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Thursday, December 06, 2007

CITIZENSHIP

(With tears in my eyes . . . OK and rolling down my cheeks!)

My baby is a British citizen!

Funnily enough I said to someone this morning that it might come through soon!

For anyone about to go through the process themselves, this is the timeframe:
  • Mid September - applied for Nationality Checking Service (NCS) appointment
  • 12th November - NCS appointment
  • 3rd December - Citizenship granted
  • 6th December - Citizenship received
It's actually a bittersweet day, Alice becoming a British citizen means that she is no longer a Chinese citizen. It's a requirement of the Chinese adoption regulations that citizenship of the adoptive country is obtained and to encourage this process they require that Post Placement Reports continue until citizenship is obtained.
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2 comments:

Janet said...

~*~ CONGRATULATIONS~*~
Kate and Alice :-)
Lots of love
Janet
xxx

6/12/07 4:10 pm
Ellen said...

To My Friend Alice:

What a Special Day! Congratulations!

It is very cool to be a British Citizen. I remember when I became a citizen last year! Mummy & daddy made quite a fuss about it and I have a special certificate in my Lifebook.

My Mummy cried that day (but she cries about a lot of happy things so it was just an ordinary day here!).

I eagerly await our visit in the New Year!

lots of love from your special friend,

Annaliesa xxxxxxxx
(and a few extra xxxxxx's for your very cute dogs!)

6/12/07 4:15 pm

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