John Oliver Shares His Frightening Path to American Citizenship
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John Oliver Shares His Frightening Path to American Citizenship
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"Of course mate." - John Oliver, American Citizen
Does he have to say "yo dude" from now on?
@@shipscook3765 Twice. I'm British ;)
"Remember to stand six feet apart." Lots of Other American Citizens
It took me nearly 7 years to become a citizen, and cost a friggin' mint. But seeing the people on the streets.. marching with them, and knowing I'm part of it now, reminds me that it was absolutely worth the trouble.
Welcome Mate!
@@charlesbaxter4466 Thank you, Sir!
welcome home!
Occupation: Make America Free again!
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GN Sir from aka Charlie B' outta Dobbs Ferry N.Y.
There's something humorously satisfying about a British guy saying he finally gets the taxation without representation thing.
But now the US will always tax him no matter where he moves later in his life (and I'm not sure if there's another country on earth that taxes you based on citizenship even when living abroad)
He obviously doesn’t because he doesn’t understand Brexit, which at its route is no taxation without representation.
Potato because you’re not a citizen, you’re welcome to become one though and I’d be very happy to have you. The same as a UK citizen can’t vote in Europe, it’s fairly normal. I’m not anti European, I’m just anti EU, I was a reluctant remainer during the referendum and I’m now a pretty firm brexiteer.
Potato that’s your choice you’re more than welcome to become a UK citizen and you chose not to be, you can of course move back to the EU if you’d rather. However, you can also be a dual national as a British citizen so you don’t actually have to lose your EU passport either. We chose to leave the EU because as UK citizens we have little or no control over the laws that come out of the EU or the budget. I’ve never met a single remainer who can even explain how EU laws are made or explain what jurisdiction the council, commission, parliament or ECJ have. Over 40% of the budget is still spent on CAP for Christ sake and its 2020. Then there is the issue that the French and Germans still have had the top jobs within the council stitched up between them as they always have done. The whole thing is a cesspit.
Potato I really don’t get what you’re whinging about? You didn’t have a vote in the UK elections before Brexit anyway and yet you still chose to live here. You’re taxed and not represented as you chose to live here as a none UK citizen. I wouldn’t expect to be able to vote if i moved to the US or the continent, it’s not that deep. As for no taxation without representation under the EU, the EU budget is decided by the council and how it’s spent by the commission. Bearing in mind very few countries actually pay into the budget the level of contribution is chosen by countries who aren’t actually contributing. How that money is spent is stitched up by France and Germany, who trade off the top jobs between themselves. Hence why 40% of the budget is spent on handouts to French farmers. Therefore UK tax revenue is being spent with zero control over it from UK citizens. The EU officials within the commission are unelected and not accountable to the citizens of the UK. If they do something we disagree with, we can’t vote them out. Political representation without accountability is a fundamentally flawed system of government. This is taxation, without representation. Case in point being the years after 2010 when the UK was in full austerity and cutting services due to a reduced budget, whist the EU budget was going up and up.
If JOHN OLIVER had a tough time becoming a U.S Citizen, imagine other people's process.
Well he did not explain what was so tough about it.
Yes he has HBO and comedy central behind him but a lot of people become a citizen also without these companies.
It takes time to become a citizen and you have to show genuine intrest.
It is not buying an entrance ticket to Disneyland.
That was actually John's point. That if it's difficult for a famous white man such as himself who has a huge backing, then you can only imagine how difficult it is for people without any of that.
@@tonyamati96 Agree but he is speaking only of his experience. 750,000 people become citizen each year and it is not a traumatizing experience.
It is like passing your diploma. Everybody is nervous for that, but if you studied well you should be fine.
@@vincevdijk7430 it's not simply about studying, it's the way you are treated.
I'm also a Brit who moved to the US, and though I did not naturalise, I did go through the process to get a green card. The administration is awful and you are often not treated with respect by those working on your case. During the worst times, it felt a bit like we were cattle being processed. For people immigrating from countries where English is less-commonly spoken, or where the primary language is uncommon in America, the process is incredibly hard. This is not a a cheap shot at America, the British system is similarly Kafkaesque.
@@vincevdijk7430 Actually it's not that easy, and if you try to inform yourself better, you'll see that the queue is actually 20 to 30 years long if you apply TODAY from some countries. Try to imagine what that feels like.
He actually came to America to watch Britta and Annie in a mudfight
Can't blame him
#andamovie
Its fake oil fight
*oil fight..
WHILST Abed delivered a baby in the background! (I watched that episode probably three times before I noticed the story line happening in the background). 🤣🤣🤣🤣 #AndAMovie!!!
Annie's really young, we try not to sexualize her
Some Friendly Advice for all The "Americans" that love to spit out...
**wHY dOn'T tHeY (Immigrants) jUSt aPpLy fOr tHeIr ciTiZeNsHip pAPeRsss**
Play on repeat from 1:41 and think about it for a while...
Some of us are still waiting after 25+ Years, but We keep paying Taxes and Can Not Vote no matter what! 😤
John Oliver; Thank You for the Honesty displayed here!
As John Oliver explained in his Show on Legal Immigration. Legal Immigration is not as easy as most people believe. It takes forever and it is quite difficult to get permanent residence.
Not to mention it cost us over $10k and we had a great immigration lawyer, experience and advice. Most people don't have that kind of money lying around! My friend did the same thing as I did moving to America from the same location in Australia and without a lawyer she spent closer to 20k because of all the wrong turns they made.
As an immigrant to Canada (though I came here to live when I was two years old), it's amusing to see white people immigrate to North America. Or emigrate from here. It happens often enough that you'd think large tracts of people in a certain country would be more empathetic towards immigration and expat experiences.
Craig Ferguson tried years before to impart how difficult, expensive and emotionally taxing, it is to become an American citizen. It's absurd that the masses aren't required to learn about the real process as part of basic primary education now. It used to be, in Illinois at least.
So. There is no right to citizenship of any country.
Ha ha ha!!! When my British friend became a citizen he said many people booed when Trump's message was played.
We went home and my husband played me Obama's welcome to make me feel better lol
Haha, they would make good Americans then.
Agreed. It is OK to boo this president.
A-Borgia
If you don’t want to lose everybody’s respect, it’s mandatory.
@@jenniferirving3109 That so sweet of him.
Here I am, born a citizen, and all I wanna do is immigrate to New Zealand.
If New Zealand was smart it would take none of us.
No more they say. I feel you closest place in comparison is Alaska. Or Greenland if we buy it
Do it !!!
Do it!!!
Auckland & Christchurch are paradise on earth. You won't regret it.
Emigrate*
Jessi Wylde Yeah, their PM is cute.
The process for becoming a US citizen is indeed long, daunting, and stressful. I have a friend who came here from Germany to be a special ed teacher, who uses art therapy to help at-risk and special needs kids. All her students love her, and the school she worked for at that time was helping her get citizenship. It still took years and years, and GOBS of money, and she said it was stressful and scary because despite her and her husband's backing by their US employers, they kept having to go back and forth with the US government, filing paperwork after paperwork and dealing with changing requests. They finally both got citizenship, but it took forever.
And people wonder why we have illegal immigrants...SMH. If I weren't born here, there'd be no way I would ever have enough money to become a citizen. And that sucks. Because some people without money SHOULD be here, and some with money should not. MONEY should not be the key to citizenship.
Wow I never know if that need lots of money for to become citizen. Anyway am not America and lucky never dream to become or to visit because especially now is to scary. But I do love American friends who are amazing kind people's
I have had friends just give up and go back to their countries. They spent tens of thousands of dollars and paid taxes for years, but the more money they made in their careers, the more the govt. stalled so they could collect more and more. It is a total scam. Give us your poor......yeah right.
@@irisbjones Ikr?! I suspect that's what delayed my friends' applications too. Her husband is some computer expert who makes *bank*.
I am bummed to hear that good honest people give up because our citizenship process is so uneven. In that case it is the US who is the loser. 😞
I already mentioned this in another comment, but you don't have to become a citizen to legally stay and work work in the U.S.. A work visa and Green Card can come before that. Granted, the Green Card process is also pricey and takes a while.
And here they perpetuate the myth that the U.S. is basically an immigrant society.
If that is the case then why does it take so long to become a citizen?
I’d love to hear the full version of John’s US citizenship journey.
there are other videos of him talking about it
There's a last week tonight video on you tube about the entire process and he talks about his experience too.
What a wonderful citizen we've gained in John Oliver! His last Last Week Tonight is a must-watch, showing a history many may not know concerning police in America.
Showing how a HBO employee who gets paid by AT&T ie Blackrock and Vanguard goes on Tv to deliver a message that sustain the domination of the billionaire 1% by creating a horizontal war rather than a vertical one.
Two time Emmy winner Deserved!! His show is incredible and Oliver is one of my fav comedians, hands down
@@samsunga-pm4qq the war was always there, but now you might finally get a resolution if you bother to?
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George Soros has invested 100 million to put gasoline on this horizontal war so that you don’t fight the real one, the vertical one! George Soros doesn’t give you money to fight against him, he’s sending we the people to a dead end
@@samsunga-pm4qq ah Soros, boogeyman for European Nationalists. American nationalists have adopted him as boogeyman too?
For me the chia pet is hope. Even after 30 years long after those seeds ‘should have died’.....
Welcome to America, from a Native American, we are happy you are here.
Wow, what tribe are you from
@@jasleenoriley3688 Ojibwe, (Chippewa), Bear Clan, Leech Lake, Minn...
@Bill Jenkins Billy, try saying that at Wounded Knee or Standing Rock and we'll see if you survive getting off the "Rez."
mark allen well said
Bill Jenkins
As a white person myself, I believe it’s my earnest duty to tell you to go fuck yourself
John is an absolute genius, and his show brilliant.
Yep...the complete opposite of Fallon’s
@Tony Amati ...I never miss it, it's simply brilliant!
LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS WITH COMMON SENSE LOVE POLICE!!!!! If you are a true good citizen you love police but if you are always shady, trying to sneak up and sell drugs, murdering people, looting, home invading, etc, then you hate the police. You get in this country a BLACK PRESIDENT, BLACK SENATORS, BLACK GOVERNORS, BLACK CHIEF OF POLICE, BLACK ACTORS, BLACK LAWYERS, BLACK DOCTORS, BLACK ATHLETES. WHERE THE FUCK IS THE SYSTEMIC RACISM??? IT SHOWS THAT IF YOU ARE WILLING TO COMMIT (and in some cases sell your soul to the devil like in Hollywood) YOU CAN SUCCEED. STOP BEING PAWNS OF BIGGER PLAYERS. STOP IT!!!! Stop helping THUGS get rid of police so they can come in your homes at night!
It's easier to fool a man than to tell him he is been fooled!
Abe Skywalker someone hasnt done their research
Abe Skywalker the whole police movement is part racism, but another big part is general brutality against ANYONE (whites, blacks, etc). These protests have really shown how brutal police can really be. Do your OWN research ! :)
The process is hard. Imagine not having John Oliver money and status.
K Lor which is the point he makes.
Bill Jenkins Literally no one said it should be easy...
only took me couple yrs, pre 9/11 ez
@Bill Jenkins how many Americans are actually Americans? Nobody? Only the Native Americans? Think about that.
@Bill Jenkins what the heck? Where am I anti white? I have just remind you on your history. And I have asked you how you define an american?
And how the heck did you read that I am anti white? This makes especially no sense since I am white.
Voting against Trump will probably be the most proud moment of John's life, yea i know he has kids but this Trumps it. lols.
Voting against Trump feels good. Voting for Biden, not so much.
@@stupidburp if voting against trump feels good that means voting for biden feels good by your statement
@@genocidejoe thank you mr obvious
@@stupidburp :-( point.
muhamed ali
No.... not really. It won’t feel good.
Both feelings make sense.
I've done some research and found that the best case scenario for a migrant or refugee to legally earn United States citizenship takes at the minimum 6 years and thousands of dollars, which is insane to me. Seriously, try planning a family vacation 6 years in advance and hope that no one dies/is born or something happens to the destination that affects your plans. If we made it easier and faster for people to come to the U.S. legally and become citizens, we would have far fewer people waiting to come to the country, far fewer migrants living here legally or illegally, and more people can achieve the American Dream.
And those are the people that earn the right to be here. You're basically excusing illegals by saying they're coming illegally because of the wait time. No, they come illegally so they aren't documented and stay out of the system. They were willing to break the law and enter illegally, that's not the type of citizens America wants. No, the country shouldn't change a thing because a foreigner finds the process of becoming a citizen of that country too long and hard a process. You follow the laws and do what is required to become a citizen of America.
Getting citizenship in the US is less expensive than many other countries. They should raise the cost actually.
@@seansmith8103 give me your tired, you're poor, you're huddled masses yearning to breathe free, and several thousand dollars
honestly, I feel like the reason my process was easier was because my dad was born in the US and thus was a citizen. Had it not been for that, I honestly don't think I could've ever moved here. Funny thing is, the same summer my mum became a citizen she decided to move to Canada. Good for her I think :)
@Nicky L it's an American nightmare
Chia Pet on the Box = what America thinks it is.
Chia Pet in Reality = what America really is.
Spot on😎 thank you
Perfect.
I wouldn't want to become an American citizen even if they paid me. The place has too many Americans.
🙄
I started my process in 96 and got my citizenship in 2004. I started it WHILE I was in the military and didn't get it until AFTER I got out of the military. Spent a couple thousand for the application fees and everything associated with the process. Fingerprints, photos, travel expenses. Ahhhhhh, good times 👍
I'm not sure who laughed louder:
Jimmy laughing at John, or me laughing at Jimmy 🤣🤣🤣
At least you could hear his real laugh, Not that phony one he does all the time in the studio
I laughed at and with both of them.
@@kiddalingur I love Jimmy's laugh. Don't be such a negative puss!
@@pamelacass9642 I laughed at them
"I do feel like you're treating me different"
He said "with a different kind of respect". If he said it the other way that would need to be "treating me differently".
@@audience2 sooooooo since you're one of those guys please explain what is the difference between being "treated different" and being "treated with a different kind of respect"???
Treated differently is a broad generalization that can encompass things such as who is prioritized in a situation which may not be purely based on level of respect (racism / stereotyping) . A different level of respect pertains solely to how he is being interacted with based on respect or courtesy... it’s a difference in wording but means every bit of difference. I love you vs. I love your money??
@@alvinyang8677 and in both situations they're being treated differently making them both still wrong. Thanks for clearing that up.
John Oliver, When my wife was able to take part in getting to be a real citizen and all the rights that come with it. The ceremony was a great experience for me as a witness at that time, being a naturalized citizen I never, had that. It was a very nice experience to support her in experiencing becoming a Citizen of United States of America and what we stand for. Unfortunately it has turned down hill with our recent POTUS. I I still try to keep up the good fight, Freedom for all and the voice of a democratic society. Let's just hope we all can keep it up and stay safe,
I’m also British and 1 year into my immigration process and yeah, he’s right, it’s already been hell for me and I’m white and speak English so I shudder to think what some other people are suffering. I paid my first year’s taxes this year right before getting laid off from COVID and it’ll still be another ~10 years of paying taxes before I get to vote. Fun times!
When I saw that Estelle geddy chia pet with all dysfunctional growth in its head I nearly asphyxiated. You gotta love the bodegas. Where I live there was one that smelled like they had meat, possibly raw fish, from 1977, the had paper dolls that were from the 1950s or 60s, probably left over from their grand opening sale in 1960 that they never sold snd never round snd for some inexplicable reason was still sitting there in a pile of all sorts of other unrelated items that only had in common they were being sold in that store in the same shelf. But I’ve found some amazing curiosities in them too. So we continue to go. That snd they have cheap AAA batteries snd clothes pubs and random junk like that 😂
That "Chia Sophia is quite frightning!!!!!!!😄
As a UK born human who just completed the nightmarish Green Card process in March and a month and a half ago bought THIS EXACT SOPHIA CHIA for my wife's birthday, I have never felt so seen.
Professor Duncan, for those who know.
Hell yeah
#AndAMovie!!!!!
XD
I got my residency in 2009 and finally got my citizenship in 2015. But my family and I tried getting residency since 2000 and stopped after 9/11 due to the changes that followed. It’s a long ass process and expensive, too. The sense of relief that came after the ceremony and the words of the judge telling us we belonged no matter who is president were enough to let us know in the room that everything scarified was worth it.
The chia routine was hilarious! Thanks!
That Chia pet is awesome scary looking!!! 😂 😂 😂
OMG the Estelle Getty Chia Pet made me LOL so hard I'm crying. It's absolutely ridiculous. Thanks, I really needed that laugh after everything else that's going on.
I challenge everyone to see the cost for the USCIS paperwork alone. imagine a 500+ application per application. 2 applications (sometimes 3). without taking into the lawyer fees...+/- 6/7 years...it’s a hustle.
Still need the friking story from the video heading/ HOOK WTF WAS FRIGHTENING? Details are vital especially now.
3 for STEM students. Initial visa, then OPT to stay 12 months then again for 24 months(only if you are in STEM), then again for H1b and greencard. You don't get the vote until after staying on the greencard and applying for citizenship. And for the second one, its more difficult since most employers say they won't hire qualified OPT students except Indian scammers. I have had people reach out to me saying they liked my experience and work but then say no because of the visa. This is hindering American businesses and job creation. Even Lindsey Graham recognizes this.
I got my US citizenship 3 years ago after being in the country for 7 years on a green card. I think it cost me a total of $600 for the application, an office visit for biometrics, a 2nd office visit for the interview (which took about 20mins), and then the citizenship ceremony. Applied in Dec 2016 and was a citizen by May 2017. Honestly, I think my green card application was more stressful, mainly due to the amount of paperwork required as I was applying before moving to the US, but even that was only a 6 month/$600 process back in 2009. I did the whole thing myself both times, no lawyers or paid help, just meticulous Internet research at every stage of the process.
That was GENUINE laughing from Jimmy when John showed the toy 😂
Thank-you for the Chia Sophia!! Good laugh needed today.
LOL at Chia Pet. My wife and I stumbled across a swearing in ceremony at Mt. Rushmore in the blistering sun. Absolutely fascinating. It was hours long. We changed our plans for the rest of the day. Every new citizen had to make a speech. The speeches ran the gambit from extremely moving, to harrowing life journeys to get to America, to just get it over with, to highly patriotic, to "I had to make a speech?", to my Russian sugar daddy is paying for this and I deserve it, to "I have served in the US Air Force for 15 years and flown in combat and thought I should formalize it.", to "I started in poverty in my home country, lived in a dictatorship, worked hard to get to America, came here with nothing, built a business, now employ 55 people am getting to retirement and want to join the city government to build better parks and schools for the children." Overall, 90% were solid contributors of educated people or hard workers. Much more solid contributors than the standard pampered suburbanite.
It took me 14 years to become an American citizen. It’s incredibly hard and painful, but worth it!! I can totally relate to the paranoia.. even after having a green card, still doesn’t go away. Since becoming a citizen I finally feel free and relieved :)
Thank's again People! Luv ya -aka Charlie B' outta Dobbs Ferry N.Y.
OMG this where we want to be and this where we are as a society
That was spot on!
Spot on, but scary true! And it's sad that it is true.
@Bill Jenkins which proves why society needs work. Thanks for clearing that up. Its little admissions like this that will bring unity.
@Bill Jenkins you use the term "you" and "you people" alot so im not sure what you consider yourself. I dont live in whichever nation you are calling "this one" and if you dont see that there is a problem its usually because YOU(yourself and persons that share that same thought pattern) are the problem. Why dont you move to another nation...if we are talking about the U.S. thats not your nation buddy
@Bill Jenkins lol OK
Thanks for making me laugh! I really needed that.
3:50 - - So good to hear Jimmy laugh! Laugh again that is. Angry and sad and frustrating times we live in - Still hearing laughter again is helpful...
I was asked why I moved around so much because I had several addresses from the past 5 years, in an exasperated tone. Oh and I was grilled about the semester I studied abroad, down to how many credit hours I got out of it. That is relevant how to the determination of my "good moral character"? Whatever...at that point I'd been through so much that dealing with another US official on a power trip didn't faze me.
OMG the Chia pet reveal. Just had to wipe down my iPad thanks to my epic spit-take. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
How the hell is the audio out of sync?
"Yes, you were right. It's (taxation without representation) very annoying." LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
"Some version of gritted teeth." Lol
I love that the bangs were back
Still don’t understand why a Brit would be so chuffed at getting an American citizenship🙅♀️
@Nicky L yeah, you're good with him flying until he kills someone you know/love.
@Harrison Ford will kill someone with his plane Seem that your British mate might have just rubbed up his fellow country men the wrong way, we British love a moan but wish you well in life as long as you don't shove your not required enthusiasm in our faces. Don't ever brag about your stuff to a Brit cos we're only gonna hurt you with sarcasm.
LOL !!!!! that ending !!! omg
Congratulations, John Oliver, on becoming a U.S. citizen! 🇺🇸🎉🇺🇸
John Oliver is only 43 his young
Worst case scenario he'd still be a British citizen. Hard to imagine anyone would jump at being a US citizen these days.
I agree with you Dual Citizenship is allowed by Britain and the U.S.
Sounds like a rock and a hard place to me...
You seem to be blissfully unaware of what's going on in the UK.. JT got it right I think.
anyone? really? 8 billion people on earth, and you think most of them prefer living in their shitty countries to living in the USA? Why are all these Mexicans hopping the border, no reason? If America sucks so much, then I'm sure you'd agree with me that we should reject all applications for citizenship and secure the border so that all those poor people won't have to live in such a desolate place, correct?
magicskyfairy69 turns out your shitty nation trumps being poor, killed or persecuted, who knew 🤷🏽♂️
That reveal was FANTASTIC.
Thank you both for the giggles
COmpletely relating to this! Took 20 years for me.
Yayyy John is finally American...it couldn’t have happened at a better time!🤣
Omg I have that Sophia Chia Pet. Lmao
How long do chia pets last, once they start sprouting?
Awesome show. John those chia pets are fairly new ,just released a couple years ago,limited edition chia pet just an FYI 😊💙💖
That chia pet is awesome 😁
I needed that laugh too
Thanks Jimmy and stay Safe. aka Charlie B' outta Dobbs Ferry N.Y.
I often wonder if the experiences with USCIS are also influenced by the workload of the USCIS office that is handling you case. I know someone in South Florida who came from the Dominican Republic, married an American veteran in 2014, quickly became a resident in 2014 or 2015 and their citizenship application was completed in less than 6 months in 2019.
Why is it even so hard for John Oliver? He is a celebrity, an outstanding talk show host.
...and a pain in Donnie's butt as well as his wealthy friends' butts.
nathan woo in some respect I’m glad it was so hard, not for everybody in particular, but it shouldn’t be easy for a celebrity should it?
I laughed so hard, now I have the hiccups. Thanks John Oliver, lol. Also, CONGRATULATIONS on your citizenship!!
Shit my daughter-in-law is Honduran and going through the process...scared
His Estelle Getty chia pet looks like Donald Rumsfeld.
Statue of URHO KEKKONEN! (Former president of Finland)
That video comment. I can just imagine 😂
Omg. We have that chia pet! 🤣🤣🤣
The result Estelle made me laugh so hard! Thank you so so much for being on this planet, John Oliver!
!!! I got this for Christmas. Recently planted it, and it was completely covered in mold within a week and had to be thrown out
Gritted teeth I wouldf loved to be there to hear the speech and I love the CHIA pet LOL
Golden Girls
Sorry can’t imagine why he would want to.
me neither
I believe I am well placed to answer that. I'm British. My husband is Canadian American.
I met my husband in the US but he lived in Canada. I work in aviation and there were job opportunities to transfer to Canada or the US. I transferred to be closer to my husband. My career did well in Canada and we had kids together in Canada. I built a life in Canada.
When you invest years into a country and your spouse and kids are from there and your career is there and your friends are there, it's not easy to just go home.
I didn't need Canadian citizenship, but there is something in the back of your head that resident status/green card is not equal to citizenship.
TL;DR A country you didn't intend to make your home, becomes your home. You want citizenship.
RunningFromABear my sister has lived in Canada since 1993, after marrying a Canadian. She took Canadian citizenship in 2015.
Dual citizenship has its perks. Although since Britain is leaving the E.U. He won’t be able to retire in any of the E.U. Countries anymore.
@@4700_Dk A lot of Brits still have access through Ireland.
I'm English but qualified for an Irish passport through my Dad. I got one after the Brexit vote just to hedge my bets.
If I didn't have that option, Britain and Ireland have an agreement to live and work and study in each other's countries. It's not too difficult for Brits who really want an EU passport to get one. 5 years continuous residency within 9 years is necessary in Ireland. Anyone who studies in Ireland gets a 4 year head start. There are other options like Norway or Switzerland, Britain has pretty good agreements with them too. The EU has become more circuitous but it's not become inaccessible for most Brits.
I'm heartbroken he's no longer a fellow Brit...was hoping he would come back and be the greatest prime minister the country ever had.
He's still a fellow brit. The renouncement of other citizenships has no standing in international law.
He is still British...
@@skonji Well, international law is totally useless anyway. We all know countries' relationships are basically an anarchy. So, if the UK doesn't recognise him as a British citizen he isn't a British citizen and there's no one to enforce otherwise no matter what the international "law" say...
Marco T. British permits dual citizenship
@@rickwalker7900 then he got to keep his nationality. I never understood why don't the US and UK have some kind of reciprocity agreement on citizenship like Brazil and Portugal do. It makes no sense to be so bureaucratic and force ex metropolis and colony citizens to change nationality for having the same rights as nationals...
I love the chia ptes😂😂😂
I feel your pain john vicariously through my wife. She went through the bs as you did.
Now John tells it like it is....brutally honest but highly appropriated! Keep up the great work!
This is the UK calling: We want him back please. You can have Michael McIntyre by all means...
McIntyre is a gem!...or do you know something I don't🤔
nope, John's ours now! 😆🤣
CONGRATS!!! can you please do a show on how to become a canadian citizen! I'm pretty sure its a popular topic nowadays.
Worked and resided 20 years in US in hospice healthcare first under an H1B1, then a green card. Tried relentlessly to secure citizenship. Paid $18,000.00 in legal fees. Denied repeatedly. Gave up in 2014 and moved home to Canada.
OMG!!! I just bought this at CVS about a month ago. My seeds didn't grow except a random few.
as a citizen, taxation without representation won't change
HAHAHAHAHHA! you know when!! cha cha cha chia!!
Awh my stomach hurts from that laugh. The after 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yay! Congrats on being able to vote! Great time in history to do this!
Ryan Reynolds would appreciate that Chia Pet so much more
Congratulations, America! We got John Oliver for life! yeah!
I needed this SO much rite now. I love both of you and I adore John Oliver but I just watched both of his episodes on the police and mail in voting and my fucking blood pressure was off the charts in a good way because that’s how it should be but I’m telling you what it’s been rough coming down from that and that was hours ago but we need you guys to make us think and to make us laugh so thank you both for both of those things a fucking Chia pet how the fuck did you find a fucking chia pet John Oliver
Yeesh! Punctuation, man!
My father began the process to be an American citizen around the time I was born. By the time of my swearing in ceremony, I was 20. Sure, it wasn't so emotional since I was just a kid for most of those years. But it definitely gives you a sense of what a good chunk of someone's life it takes.
Congratulations Mr. Oliver! 😃 Hopefully, our country will get better after November. Glad to have you! Virtual hugs and kisses!
Of all the things that have been done to chia seeds this is by far the worst
I love john oliver, i get so excited to watch his show. If only they were more frequent.. i could be happy with one a night like stephen Colbert's late show
Mine didn't take more than a few months. Does it change depending on where you are immigrating from?
John Oliver bothering to become a citizen in this day and age honestly is making me think twice about leaving.
Would either of you be interested in a story about a college? I would love to tell it and maybe the rest of the world needs to hear it.
Jelle's Marble Races rule!
love to you both. chia.
John Oliver had become such a staple of American media over the past few years that its genuinely easy to forget that he wasn't an American citizen for so long.
Bless you John!
I loved the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Chia Pet.