[Sacajaweau]

I think you have to be a permanent resident for 5 years and then you can apply...

and then the very brief process itself begins. They're trying to make it about 6 months.

[zerosix]

You are near the requirements: my dear friend from Poland, who married her husband in Poland, who is an American.

Having lived in Great Britain for him to finish a degree at Oxford, then living and working in Belgium for a few years, returned to the U.S. and living in Atlanta, GA.

It was then that they began the process of my friend becoming a citizen, which I am told took hundreds of dollars and 7-10 years!

This woman, being born, reared and college educated in Poland, married an American, living first in Europe, then in America, living and working as a Pastor.

No sneaking into this country, working with stolen IDs and getting welfare, food stamps, housing and medical, then demanding legalization, citizenship, and voting for them.

No jumping ahead of others, who also are following the rules, no.

They waited, scraped enough money together, soon parents of two pre-schoolers and waited for over 7 years for a Polish born, college-educated woman who is delighted to finally become an American citizen!