very exciting news

As some of you know, I'm Canadian.

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And I am very proud to be Canadian.  I love my country.  It is where I grew up.  It is where I formed my social and political values.  It is the root of my cultural identity.

However, biologically, I am also half Australian.  My mother is Canadian, but my father was born Australian (he gave up his citizenship before I was born, and is now a naturalized Papua New Guinean; where I'm originally from, so I have never been an Australian citizen).  I have spent my entire life traveling to Australia every coupe of years, to visit my family.  I have just moved here, and almost a year ago I started the process of obtaining my Australian citizenship.

And yesterday, I GOT IT! 

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I received a beautiful email that told me my application had been accepted, that my working holiday visa was null and void, and that I am now officially a dual Canadian-Australian!  My citizenship card will be arriving by priority post within the next few days!