Graeme J.W.Smith M.R.I.N.

About Me

Name:Graeme J W Smith

Location:Newport, Rhode Island, United States

Ex-Glasgow, Scotland I moved to the USA in 1996 and am now a naturalized American. I have a consulting business which advises small to medium sized businesses about the best use they can make of IT.

In a past life I have been a youth worker, Tall Ship Captain and I also worked in the yacht building industry in the UK and USA.

News of the World

Primarily - I get my view on the world from these sources. Comparing the International sections of the BBC and the NYT often leaves you wondering if people live on the same planet! Google News presents all of the world's news organizations - perhaps a balanced view the world?

Tuesday, February 15, 2000

Green Card

After 2 years of waiting and interminable paperwork (usually in triplicate with certified copies of EVERYTHING) - Graeme was awarded a Green Card and is therefore officially immigrated to the US. For those that want to know - this means he is still a British Citizen and though he has the right to live in America, work, pay Taxes and to join the US Social Security System he is NOT a US Citizen and cannot vote in the US. In November 2004 he can apply for American Citizenship which would be awarded in March 2005 if he can pass the civics exam and can speak English to a standard that allows him to take the exam! Hmmmm..... Yes the image is a of a real Green Card but it has been altered so we don't help anyone trying to make a forgery.