Thingies

[danaeris]

First things first. Congratulations to dragon_spirit and kineticphoenix on your first days back at school! You both rock, and I wish you both tremendous amounts of luck and opportunity.

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In other news, I have finally reached the stage where I have printed out the form for british citizenship. I have my birth certificate, and my parents' marriage certificate, and all I need now is two passport photos and my father's birth certificate (which I know my parents have somewhere).

I was amused, however, to look at this official document of Her Majesty's Government, and see...

Smiley faces.

Yes, that's right. They have little smiley faces on it. Two that I've counted so far.

It's very friendly of them! And perhaps, arguably, a little silly. :)

Yay. Soon I will have my third proof of citizenship, and I will truly be a citizen of the world, free to roam at will and work where I will.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/_duncan/]

If you ever have to renew your US passport, make sure to conveniently lose the British one. The US isn't compatible with multi-national citizenship and expects its sheep to give up their other alliegences and will, if given the opportunity, void your British passport by cutting off one corner.

Last time I travelled with all documentation intact (1986!) I found it's *very* convenient to have the right passport handy when entering a country. Lots of waiting in line gets skipped.

[danaeris.livejournal.com]

They can void the passport, but they can't do anything to my citizenship. I was born with this citizenship, after all. Even a voided one will make applying easier in the future.