British Citizenship
Cambridge, UK
9th May 2010
On April 19th I became a British Citizen. I've been waiting so long for this day that I can't believe it's finally arrived. The community leader who was handing out the certificates and medals to each of us being naturalised made comments such as "We sell more umbrellas than sun glasses in this country".
This new status gives me a chance to vote in European elections, work for MI6 if I want (and if they wanted me), live and work in 27 countries without a visa and allows me to keep my Canadian citizenship and passport. Countries like Russia and India offer cheaper visas to Canadians whereas countries like Jordan and Egypt offer cheaper visas to Brits so it'll be nice to have the choice of using either passport when applying.
Yesterday I went on a day trip with a few friends up to Cambridge. I've posted a few photos of our time there.
See the entire gallery here
Previous Blogs
- Calgary, Canada - Aug 25th
Summer holiday in Western Canada - London, UK - Aug 1st
Marge's Birthday - London, UK - Jul 11th
Arko's Birthday - Goodwood, UK - Jul 3rd
Goodwood Festival of Speed - Salcombe, UK - Jun 20th
Weekend in Devon - London, UK - Jun 8th
Estonian Guild Night - Tallinn, Estonia - Jun 7th
Baltic Riviera - London, UK - May 30th
Eurovision Song Contest Party - Paris, France - May 23rd
Paris on a fresh passport - Cambridge, UK - May 9th
British Citizenship