Original citizenship video is here! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ooRhqrKdYrGpZps.html

@kathryncollins8708

5 ай бұрын

Santander no longer offers paper statements so am hoping that will be okay, Will try and look into how much one needs to make to spnsor a wife. I'm hoping DLA will still make up for it.

Great to have you as a UK 🇬🇧citizen - you are an asset to our country and to KZread. I enjoy your channel and hearing your thoughts and observations.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words and for watching!

@lucianoesquivel6523

4 ай бұрын

Ditto

I have never seen anyone do a follow up video about getting citizenship so this was really interesting. It is so good that it made you feel more accepted and more settled. I know you had to work through a lot of stuff to get here so it must feel good not to ever have to worry about it again.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment and for watching - definitely feels good and am in a much happier and settled place now!

I did get bounced back on the 3 yr clause at one point. It felt very strange and arbitrary, but you can restart the process immediately. My ceremony was online so that was even more anticlimactic. Glad to hear I'm not the only one who was wildly relieved about not having to squirrel away decades worth of random paper records. Finally being able to get rid of old rental agreements, work pay stubs, and utility bills was an incredible feeling.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Ah man, I'm sorry yours was online! Congratulations to you as well though and glad you can relate to the paperwork relief after having it all done. I actually get rid of most things now just because I can - such power. :)

My daughter, born in AZ has dual UK / US citizenship. When we arrived in the US many years ago we handed 5 UK passports + one US passport to immigration. He looked at them carefully and then said "Who is the good guy? Who is Clare?" It made the day for my daughter who was about 5 years old at the time.

Crazy. Those two years have flown by - I can still remember the old video intro! Thanks for sticking with us Kaylyn, and thanks for the video

if you're travelling round trip to the US, then basically you would book the airline line tickets with your British passport, enter the US on your American passport and re-enter the UK on your British passport. That's how I've always done it (also a dual UK-US national).

As a retired immigration officer i can answer the passport one for you. If you are a UK citizen and have more than one citizenship you either use a UK passport or a certificate of entitlement of right of abode unless your second citizenship is irish because then you can use either passport.

Diolch yn fawr iawn/ Thank you for becoming a UK citizen. I hope that you are here for ever, we are fortunate to have you here. May I refer to the drinking water comparison in your other video. On a Florida USA trip I drank out of the tap, via my cup, and it was so horrible I spat it out. There was a guy standing next to me who said in a broad Floridian accent "From the UK, I guess?"😊 yep, he loved the UK tap water and was amazed that it could be drank when compared to USA tap water. Our subsequent conversation, for a hour over coffee, was very much a compare and contrast, as you have done in your videos. Conclusion = what you gain on the swings you loose on the roundabouts. All the very best.

As a Canadian with a Scottish mother, I got "British Right of Abode" 30 years ago (permanent right to live and work in the UK). I was called a "Yank" by a policewoman in Edinburgh, which is the ultimate insult to a Canadian. They changed the law to allow British Citizenship by mother, and I got British Citizenship and Passport within 2 weeks of applying. I was the only person at the Citizenship Ceremony, and photos were not allowed inside the British Embassy (South America). I am as British as the Queen (King), but I expected slightly better treatment as it was one of the most important days of my life.

Congrats on your Citizenship and a (belated!) welcome!! We're lucky to have you. Enjoy!

Dont worry about "Gotten". I have read that this is a proper English word in common use when the American Colonies were settled.

Congratulations on two years of citizenship! I missed your ceremony coverage, when no guests were allowed till afterwards. Keep it up, for you're doing a splendid service for your country, still!

I've been around since way before you became a dual US & UK citizen. Love all of your videos both now and then. Loved some of your adventures traveling. Especially a hike you did in the UK - can't remember where. Keep 'em coming. Kate in California. 🌴

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Aw thank you so much Kate!! I think I went on a hike in Scotland that I filmed...maybe!

😊 Of course I've been excited to follow your citizenship journey and I'm so proud of how your channel and your business has grown. You really do seem more settled and content - driving, ice skating, living your UK life. Many hugs, my sweet friend. ☺️

It's really interesting to hear your experiences of living in the UK after living in the US for so long. Must be great not having to queue as a foreigner in either country!

So glad you are back making these videos. You are an amazing person and all are interesting content x

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching!

I think I started following your channel during one of the COVID lockdowns and I'm still here and still enjoying your videos. In fact, I think your recent 'deep dives' have been even more entertaining than your old videos.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Yes, I definitely know we go pretty far back Roger! Always love having you watching. I love the deep dives. Coming up is the house numbering video I talked about, as well as a history of the UK postbox!

Congratulations, you are very welcome here.👍👍👍

Still around from the original version of your channel. UK citizen who has never been to the US (which is why I find your old content as fascinating as the new).

Glad you are "onboard" officially!! Other KZreaders and ex pats do find the whole Visa thing ultra expensive and highly stressful!!

I remember having a conversation with an American on Quora once about dual nationality. His view was that anyone who got dual nationality was "gaming the system". I tried to point out that neither the UK or Australian government, friends and family had any issue with my step daughter having dual nationality, but he was convinced that people only did it if they were trying to be 'devious' or 'fraudulent'. He was of the opinion that Americans should be forced to give up American citizenship if they wanted to get it in another country.

🎉CONGRATULATIONS ! I am so happy for you, welcome to the club (best) 🤣👏👏👌👌

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks for the interesting video! I'm trying to decide if I want to go for citizenship as I have settled status and have been here 12 years...definitely not having to deal with what could change in the future is my biggest focus. And being able to throw out paperwork! 😂

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Throwing out that paperwork is 100% worth the hassle of getting citizenship, I promise you, haha!

The General Election is likely to be on 2nd May. You'll also have the Mayoral election in London.

I am British and now American too. I have been here in the states for 20 years. I am concerned whether I would have any problems settling in the UK again if I needed to. If my American wife died or something I would definitely consider moving back to the UK. I have no idea now what the laws are in the UK now regarding returning expats.

@Psmith-ek5hq

5 ай бұрын

I wouldn't have thought so if you have retained your British citizenship. After all, that's what a passport means: you have the right to live and work in that particular country. I'd be very surprised if I was wrong.

@LoveClassicMusic0205

5 ай бұрын

Your citizenship is forever unless you actively renounce it. If you haven't had a British passport in a while, you might have to do some digging for documents proving your citizenship, but you don't have to worry about losing it just because you haven't lived there in a long time. I would recommend applying for a UK passport even if you don't think you will need it. It would definitely be useful if you ever had to go back, even just for a quick visit. I don't know about the UK, but US citizens are required to use their US passport whenever entering the country, no matter how many other citizenships they may hold.

Thank you for explaining the passport situation! I’m working on getting dual-citizenship through my Oma and dad and I was stressed out about traveling with 2 passports! lol. (I also suggest that if people are interested in dual-citizenship to look onto your family ancestry and the laws in different countries. Apparently, there are millions of American citizens who are eligible and don’t even know it. I’m eligible for both German and Italian.)

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Yes! I so wish I had ancestry visa eligibility - enjoy that perka and definitely get as many citizenships as you can, that's what I think! I would never give up my American one though, so if the UK one required that I do that, I wouldn't have. Thanks for watching. :)

@LoveClassicMusic0205

5 ай бұрын

Apply for the Italian one, but not the German one. Germany does not allow dual citizenship (except possibly in other EU countries, but definitely not the US or Canada).

@dougwilson4537

5 ай бұрын

@@LoveClassicMusic0205 By your statement, it seems that you are saying that Canada doesn't allow Dual Citizenship. That is certainly not true. Canada will even allow Triple Citizenship. for example, if each parent is from a different country, and you were born in Canada, or in my cousins case, she was born in the USA, her dad was Canadian, and her mom was English. The US begrudgingly allowed her to have dual, so she chose US and British. (she can still get a Canadian passport at any time, though) If I mistook your statement, I apologise, but it seemed you were saying that the US and Canada are like Germany, in only allowing one citizenship.

@LoveClassicMusic0205

5 ай бұрын

@@dougwilson4537 No, what I meant was that if she tried to get German citizenship, she would have to renounce any other citizenships before Germany would grant citizenship via naturalization. It's not worth it. Italian citizenship doesn't have this limitation and is still part of the EU like Germany. That's why I said get Italy and not Germany.

@cosycoffeee

5 ай бұрын

@@LoveClassicMusic0205 I do not need to renounce any citizenship to get dual German citizenship. It is through the recent Stag 5 law that was put into place to combat gender discrimination from the past as German women would lose their German citizenship if they married a foreigner - but this did not happen to men. So the men could then pass on citizenship to their children and the women could not. Also, Germany will soon become more friendly to those applying for citizenship and will allow people to keep their current citizenships without needing to renounce. This should come into effect this year. It would easily take me 7+ years to get my Italian citizenship with how bad and inefficient their government is. This is why my son and I are getting German citizenship.

welcome to the uk kaylin my wife is from botswana and i know what you mean with all the visas there exspensive my wife has been here since 2020 and she has the leave to remain visa as im her sponser weve got to renew it this year which is another 6 grand.

Congratulations on your 2yr UK citizenship anniversary!

Happy second anniversary. I can't believe it's well over two years since we saw you stressing about the final stages of getting your UK citizenship. I hope you feel a lot more secure here now, but I doubt you would have needed to worry about getting deported.

Love your videos. This one is really interesting

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Jeannette! Hope you stick around for more videos!

@jeannettekingstone4603

5 ай бұрын

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial of course I will, I've been following you for a long time now (pre-citizenship)

Great video, it's so interesting to hear about your history in the UK and what your journey was, I'm glad you were able to obtain citizenship in the UK. One thing I would advise not to do is try to avoid referring to yourself as an expat, because expat implies a temporary move of five years or less. An immigrant is someone who moves to another country to become a citizen or permanent resident, and there is nothing wrong with being an immigrant, it means you've built a life here and have committed to becoming a part of the country and that is awesome!

Congratulations on your 2nd anniversary of being a Brit. I think I missed any video on your citizenship ceremony!

Re voting! Check out if you need to register to vote …because you’ll need a polling card and photo I’d ( uk passport’ driving licence etc)

Oh God! We got to you!

I was there two or three years ago when you went through all the palaver of getting visas and finally citizenship. Nice to hear that you still think it was a good idea... Now back to the weird stuff :-)

I remember viewing your citizenship video - and a shame you had to be alone at the last step - but 2 years have flown by😀

That's interesting, I am a dual British/Australian citizen, but if I travel OS (from Australia) I can only use one or the other as the passport has to have matching departure and return stamps.

It makes a Change to hear foreigners not calling the UK . ( I don't think your a Foreigner Just an English speaker with a different accent) Of were not used to different Accents in Britain 😂. But im so pleased for you , I really enjoy your honest opinions. because im not under the impression that we do everything Correct. Ive travelled all over Europe and seen plenty of things.ive thought ho thats a good Idea .Your vote is Private Love .only the voting Booth and you will know that.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! Definitely great ideas across the globe we should all be sharing!

@maxmoore9955

5 ай бұрын

Exactly ​@@GirlGoneLondonofficial

Regarding voting, I think you still have to register with the Electoral Register office to allow you to vote?

Congratulations on your British citizenship. I've watched your videos over the years. I have dual citizenship in New Zealand and Australia, which I guess is more like having Canadian and US passports.

- Do you have to have ILR or visa leads to the settlement three years prior? - Also how do you find out the date years back like? Does govrt have the record of your travel history so you can get it from them?

Congrats on your 2 years Brit anniversary. I remeber the quiz you did, I don't think I would score well on it and I am a native

Thinking about it I have no idea how I came to be watching your videos but I did and have done ever since, including the citizenship video you talked about. I guess I should just google it but does the citizenship mean you can now claim unemployment benefits and no longer have to pay the nhs surcharge?

I remember the intro being loving in the uk for nearly 10 years. So not a golden oldie but not I noob

🇨🇦 Interestingly, Britain allows citizens from any Commonwealth country like Canada to vote and have other privileges not allowed to those from other Commonwealth countries, but Canada does not allow citizens from the UK to vote here or hold any kind of public office without having taken out Canadian citizenship. I’m not sure about the laws in other Commonwealth countries such as Australia or NZ.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Didn't know this, thanks so much for sharing!

@terryj50

5 ай бұрын

Yep it’s the same everywhere just the uk treats all commonwealth citizens as British when they live in the uk. So you can vote and have the same rights as people of the uk in the uk you can also use British embassies overseas as last resort.

Nice video my fellow Brit.

Hiya. Yep, been with you since the start and you even used to disappear every now and again back then. Think it was to do with a travel website and book??? Anyway, hope you'll stay around a tad longer this time. Stay safe. All the best to you.

Congratulations on the two year anniversary! I still remember going through the spousal visa process for my wife, thankfully finished 5 or 6 years ago. The sheer amount of paperwork & money involved in the visa application -> FLR(M) -> ILR -> Citizenship process still haunts my dreams! And many people still somehow think it's easy to immigrate.

So do you do take both passports that was my 1st Question So you choose the one that benefits you the most ? What if you’re in another country, do you choose the passport where that country treats you nicer? Say your in China and they don’t like Americans (not sure why they wouldn’t we’re awesome)so you use your British one that kinda thing. Do certain nationalities get perks or things cheaper?

For certain types of financial investments you will still be asked if you are a citizen of the USA, so there may be some restrictions, or reporting to USA, because of this.

Congrats on 2yrs ! Yes I remember your vid about the ceremony. Didn't they mess or mix your name up? Or something went weird? Anyway you said 'Gotten!' Really Kaylin?!😉😁...Seriously, we Brits brought over some Middle English in the 1600s and I sware 'Gotten' was one that us modern Brits have simplified to 'Got'. And the 'Real ' in real estate also down to us Brits. Thats another video idea💡: Middle English vs Miriram-Webster 🙂

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Good memory!!! I think they did say my name wrong, haha!! Great video idea, thank you!

@matc6221

5 ай бұрын

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial 🙂👍

The citizenship certificate and ceremony were introduced a few years ago because getting your citizenship was a bit of an anti-climax previously. But they aren't actually needed for official purposes.

A while back you were kind enough to reply to a question I had about dual taxation. I have another for you! I've recently become aware of something that is only applicable to US men called Selective Service Registration, which is where every US man aged between 18 and 64 has to register so that they can be drafted into the military. Can they still be drafted if they move to the UK for example, and get dual citizenship? Years ago, I had a friend who was born on an aeroplane flying over France, and when he had become a young man, he received call-up papers for French compulsory military service! He was able to get out of it by filling in some forms etc., but he was a little concerned for a while!

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

This is a fascinating question! I have to admit I know very little as obviously never had to do this myself, but it does look like any US male citizen, even if they have a dual citizenship, technically have to register but that there would likely be an exemption in the case of a draft if they lived overseas. That's fascinating about your friend and the French military service, seems like a cool birth story until you're dealing with that stress years later!

@LoveClassicMusic0205

5 ай бұрын

You are supposed to register at 18, but you can't be drafted once you turn 26. Enforcement is almost non-existent for most people, though. There is no penalty for late registration, so the smart people wait until about a week before their 26th birthday and register then. There hasn't been an actual draft since the Vietnam War back in the 1970s and is highly unlikely to ever be one again.

@dasy2k1

5 ай бұрын

Yes technically.... The one thing dual citizenship can't protect you against is any obligations of the other country including military service. I went to university with a Finland/UK dual citizen who had to do 2 years military service in Finland first

Greetings from Hampshire, have you done much exploring outside London?

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

I have, yes! Not too much in Hampshire, but definitely have been around the country quite a bit. Want to explore more though!

How does dual citizenship affect your taxation? It's my understanding that if you're a US citizen, you pay US taxes wherever it is earned. The thing about citizenship ceremonies is rather baffling, but it propably comes down to a British trait - understatement. The same reason we don't feel it necessary to fly Union flags on our houses!

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! I still have to declare taxes in the US and "file", but I don't have to paid taxes to them unless I make over $112,000 USD equivalent in a year which I do not! So I am protected by a UK/US treaty against double taxation up to that point, but I still have to declare to the US what I earn in the UK, if that makes sense!

@The2010designer

5 ай бұрын

Ah, thanks for that - could you renounce your US citizenship & simplify things?@@GirlGoneLondonofficial

Godbless,

Presumably, if/when we rejoin the EU/restore free movement - the UK passport may become a great deal more useful.

Nice to get an update about how gaining your citizenship has affected your life. It must be so much simpler and less stressful in many ways. Now- back to the REALLY important stuff - House Numbers- bring it on!😂

Ooh I have another Q if you had a baby would you want them registered as British or American? Or can they also have dual passports?

Cant wait for yor voting comparison video when that happens. They should be a general election this year!

Have we made you a fan of kettles yet ?

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Yes!!! Except I don't drink tea really, but do use it for boiling water quicker for other things!

I'm so glad you have it 24 months behind you now, as it almost is more than strenuous, now! It was so different when I had my turn, in the mid-90s, to naturalise in the UK via my dad's citizenship and five year's indefinite leave, plus indeed no access to welfare benefits. I'm from South Africa originally, and have returned to there after twenty five years in England, which I still identify with!😊 We have something extra as British when we're at home and not abroad: being subjects of the King. Barely matters but it comes with citizenship of the UK. I was super glad when Brexit happened, and I agree with those who say that it is working for the better. Keep up the good work, Kaylan!

So as an American citizen, doyou still have to pay tax there? I'veard that is the case even if you don't live there

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Yes - you have to declare taxable earnings as an American citizen no matter where you live. But you do not have to actually pay the tax up to a certain point if you've already paid in another country if there is an agreement in place (there is one between the UK and US). But once you go over that threshold (very high - around 112,000 USD currently), you'd be double taxed on the money above that amount.

@andrewobrien6671

5 ай бұрын

Is there a stigma in the USA if you give up your USA citizenship?@@GirlGoneLondonofficial

@mikeos1

3 ай бұрын

Boris Johnson renounced his US citizenship for tax reasons

Do you think it's easier for Americans to get citizenship in the UK than vice versa?

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

I think it is a little bit easier actually due to a few different rules and less time required before you're eligible, but the greencard and ultimately citizenship process has been known to take longer overall than the UK process where in the UK process they actually give you your maximum amount of time you'll have to wait - in the US, you could be waiting any number of different lengths of time before getting that first greencard and it's more uncertain in that aspect.

@ajs41

5 ай бұрын

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Thanks. My brother has been living in Boston for 12 years and he still isn't a US citizen, although I'm not totally sure whether he actually wants to be one.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Interesting! I think it's 3 years on the right visa to be a US citizen so it may be he doesn't want to be one - and doesn't need to be. I could have stayed in the UK under the indefinite leave to remain visa without ever needing to be a citizen, but I felt being a citizen would be the better route for my long term certainty.

Things have changed over the years and my impression is for the worse. My mother, a German, married my father in 1947 and they came to this country to settle down. As far as I know my mother wasn't quizzed or took an oath but she received a UK passport solely because she was married to my British father. My wife is Guyanese and she arrived in UK via Canada and 6 years later swore an oath at a notary and became a citizen. Today it all seems much more complex and unreasonable.

@cosycoffeee

5 ай бұрын

I think you might be eligible for German citizenship through the new stag 5 law (depending on other dates and when you were born).

@clivewilliams3661

5 ай бұрын

@@cosycoffeee It appears that I qualify for German citizenship as a birth right but the issue is that under the regs I can have dual nationality in UK but I would have to renounce my UK citizenship to get the German one - that will not happen.

@cosycoffeee

5 ай бұрын

@@clivewilliams3661 if you qualify under the new stag 5 law then you don’t have to renounce. They also just voted this year on allowing people (in general) to keep their citizenship when applying. This should go into effect within the next few months.

@clivewilliams3661

5 ай бұрын

@@cosycoffeee Thank you for that. I Googled it and the answer was that to take citizenship under the Stag5 provisions I would have to renounce my UK nationality as UK is no longer in EU. However, I am unlikely to even consider dual nationality status as there is no advantage. A friend of mine many years ago had dual German/British nationality and during his young adulthood he was fearful of going to Germany lest they called him up for conscription! That would definitely not apply to me although at the time two of my cousins were conscripted!

@cosycoffeee

5 ай бұрын

@@clivewilliams3661 I don’t know where you are seeing that you need to renounce, but that’s simply not true. I’m looking at the German website and it states that you do not need to renounce for stag 5 unless your current citizenship country does not allow dual citizenship. But the UK does. I, for example, have U.S. citizenship (which is obviously not in the EU) and I don’t need to renounce that when I obtain German citizenship. Also, Germany got rid of conscription in 2011. I personally think having an EU citizenship after Brexit would absolutely be worth it. EDIT: Also I just looked up more into conscription and, even if it ever came back, it would not apply to (and never did apply to) German citizens who live/lived outside of Germany.

Welcome to becoming a UK citizen

I might’ve miss it but do you still need to pay taxes in America every year

It was so much easier 24 years ago. All you had to do was show there would not be recourse to public funds. There was no minimum salary requirement.

I remember very well the good old days of when there was a mixture of anxiety and nerves and excitement as you started and completed this journey of becoming a citizen. They were always involving and were full of moments of shared frustration and yet lots of fun as well. In the end once that had died down. I guess being cynical all it meant besides the fact that it is practically far easier now to travel in and out of the Country. Is that one failed system and Country looks much like another. Interesting that you don't necessarily feel any added connection culturally. That does make sense. Does that mean you still have the American 'can do spirit 'as opposed to the British ' Can't be bothered' one. It may just be the British Winter weather when every day is a storm and it's dark by the time you put on the last winter layer of sweaters. But forget the culture. Have you got used to the cold and dark. Yes I know the States has it all and worse. But if you come from a sunnier place, the gloom is what can hit many hard. I always look forward to the future weirder reflections and comparisons......Now where can I go to get a visa to leave the planet.

Congratulations again. And you said "gotten". I know that's a tad rude but.at least the algorithm will like it.

I have been with you all the time and I am pleased you are now settled and happy. Do you now buy English clothes or do you still need to have US clothes?

@Psmith-ek5hq

5 ай бұрын

There'd be precious little difference in most instances I would have thought.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

I shop in the UK - the sizing is different to the US but I know my size in the UK now. :)

I remember your videos from 2 years ago and when you got your indefinite leave to remain. I used to work with an American lady from Georgia who got it around the same time. She has been living here about 11 years now and I couldn't believe the amount of study and money involved! You probably know more about British history than most Brits. Its ironic how you put in all that effort and money to not get deported while we have the small boat people allowed to do whatever they want .

@philroberts7238

5 ай бұрын

Totally agree with the gist of your post, but it's a pity you felt it necessary to add a snide and totally inaccurate statement about people in small boats.

@shaunw9270

5 ай бұрын

@@philroberts7238 snide means not up front, dishonest. Mass illegal immigration is ruining Britain. Fact.

Commonwealth and Irish citizens legally ordinarily resident in the UK are entitled to stand and vote in local and Parliamentary elections. These are rights not confined to British citizens.British citizens ordinarily resident abroad (apart from those posted abroad on official government business), lose the right to stand and vote in elections. Don't worry about “gotten”. It is perfectly acceptable English. The word is frequently used in phrases such as “ill-gotten gains” (those obtained by deceit or disreputable actions), or “my only begotten son”. I have been watching your You Tube submissions for years. They are always excellent. On house numbering, please remember that in the UK, there are anomalies, such as no numbering at all, and group numbering, where groups of (usually terraced) houses on the same side of the road are numbered consecutively (not odd and even according to the side of the road they are on) within a street, for example “3 Church Terrace, Vicarage Lane, Bowdon“, where Vicarage Lane is the name of the street, and the house is the third in a block of terraced houses somewhere along the street.

Don’t forget to get on the electoral register in your local borough!

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Will do! I think I did already, but good point, need to check...

11:58 Naughty, naughty! January 1st 2023? When you have your British head on it is 1st January 2023. 😃

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

See this is where you can't take the American out of America that easily!!

@Colin-to1nv

4 ай бұрын

​@@GirlGoneLondonofficialIndeed, you're quite right; yet, that suggestion would have to be 1st OF January 2023, to make sense. But, I use both 'dates' all the time:....we're not really divided by a common language, are we?😂🎉

My Wife and I have watched all your videos from before you became "One of us", and kept checking to see if any new ones came up when you stopped posting for a while. We noticed when you did restart, you have stopped wearing your wedding ring - should we infer something from this? Or are things the same as before, and you just don't wear the ring any more? Or are we being too nosey!? Brian and Rhona.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Hello Brian and Rhona and thank you so much for watching! So glad to have you as part of the community! Haha, that's funny that you noticed - I took it off when we went on holiday with a lot of snorkeling and swimming activities a few months ago and have just left it in the box for now - no real reason. Still married. :)

Just arrive in Dover via a rubber boat and wham, you're in.

If Britain plays America at sport, who do you support?

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Interesting question! Probably the US...depends on how I feel on the day, haha!

@richardhoffmann179

4 ай бұрын

Typically, we play as the home nations in football or soccer as you call it. I think we only play a women's football team at the Olympics. In the Rugby League World Cup we also send a Great Britain team. In the Ryder Cup in golf, the UK plays as part of the European team. England can be drawn to play the USA at the football World Cup

FYI: Gotten is an old English word 😀

@Poliss95

5 ай бұрын

@sailingby It's been for'gotten'. 😁😁

You can vote in our General Election this year.

you will need to register to vote.

How do you handle the US tax laws. It's my understanding that you, as a US citizen, you have to pay US taxes or has that changed now you are a UK citizen.

You'll get your chance to vote twice this year, then. Once in the US presidential election and the UK general election

Now you have dual citizenship Kalyn, could you please try to say dual properly. That is say 'dyoual' instead of 'dooal'. You could alternate the two at least! Love your comparison vids. x

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Haha, no can do!! That's the way I say it and I'm sticking to it. ;)

@davidjones332

5 ай бұрын

...or even "dual", unless you're up for a sword fight?

@woodentie8815

5 ай бұрын

A bit rich someone criticising pronunciation and then spelling the word incorrectly.😁

@captaintorch983

5 ай бұрын

​@@woodentie8815Thank you for pointing that out. I am thoroughly ashamed of myself. I was too concerned with my attempts at phonetic spelling, to notice my error!

@captaintorch983

5 ай бұрын

​​@@davidjones332So sorry for my awful mistake. I'm thoroughly ashamed of myself! I've corrected it now!

Do you still have to file a US Tax Return?

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

I do, yes! Sadly!

@tonys1636

5 ай бұрын

@@GirlGoneLondonofficial Ouch! As a British Ex Pat living in the ROI glad that I don't have to file a UK one but can vote in Irish elections but not UK ones as let that slip as forgot to renew the right, has to be done before more than 15 years out of the country. Found that out before the Brexit vote. Never thought about becoming a joint UK/ROI citizen.

Didn't you quit youtube? I swear I commented on your goodbye video.

@bertgerry2945

5 ай бұрын

KZread goodbyes are rarely forever.

I've watched your video's for years, and you have become more British over time, esp with the way you talk, eg "gotten" a totally British word and it's in the OED. But because it happens to you slowly you do not notice, unless you go back to your early video's.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

This is so interesting! I definitely haven't noticed. Thanks for watching all this time. :)

Wonder which military will try to conscript you first for World War III...

The question is. Do you say you are British or American when asked now? While you said you still feel American.

@GirlGoneLondonofficial

5 ай бұрын

Hmmm, I would say American I think still! But I would explain I have dual citizenship. I think because I grew up in the US and lived there fully for 20+ years and have still lived here for less time, I still feel American. :)

@richardhoffmann179

4 ай бұрын

​@@GirlGoneLondonofficialand if Mango Mussolini says anything offensive, you tell people you're Canadian 😅

You could have just paddled across the Channel and claimed asylum.

Might be worth popping back to the US to vote against Trump 😂

@richardhoffmann179

4 ай бұрын

She can vote from abroad

Its not anything special is it?

Vote Labour

“Gotten” uh ohhhhhhhh…… 🫣🫣🥴🥴😁😁😁- naughty naughty tsk tsk (need a wiggly finger emoji) - an exclamation that would have had my mum saying through gritted teeth and with a fierce expression “no, if you have something, you have GOT it!” (But hearing or reading the familiar USA wordage “y’all” is very irritating for me and I find myself saying “no, you mean YOU ALL 😡😡) - yes, I watched your “original” citizenship blog - IIRC Evan Edinger got his around the same time? Happy two years being “a dool citizen” of the two lands 😀🥂*waving the flags for you 🇬🇧🇺🇸*