Today Feng Xiao He was sworn in as a naturalized citizen by adoption. When we land in Los Angeles on Wednesday Julia Xiao He Middleton will be a United States citizen. All the paperwork is done. We can legally bring her into the country.
We visited the United States Consulate this afternoon. We were not allowed to take cameras or electronic devices into the Consulate offices, so no pictures were taken of the actual swearing in. In some ways it was a little anticlimatic. We took her Visa paperwork with a copy of our passports to the counter to have someone behind the bulletproof glass verify that Julia looked like her Visa picture and that we looked like the people on our passports. After that a Consulate official came out to the waiting area and gave instructions to all the families. We then stood, raised our right hands and repeated an oath that the information whether verbal or written was truthful to the best of our knowledge. At that point the "ceremony" was done. We waited until we received her passport with her Visa. Then back on the bus and the ride back to the White Swan Hotel.
The bus ride back was a little more exciting. Although the traffic in Guangzhou is more under control than we had seen lately, we still almost crashed. A semi cutoff our bus and clipped the front side mirror as it forced it's way into our lane. China has been a wonderful place to visit but I would never want to drive here.
Jim
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Welcome, Julia Middleton, as a citizen of the United States of America, and to our family. The horses, llamas, dogs, and cat as well as grandma and grandpa are anxious for you and your family to return to your new home.
Love, Grandma and Grandpa
Welcome precious Julia,we love you!
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