The point seems to be of how epically hard this was but it’s basically the same as the US system with minor differences.
As a native Brit with advanced degrees who’d been imported to California by an American employer I did the same things.
I have no criminal record in any country, no ill health, no other barriers at all, and was very well qualified.
Yet I had to fly to London for a chest X-ray and get letters from the local police in every country I lived in attesting to my character among other things.
Worst of all, unlike other countries, a US citizenship acquired post birth is second class. I cannot run for the highest political office. Denaturalization is a real possibility. I am expected to be fully American but am not equal to other Americans, including my children and their American mother.
As a native Brit with advanced degrees who’d been imported to California by an American employer I did the same things.
I have no criminal record in any country, no ill health, no other barriers at all, and was very well qualified.
Yet I had to fly to London for a chest X-ray and get letters from the local police in every country I lived in attesting to my character among other things.
Worst of all, unlike other countries, a US citizenship acquired post birth is second class. I cannot run for the highest political office. Denaturalization is a real possibility. I am expected to be fully American but am not equal to other Americans, including my children and their American mother.
Immigration is very broken in many countries.