I Got BRITISH Citizenship as an AMERICAN!// Dual Nationality + What it Means for Me
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Well done and this gives you the right to complain about the weather as much as you like and even more so if someone complaints about it and doesn't live here you can tell them that they are wearing the wrong clothing lol
Now you must give it time and check it out but the UK and Australia are doing trade talks and one part of the talks is to remove the need for visas either way , but I'm not sure about work visas .
Britain will soon cease to exist ... Scotland will be leaving soon ... our place is in the EU and not the vile and corrupt UK
@@SaorAlba1970 the vile and corrupt UK would be boosted by joining the vile and corrupt free spending eu but at least you can get rid of the government and its leaders at the moment unlike a leader that's is imposed on everyone in the eu
@@lawrenceglaister4364 Scotland hasn't voted for the Tories since the 1950s yet we still have a conservative government imposed on us .... and it's the MEPs who vote for EU leaders so the EU leaders are elected more brexiter lies ... the UK is finished and when we leave Wales will almost certainly follow us
Congratulations, welcome to the dual citizenship club. For your husband to get a green card and then citizenship, he'd have to move to the US or at least not be outside of US more than 6mths at a time. Good luck.
You should never worry what people think, you love the country you were born in and love the country you live in, so that’s fine and no need to decide which is better. Good luck to you both.
Congratulations and, although you've been here ages, welcome...we like you just as you are!
Congratulations Kaylin, now you have the right to complain about anything and everything in the UK without any comeback, as you're one of us!
She didn't take Scottish citizenship.
@@Lagerfanny-g7eUK citizenship includes England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland.
@@aheat3036 I think you missed the point...
I also have duel nationality, and you're right, it can be complicated. I've lived in Australia for decades and wouldn't live anywhere else. However, when I return to the UK which I do regularly, it feels like home. Like you, I see the good and not so good in both countries but I also feel privileged to be accepted in both Australia and the UK. Congratulations, it's a great feeling.
congratulations and welcome, thank you for contributing to our society in a positive way, good to have you with us 'officially'. I would love to be a US citizen - went there once and the theme parks were awesome and the car culture was great; I would love to just drive round and experience the whole country and feel genuinely an American.
Im American and feel this exact same way about the UK after my recent visit :)
Since I was a small child I’ve always dreamt of becoming a duel citizen. The United States of America ( my home country) and Britain. Why? Just for fun I guess
Apply for the Green Card Visa Lottery or marry a U.S. citizen or get an employer in the U.S. to sponsor you.
I’m soooo happy for you!!!
You are living my dream so I’ll live vicariously thru you, and I can’t wait to hear about the ceremony in January!
Congratulations. It must be a great feeling to know that you can now move freely between the UK and the US.
Congratulations! I did the same this year and found it incredibly stressful. Only two more hurdles to go til you've reached the finish line.
Aww congrats. Hope you have a happy life visiting the 2 countries often xx
Congrats! I just found your vids and found them really informative. I really like that you have a balanced opinion about the differences between the two countries and, more importantly, acknowledge when you don't have enough experience about something. Some vloggers make it their shtick to be over the top about certain aspects of US life that just play into simple stereotypes without acknowledging the full picture. The reality is the 2 countries are so different that it's hard to compare at a glance... some Brits move here and love it (or hate it) and some Americans move over there and love it (or hate it). As with most things it really comes down to personal circumstance.
The only disadvantage to keeping US citizenship is being taxed by the Americans for anything you earn, anywhere! Welcome to being a Brit by the way. I'd love to know one thing though. Somebody told me this once and I'd like to know if it's true. If you have dual citizenship each country regards you as belonging to them first and the other second. So you have to use your American passport when entering and leaving the US but you have to use your UK passport at UK passport control. I'd love to know.
A minor grumble but Australian tax can be quite tough on overseas income. As an Australian/UK dual my pension pot made in Australia is tax free up to almost equivalent of GBP1million. But my UK occupational pension - accumulated on same terms - is classed by the Australian Tax Office as overseas income and is taxed. Also means I have to put a tax return in and pay provisional tax in advance. UK OAP are also taxed in Australia. In Australia Old Age Pensions are means tested and not universal but tax free if you are eligible. But very, very first world problems ....willingly pay tax to live here.
Not strictly true. You pay tax on your UK earnings to HMRC. The IRS will only come after you for income that is taxable in the US but not subject to tax in the UK. For example, Boris Johnson, who was born in New York, had to pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to the IRS for the profit on the sale of his house in London. In the UK, CGT is not charged on profits from the sale of your main residence. He gave up his US citizenship shortly afterwards.
You still have to file US Taxes, BUT, if you make LESS than a certain amount of pounds, you don't have to pay taxes on it. The allowance is fairly high. I think you had to make more than £90k. You'd be taxed on amount over 90k. I'd be concerned if I were her to make SURE she had 40 quarters or more of paying US Social Security tax in. I.e. 10 full years. Otherwise afaik, she wouldn't collect zip.
If you have a passport for the UK and entering the UK, overseas dependances, Crown, and other UK territory then use the British passport, the same if entering USA, its colonies and possession use the USA passport.
However, she might be a dual national but there is a disclaimer in the UK passport that states that the British government will not protect you from military service or other requirements in the other country that you are a citizen of.
Additionally the UK can render you stateless (though illegal under international legislation) by rescinding your eligibility for a UK passport (as has been done to groomed children who went to Syria).
Being a British citizen will not stop the British from deporting you, as this has happened with hundreds of people whose families originated from the carribean.
@@olavsantiago Britain only removes citizenship from those who also qualify as citizens of another country, as was the case with those, albeit teenagers, who knowingly travelled and joined an organisation which declared itself an enemy of this state.
The people deported to Caribbean countries had previously been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of at least 12 months and were also citizens of those countries to which they were deported.
Congratulations!!! Oh, and really enjoyed the bit at the end where you pose for thumbnail pictures :P
Hahahaha, had no idea I left that in, hilarious!
@@GirlGoneLondonofficial 😂😂 least it’s not as bad as the mum who was making her upset son pose for one 🙈🙈🙈
Hi Kalyn,
I think we are very lucky to have you. It's touching to see how excited you are about your British citizenship.
Well done - as an Australian / UK dual I found one of the odd advantages (?) is that a UK passport is less than half the price of an Australian one (GBP 75 as opposed to $AUD300). However - though many may not agree - the UK one used to be a lot more useful when pre-Brexit it was also an EU one. If forced to give up one citizenship, for me it would be the UK one. Australia is a long way from anywhere but the standard of living, healthcare etc is in my view far better .I used to pick which passport to enter the UK on, on the basis of the length of the queues at Heathrow - but COVID has also stuffed that as vaccination certs etc are linked to one passport only and Australia is a lot more strict in terms of visas, borders etc.
Indeed: I'm a UK citizen but am applying for Irish citizenship (my granny was irish) and regain my EU citizenship (and freedom of movement)..
It _is_ a political decision because it's a result of Bexit that I have to do this, but my partner is Irish (from Omagh) and now has dual citizenship.
@@alanrobinson-orr8748 that’s a good idea Alan, as a Brit living in Germany I got my Irish ☘️ citizenship this year, it took awhile though.
@@pashvonderc381 Ditto me. Covid has the delayed the process but hopefully won't be too much longer
@@alanrobinson-orr8748 same here, CV19 somewhat delayed the process too..
The citizenship ceremony involves pledging your admiration of David Attenborough, your love of tea and to know the rules of Mornington Crescent.
does anyone know the full rules of Mornington Crescent.
There are no rules.....
@@raymondporter2094 Mrs. Trellis the official rule keeper would be very disappointed to here this; in fact she could go as far as saying that you haven't a clue.
@@johnclements6614 Samantha keeps a book of the original rules. and a book of the alternative rules. She likes nothing better than to get them out and finger through the various points of interest
Well done and welcome aboard. Your patience is a virtue and now you can travel between your homeland and the UK hopefully hassle free.👏👏👏👏👏👏🇬🇧🇺🇸
Well done Kalyn. Brilliant news. So pleased for you. I really am!
Congrats! Excited for you!! I'm working on my UK citizenship as well. Fingers crossed! 🤞
Congratulations! 🍾
Congrats Kalyn you deserve it as you have put in so much time and effort to become a citizen, it took us 5 years to get to Canada from the UK, Take care P
Well done Kaitlyn, you are so welcome to be a UK citizen, I love both countries too, keep the videos coming
You've passed the final Britishness test: recognition that everything is in shades of grey lol!!
By the way huge congratulations to you for gaining citizenship.
Thanks for the video just found your channel i am American 42 years old single male i wanted to start a business in London pub/hostel i just got back from vacations there and fell in love with LONDON! i stayed near the Victora coach and train/subway station area. I am learning the whole process of dual citizenship
Just stopped by to congratulate you. Well done.
Good for you! lovely to see you so happy about this.
So, now is where the REAL work starts - you must now memorize the rule books for Cricket and Football (soccer, I know you've been in UK for yonks but a few weeks back you said you mainly used the word "trash" not "rubbish", so I thought I'd drop that in to show respect for your "duality"!!) Well done on the citizenship, and for your future sport skillz tests, Good luck!!! - India would be a great place to have citizenship, but you need to know the Cricket rules properly from day 1
Congratulations! Well deserved!
Hey. Congratulations. I've been living in Germany for 20 years and had to get a residence permit for the first time this year.
Congratulations on your citizenship! Just caught the exciting bit at the very end! I can respect that!! I don’t know if you watch Evan Erdinger, he recently did his citizenship ceremony, it would be interesting to hear you guys discuss your experiences. Any plans to follow /report on your hubby’s green card trials and tribulations? Dual nationality, I think German, they all speak English too or Netherlands.
Been following you for last year with all the humour you have shown so British & obviously American as you are. So very happy for you with the Citizenship and hope you find better life with all you do. Only country from UK I have looked to move to was Canada where I have some family in Toronto who I have visited years ago twice, though now just settled old got in the village I live in. Love to you and your hubbie with all your are looking for
Part of the ceremony is a check to ensure you can make tea correctly. Milk first and you will fail. If it is Her Majesty she will say "I am not amused".😊😊
Super congratulations 🎉 on this landmark step. Thoroughly well deserved.
Always thought dual with Canada 🇨🇦 for the ice hockey, proper ❄️, Timi’s… and generally lovely people!
Welcome and congratulations, hope you've celebrated with a cuppa :D
Congratulations and welcome!
Congratulations and welcome to " The 'K " (coming to a t-shirt near you).
I am really glad you are fully on board and now officially One Of Us. I think the people who make decisions on these applications should watch your videos. They would have seen this was a genuine application by someone who deserves something more significant than simply the permanent right to remain in the UK.
I would say "Congratulations" on citizenship but, with our sense of humour in the UK, you might think I was being ironic.
Whoop whoop! Congratulations mate!
If I could choose citizenship anywhere it would be America. I’m an Americanophile and I’ve already visited over a dozen times on holiday. And it would be nice to watch my sports teams without having to stay up until 4am.
Congratulations and welcome.
One of us :) Congrats!
Edit: got to the end, I'd go for Canada if I could, I have friends there and I love winter :)
🇨🇦 Then you wouldn’t like the West Coast. We don’t have a typical Canadian winter here, more green grass than anything else.
It rains a lot in the West Coast Duncan , just like the West Coast of Scotland , other Provinces you will freeze your nuts in Winter , Summer there is super short . Try Australia and enjoy life i kid you not .
@@duncancallum That's the winter I'm looking for! I hate hot weather :)
Hi
I’ve never been to America. Love the American accent so glad you got sorted
Welcome to the Uk
Yay!! Welcome sister 🏆 loved your outtakes at the end! Also I would love to get Thai passport so I could live 6 months of the year in sunshine ☀️
Congratulations on getting your citizenship. I’m thinking of doing the same but the other way round & keep dual citizen. I’ve been in the states for 3 years so far.
Congratulations that was an interesting story and it was also interesting to hear your feelings about US/UK. We went through the same process several years ago and know what it's like.
To answer your question, Canada or Australia would both be nice and easy (we have family who have emigrated to Australia and they now have dual citizenship there) but, for me, I think it might be Germany or Switzerland - everything just seems to work so well in those countries.
One small point that you will be aware of but other US viewers may not is that even with a British passport and living in the UK, US citizens still have to file a US tax return (and of course, this will also apply to hubby if he ever gets a green card).
🇨🇦 It isn’t easy to immigrate to here. Some come on young people visas then can apply for Permanent Residency , but it isn’t automatic entry from the UK. I have UK relatives with good references who were turned down and they were in their 20’s.
@@shirleyk7647 I've heard that it's far better to go anywhere except Quebec province
@@lawrenceglaister4364 Very cold in winter there, and not as easy if you don't know French .
@@shirleyk7647 yes about the french bit , 4 families I know that were working in Quebec province ( Montreal ) at different times , when going for Landed status and they had to leave Canada for a few days then go back to make it official were told unofficially to go to America opposite Toronto and catch the falls and then return via Toronto , they all did this and all said that the difference between the customs was huge and they were all congratulated with big smiles
Germany 🇩🇪 is a good place to be, but please do learn as much as the language you can, not everyone speaks English ( as is the myth ).
Well done girl. Welcome and good to know.
Congratulations! Thanks for giving us indepth info.
Congratulations on your dual citizenship 🎉
One of us one of us one of us. Congrats lass.
I’m a American with dual citizenship. My dad was at RAF base when I was born. I have had a UK passport. I used it while in US Army.
Congratulations Kaylin on obtaining your British citizenship.
congratulations good luck to you and your husband
Congratulations Kalyn.
After eight years, you now have the opportunity to visit and enjoy some great places in the UK.
Congratulations on your dual citizenship, well done.
I worked in Indiana for two and a half years before returning to the UK. My daughter was born in Indiana so her first passport was American. She's got dual citizenship although her American passport is out of date and has a baby photo.
You are correct, everything in life is grey and many people don't appreciate that. Congratulations and I hope that your husband's journey to American citizenship is a smooth one.
Congratulations Caitlin 🙂. I'd love to be able to go to the States when I wanted too, Georgia in particular!
Hiya congratulations 🥳🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Having got to the end of your wonderful video, I got very close to emigrating to Australia and likely applied for citizenship through marriage (was seeing an Aussie at the time). It's a wonderful country to live in, full of opportunities so long as you have deep pockets!
Congratulations! Sounds like hard work 🙂. Just interested to know what benefits you would get by having a UK passport on top of you official citizenship…are there any, or is it just because you can?
To answer you question at the end of the video, I would choose Portugal for my dual citizenship: love the people, the country, the food, climate…and the port, obviously! Very civilised 😆
congratulations, really pleased for you. Love the content and the USA would come a very close 2nd to Australia for my other places to live, only because the Aussies play cricket and rugby!
So pleased for you - looking to the end of a long road !! Welcome 👍🇬🇧. I would go for American Citizenship 🇺🇸
Congratulations. Evan Edinger did a video about his ceremony for details on it.
We explored our options for the possibility of relocating to the UK permanently, but, they do make it rather difficult even if you can easily support yourself unless you either find a sponsored job, or are quite wealthy.
Congratulations welcome to the UK.
Congratulations 🎊 👏
Well done and welcome as a full citizen 😁 I think New Zealand would be my other country of choice (my proof of reaching the end!) 😎
Think this disproves the whole "walk in, get house and benefits etc, etc". Welcome and congratulations, must be a relief to finally be through all the red tape.
Well it certainly does in Kaylin's case and many others, you're quite right. In recent months I've been watching many similar videos of people from overseas of all creeds and colours becoming British citizens and they all seem decent hard-working and likeable people. But your assertion doesn't prove any such thing. Don't you watch the news? Does the word Dover ring any bells? Unfortunately there are some who come here illegally, don't want to learn the language, integrate, expect everything under the sun, complain that their wi-fi isn't good enough, and other petty complaints, trash hotels they are living in for free, and in some instances commit serious crimes. All helped by the woke brigade of course. I don't supposed these people are deeply worried about paying their fuel bills this winter either, or even having enough to eat. This situation isn't fair on Kaylin and countless thousands like her, who did everything by the book.
Hi Kailyn,
Congrats! So you're no longer an honourary Brit but a 'real' one!!
No country is perfect and has pluses and minuses having lived outside the UK for a few years.
I'm looking at a golden visa from Portugal as that gives me access to the Shenanigan region without the 90 day restriction rule. Looked at Spanish citizenship but their taxes are nearly as bad as the US!! ;)
Britain will soon cease to exist ... Scotland will be leaving soon ... our place is in the EU and not the vile and corrupt UK
Great video, here are some corrections to verify: you said only certain visas lead towards the ILR, but that's not entirely true. If you stay for 10 years, most of the visas can count as long residence, even if you were here as a student initially, and therefore you can count them as ILR. But if you're here as a visitor, short term student visa, or as a seasonal worker, then you can't count those as part of your long residence. Secondly, yes it's true you'll lose your ILR if you stay outside the UK for more than 2 years, HOWEVER, you can still get a Returning Resident visa, so it's not exactly true that you have to start over, you don't have to be married or work to get it even, you just have to prove that you intend to make this your home. Also, I don't know what your plans are, but if you ever plan to have kids with your Husband, do not get them US citizenship unless you plan to raise them in the US, as they'll have to file taxes in the US even if they never set foot there. Otherwise, congratulations and best of luck.
Fabulous 😍. How lovely. Welcome to the U.K. as a citizen 😁😁😁.
Congratulations! I am a Brit who has lived in the States for 20 years and am still struggling to get American citizenship, even though I have all the credentials and got a master's degree from an American university. The system is broken.
In what way/s?
@@Psmith-ek5hq The main way it is broken revolves around the status. If, for any reason, including ones that are beyond the immigrant's control, they fall out-of-status, it's almost impossible to get back in-status, no matter what credentials they already have. If, for example, the company they are working for under a bona fide visa, reorganizes and the employee has to reapply to maintain legal employment, it's likely the application for the same visa they had before the change (or any progress in the citizenship) will be rejected because going out of status happens immediately and they have to leave the country, with no return possible, for 3 years, or 10 years if the process takes more than 6 months. Yes, no matter what credentials a person has, an application to get back in status will be rejected because they are out-of-status!!!! A classic Catch 22 situation!
@@dacutler Thanks for that.
It is a catch 22 but if you are out of status as a student in the US, the only option you have is to marry a US Citizen.
@@rowanbarrett6508 Even marrying a US citizen doesn't guarantee a path to citizenship. There are many examples of this not being successful. For example, all that has to happen is for the person to be out of status for any reason before getting married and that overrides the path created by the marriage. Out-of-status can kill any process the immigrant can have, no matter what their credentials are.
Hi Kailyn, Many congratulations and welcome to the Club.
Watched it all and mine would be Canada for its great people and the shear size of the country to explore.
Welcome aboard. You're now officially only allowed to talk about the weather and tea. :-) So it's going to make for short videos!
As for your question, I started going the other way a good few years back, circumstance got in the way. But if I had my way it would be dual nationality with Asheville NC and yep I know it's not a country but it's my answer :-) I could quite happily jump between here and there for the rest of my natural.
I live in the U.K. and have duel U.K. Irish passport as mum family is Irish ☘️ but if I had to pick one more citizenship I would pick Canada 🇨🇦 for me as never wanted to live in USA 🇺🇸 but for me it is Canada 🇨🇦 I always wanted to be Canadian as I been to Canada on holiday and loved Toronto & Niagara Falls and loved it
Congratulations ! It is very good to have dual citizenship.
My wife and I (Brits) lived for 14 years in California with green cards and our younger son was born there.
So, he has dual citizenship.
The only downside seems be that the US requires you fill in tax forms every year wherever you are.
The UK is more laid back. No forms if you are not resident with no UK income.
Looking forward to hearing about the citizenship ceremony. In answer to the question : U.S and New Zealand
Wait I have to live in the UK for a certain amount of time…bloody hell.
Congratulations! xxx
Congratulations! 🎉
Congratulations from a fellow Brit & welcome I guess 🎉 🇬🇧🇺🇸
I know exactly what you are feeling haha.
I am born i Brazil só Brazilian citizen, my dad is Italian so I acquired Italian citizenship growing up, but I also grew up in the Uk, so I had to get it 😂.
And right now I’m living in the USA 🇺🇸 and hopefully I will have my US citizenship one day (4 citizenships) because the us for me is the place to live for what I want to accomplish.
I’ve literally just acquired my British citizenship myself and applied for the passport 6 weeks ago (still waiting on it).
But anyway, congratulations on your citizenship!
Congratulations, I'd say New Zealand for a 2nd place, went there years and years ago and at the time I could easily have lived there, though I had no desire to leave the UK at the time.
I’m really pleased for you. It’s not a bad old country to be a citizen of.
Happy new nationality!
great video- congratulations
I do wonder if that was an edit fail or deliberate ending, after the outro... but yeah as a random person on the internet I'm happy for you.
Congrats! I'm American, but working towards Irish citizenship - which gives you the right to live and work in the EU ~and~ the UK
Congratulations. Hello Fellow Brit.
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Well done, have a biscuit
They were quick with you, the same way the US was quick with me, I think when your from an ally nation they move faster, the uk even moved very quick with registering my us born child’s British citizenship and passport coincidentally
Get a British Passport then when you travel to America you can arrive and "check in" with your US Passport and when you return "check in" with your British one. Helps avoid unnecessary queuing!
Evan Edinger Vlogged his citizenship ceremony if you want to see what it is like.
I'd opt for Canadian citizenship, it seems like the best of the UK and US rolled into one
This is one of those things that isn’t quite reciprocal. Unlike the US, Britain doesn’t chase its citizens for tax on income earned elsewhere, depending on actual place of residence. The other big difference is that an immigrant seeking US citizenship has to renounce all other nationalities - a migrant in the UK doesn’t have to do this. The good news is that you don’t have to to notify your country of origin. Therefore the USA regards you as a citizen of only the USA, but in reality you can continue to use your other nationality when you wish.
As you're an immigrant to the uk I would highly recommend that you keep copies of your "official" UK documents and certificates, even as a new British "citizen", as you can still get deported back to the US. The British have done this and still do this.
And however dreary the contents of their letters, they're part of her family history to leave on to her kids if and when she has them.
I'd love to visit UK - England particularly but also northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales
Welcome to being British - I think you will make a great Brit/American.
We love you welcome to being the best
One minor disadvantage of dual citizenship is as follows. I am a US/EU dual citizen and was told by a friend in the FBI that having a second passport would be an impediment to my getting a security clearance. I decided that it’s better to have both passports, 28 countries being better than 1.
British-born Fiona Hill must have renounced her British citizenship then when she had all those powerful positions in at least 3 US aministrations. And if she didn't renounce her UK citzenship then your friend is misinformed.
Congratulations looking forward ta tha photos from the ceremony! But forget NZ I'm moving their as soon as I can afford it! Bin twice an adore the the place?
Welcome aboard!
I know you said not to make it political, but I would need dual citizenship if Scotland declared independence... ;)
Otherwise, when I was studying languages at university, I spent a term in Spain and a year in France, so one of those would make sense.
P.S. Love the gurning at the end!