I'm so stoked for her. We were so naive way back when we started down this road in 1999. We were married in September 1998 but didn't apply to adjust her status til January 1999. Based on the rules of timing (being married less than 2 years) we were only able to apply for "Conditional status" green card in 2000 which she got that March. Then we adjusted the status to full Resident alien in 2002 good for 10 years.

In December 2002 she was able to apply for citizenship based on a 3 year wait period for adjustments based on marriage. In summer of 2003 we went to INS where she passed civics and language with flying colors....but it was a conditional acceptance awaiting background. Well, we descended into a purgatory I won't go into the details of. It didn't affect her everyday life. She could work, travel, etc. But she couldn't vote, work for the federal government, hold a U.S. passport (sometimes made travel more involved) and couldn't work to adjust her parents' status.

One of THE BIGGEST reasons I was so pissed off about the delays with her file stuck at FBI background check was she couldn't vote for Kerry and against that stupid slobbering excuse for a president in the White House right now.

Finally, earlier this year the floodgates have been opened on many permanent residents who were in a holding pattern. Today she went to her re-interview FIVE YEARS LATER!!!! And this afternoon she and I attended her naturalization ceremony.

We both tried not to laugh out loud at one point when Dumb-fuck-in-chief was on a video welcoming the group as citizens. But we got lots of pictures including of her with Naturalization Certificate under portraits of Bush and his evil robot, Cheney.

Today she has already filled out her US Passport application and voter registration card. Nothing is going to make her happier than getting to vote for Obama this fall. YEEEHHAAAHHH!!!!