’t come into things. We weren’t sure if there were any practical issues that would make getting our citizenship a worthwhile endeavor. It’s a very personal thing really though, isn’t it?

]]> By: diana/sunshine http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3827 diana/sunshine Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:47:10 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3827 wow, that is a hard one. i guess if there's no real reason that you feel like you need u.s. citizenship, then i would't stress myself out by trying to get it. but i'm not in your shoes. i'll be anxious to hear what you'll do. www.sunshine-on-my-shoulders.blogspot.com wow, that is a hard one. i guess if there’s no real reason that you feel like you need u.s. citizenship, then i would’t stress myself out by trying to get it. but i’m not in your shoes. i’ll be anxious to hear what you’ll do.

http://www.sunshine-on-my-shoulders.blogspot.com

]]> By: GrumpyAngel http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3826 GrumpyAngel Tue, 14 Oct 2008 04:00:17 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3826 http://grumpyangel.blogspot.com I have a biased opinion on this question. I am a naturalized American. I "converted" over 15 years ago. My reason isn't so lofty and idealistic. I just wanted to be a citizen of the same country as my American born children. My husband is the first natural born American in his family, so on both sides we are a family of naturalized Americans. We still have affection for the "motherland", but our loyalty is to the country we plan to spend the rest of our lives in. It's an individual decision though, so I say make the one your heart feels most comfortable with. Although I hope it doesn't involve the husband being forced to make out with the Great Pumpkin :-) http://grumpyangel.blogspot.com

I have a biased opinion on this question. I am a naturalized American. I “converted” over 15 years ago. My reason isn’t so lofty and idealistic. I just wanted to be a citizen of the same country as my American born children. My husband is the first natural born American in his family, so on both sides we are a family of naturalized Americans. We still have affection for the “motherland”, but our loyalty is to the country we plan to spend the rest of our lives in.

It’s an individual decision though, so I say make the one your heart feels most comfortable with. Although I hope it doesn’t involve the husband being forced to make out with the Great Pumpkin :-)

]]> By: LAURA L http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3825 LAURA L Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:25:38 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3825 You must stay Canadian!!! As a fellow Saskatoonian I demand you too! Come on who will understand how great perogies are, how to wear a touque! Come on!! You must stay Canadian!!! As a fellow Saskatoonian I demand you too! Come on who will understand how great perogies are, how to wear a touque! Come on!!

]]> By: Momma, The Casual Perfectionist http://www.milehighmamas.com/2008/10/13/the-lighter-side-of-this-canucks-deportation-or-not/#comment-3824 Momma, The Casual Perfectionist Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:22:20 +0000 http://www.milehighmamas.com/?p=850#comment-3824 So, would your husband come to visit your children in Canada, or would they have to just look at his picture on the Internet? ;) In all honesty, I wouldn't mind raising my child in a foreign country. I think it would be an adventure, and it would be amazing to see the world through her eyes. The things she (and we) would learn about being World Citizens would be priceless. That being said, we wouldn't change our citizenship...there is just something too ingrained about being an American. :) How wonderful is it that we're free to roam the world and still be welcomed home. ~Momma aka The Casual Perfectionist http://thecasualperfectionist.com So, would your husband come to visit your children in Canada, or would they have to just look at his picture on the Internet? ;)

In all honesty, I wouldn’t mind raising my child in a foreign country. I think it would be an adventure, and it would be amazing to see the world through her eyes. The things she (and we) would learn about being World Citizens would be priceless. That being said, we wouldn’t change our citizenship…there is just something too ingrained about being an American. :) How wonderful is it that we’re free to roam the world and still be welcomed home.

~Momma
aka The Casual Perfectionist
http://thecasualperfectionist.com

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