Today is the day

[GingerOfTheNorth]

Today, after a year and a half, my son Matthew and I have our Adjustment of Status appointments with the INS.

We’re leaving in five minutes. I am inordinately anxious for no reason.

Damn it.

Anyone else, or one of our other K-1 couples have this feeling, for no reason? I hate it.

[Gazelle]

Adjustment of Status.

Is this a good thing?

Please guzplain to us who don’t know whatchoo talkin’ 'bout.

[World_Eater]

[sub]If it’s a good thing[/sub] Congrats hun!

[sub]If it’s a bad thing[/sub] I’m sorry to hear that, I hope everything works out.

[Khadaji]

Luck to you! Tell us how it works out.

[astro]

Oh you poor huddled mass! I’m sure everything will turn out as sweet as maple syrup! Just don’t break into a spirited rendition of “O’ Canada!” to calm your nerves while waiting.

[GingerOfTheNorth]

Adjustment of status from that of a - what? I don’t know - to that of a conditional resident alien was granted this morning to myself and to my son. Two years from today’s date, I will apply to have the conditional status removed. I will then become a permanent resident alien of the USA.

I will not become a citizen of this country, as that would mean I can not retain my Canadian citizenship. I just learned that this morning. Bastards.

[astro]

IANAL, but in reviewing the web docs available I get the impression that Canada does not care about, nor pay much attention to, US verbal oath style renunciation procedures regarding Canadian citizenship, and that from Canada’s POV you would be a dual citizen regardless of whatever oath taking renunciation hoops the US makes you jump through. You have to actually file renunciation paperwork with Canada for the renunciation to become effective.

Might be worthwhile to see an immigration atty. I think we may even have on as an SDMB member.
Here’s some info on US-Canadian citizenship

Here’s some other info that may be of interest

Loss of Canadian Nationality

Under U.S. law a person who takes the renunciatory oath of allegiance is supposed to be precluded from retaining dual allegiances. However, as stated above, whether or not foreign nationality is lost is determined by the laws of the country of foreign nationality, not the laws of the United States.
Subsection 15(1) of the prior citizenship statute did contain a prohibition against dual nationality. The text of this subsection is reproduced below:
Canadian citizens who, when outside Canada and not under a disability, by voluntary and formal act other than marriage, acquired the nationality of citizenship of a country other than Canada, thereupon ceases to be a Canadian citizen.
However, prohibitions against dual nationality do not appear in the current Citizenship Act.

Pursuant to Section 7 of the Citizenship Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. C-29, Canadian citizenship can be lost only for specific reasons listed in the statute. There are currently only three ways that Canadian citizenship may be lost:
failure of second-generation citizens holding citizenship on the basis of birth to Canadians themselves born outside the United States to apply to retain citizenship before reaching age 28 (inapplicable to dual nationality);

renunciation of citizenship; and

revocation of citizenship which was obtained by fraud (inapplicable to dual nationality).
One might think that taking the renunciatory oath required for U.S. naturalization would constitute a sufficient renunciation to result in a loss of Canadian citizenship. However, this is not the case. Subsection 9(1) of the Citizenship Act requires a person to formally apply to renounce Canadian citizenship. Where an application to renounce is approved, a certificate of renunciation is issued and the applicant ceases to be a citizen after the expiration of the day on which the certificate is issued or such later date as the certificate may specify.

In other words, taking the U.S. oath of allegiance will not result in a loss of Canadian citizenship. A formal application must be filed and approved before renunciation will be effective. If no formal application is made, a Canadian citizen who subsequently naturalizes in the United States will continue to be a citizen of Canada.