Mody,

Good on you and congratulations.

I have nothing but respect for those that come here in search of a better life, do the right way and follow through. Citizenship here, as Gene said, is far too often taken for granted and not much respected by those of us who came to it by birth. I gained a larger respect for my rights and citizenship by serving in the armed forces and an even greater thankfulness for it in going through all of the hoops and hassels in getting green cards and citizenship for my wife and two younger boys. She is from the UK and we had been married 6 years and had two of our four children before we moved back to the USA...even though the elder boys are supposed to have automatic citizenshipthey were born over seas and to a non citizen mother so it was a mountian of work and continual following up for all three of them. I know you will be happy in your new status and relieved to be done with filling out paperwork and writting big fat checks to DHS!

Congrats again and welcome!!