On March 2 Joanie and I attended our citizenship ceremony to be sworn in as British citizens. The girls had already received theirs. The government does not require minors to take an oath.
We waited some time at the registrar’s office in Richmond until the start of the ceremony. Then we were ushered into a room large enough for us to sit in the front and guests to sit behind us. The official doing the ceremony had those taking the oath swear, then those who didn’t take an oath made an affirmation. The difference was the oath was sworn by Almighty God, the affirmation was a solemn declaration.
During the meeting we met an Iranian man who was a former journalist, who had to flee the country. We wanted to stay in touch with him but in the confusion after the ceremony he left and we couldn’t find him. We know that he lives where we used to live. So we will try to see if we can find him if we ever get some time. I got off a quick pic (above) so we could recognize him again.
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