Reacting to my British Citizenship Ceremony in Hounslow
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2024
- My British Citizenship ceremony in Hounslow went a bit odder than I anticipated...
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It’s like the borough decided “we’re on camera, so here’s a word from our sponsor… the Borough of Hounslow”
US: We do not want you to leave. Trying to do so will cost you a lot of money.
UK: We do not want you to come. Trying to do so will cost you a lot of money.
Evan:
'We are a citizen now.' - He's even using the royal 'we' - Britishness increasing exponentially.
“You can’t legally say I can’t do this” 😂😂 you may be a British citizen but you are most definitely forever American my friend 😂😂
hahahhaa
As someone who is also a dual US/British citizen you’ll be reminded that while you may be British you’ll never be English, Scottish, Welsh, or Northern Irish.
While the tone of this comment may be intended to be lighthearted, it could be construed as extremely bigoted.
That's exactly what I thought, getting all litigious about it was so American and I love it! I'm definitely inspired but I don't know if my British soul has the will.
@@AidPast it’s difficult / impossible to change your culture after a certain point in life unless you make a conscious choice to (which is often not seen as genuine). To be British is to have political membership to Britain, but to be English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish is a cultural identity that you cannot gain through citizenship or any other legal means. It takes living in a place from a young age to fully adopt its culture and norms; if you grow up somewhere else and move later on, you’ve already gone through that process in your home country. Evan is British now but he will also always be American because that’s the culture he came from. He’s never going to lose his accent, for example, or his opinions about pizza lol
Fun fact: On that day the Queen had to stare at a photo of Evan Edinger.
Of course
If that were true, I would go through the process of becoming a British citizen just so the Queen would have to stare at a picture of me.
@@wave6553 Why would you do that to her 😉
Alternative title: Even complains about his home borough for 16 minutes. That's what being a Londoner is all about.
I complain about Ealing everyday 😂
I feel like surviving this whole uncomfortable ceremony was the final boss to get your citizenship. They put you through the most painful, awkwardly British experience to see if you'd crack, but you passed with flying colours. You can now weigh in on the scone debates and your opinion will be respected (unless it's wrong)
:)
I had my citizenship ceremony in the London Borough of Bromley and I must have bought Citizenship Ceremony Premium cause I had no ads!
Maybe you're just mad you don't have all our leisure facilities
They did sound pretty good, gotta go to one of the historic houses now!
@@pangolin83 The historic houses are actually really great. You just have to ignore the towns around them!
@@TheLondonLass @EvanEdinger do list the five historic houses in Hounslow. With the staycation this year, I might as well as visit them.
@@girish2001 The ones I have visited are Syon Park, Chiswick House and Osterley Park. I like them all but Syon Park is probably the fanciest. In the winter they hold the Enchanted Woodland event where they have light installations in the grounds in the evenings. There is also Hogarth's House, Boston Manor House and Gunnersbury House. I have heard good things about Hogarth's House but I can't remember much about the other two.
Bit annoyed at this Hounslow official - this may be an everyday occurence for her, but this is a pretty big deal to many getting their British Citizenship. The fact that she injected absolutley no cheer and joy into this occassion (but wierdly - yes, it's wierd - bigged up the borough!) makes her supremely British...
No pen = no citizenship. Sorry Evan you got so close
For the want of a ballpoint a kingdom was lost...hmm gives me an idea for a poem...
Yes we just require £250...oh and we have no pens at a place you need to sign documents and that is your fault. Welcome to the UK :).
No flag, no country!
"I'll sanitize my feet as well, nope just your hands, ok that's upsetting" lmao evan
Best part of the ceremony 😂
And no pen.
I've never even lived in the UK, and I've had to sanitize my feet there (during Mad Cow, you had to walk through a tray of disinfectant, while going through the airport (I was on my way to Glasgow, through Heathrow)).
Damn guess I shall have to go explore Hounslow for its state of the art hospital, leisure facilities and parks when I next go down to London
HAHAHAHA
Bring a pen.
Just don't go to the bit of the borough actually called Hounslow... the other bits are nice or not bad, actual Hounslow? Avoooiiiidddd 🤣
Excellent leisure facilities..I work at 3 of them
@@ginganinja93 As someone who took part In Green Gym Sessions on the Heath & did plenty of scything where I saw adders, common lizards, & kestrels, I disagree.
Fr why is she hyping up Hounslow like she’s trying to convince you to live here like you already do and you went through a process that lasted YEARS to be allowed to I’m screaming
She's trying too convince him not to leave...
@@DavidCiani stealing the spotlight at my citizenship ceremony would make me run away😂
It's an ad for council tax. Work and live in the borough for the rest of your life and pay council tax or *you're* the reason the parks are crap.
@@watfordjc if he already lives there he already pays council tax so like,, whY
Does she know that he is a citizen of the UK now, not just Hounslow? Doesn't sound like it.
You basically swore allegiance to the Tourism Department of the London Borough of Hounslow.
HOUNSLOW TILL I DIE
@@evan lol !!!!
@@evan Hounslow means hounslow death to Ealing death to Hillingdon!
@@minorearthmajorsky1476 I was born in Hounslow, my children were born in Hounslow and my grandchildren are going to be born in Hounslow. I'm Hounslow until I die.
@@minorearthmajorsky1476 I understood that reference
After seeing this whole ceramony, im 99% sure you actually just joined a cult
Cult of hounslow
I wanted to say in Germany we're not a cult but we might be a cult around not being a cult. 😁
You are probably not a nationalist
Clown
Brightness IS a cult
😜
Yeah there's something about Goverment officals that make them aggressively boring, humourless rude but with plausible deniability and the tone of a strict school teacher, but still congrats again Evan.
”We hope that you will participate in the growth and expansion of this borough”. Expansion of the borough? Are you going to conquer the neighbouring ones or what?
Edit: spelling
probably got their eye on Whitton which is where Twickenham stadium is.
@@sleepyvicar or maybe Hillingdon, so they can take over Heathrow Airport and force the government to hand over the entire London area as ransom
Borough battle
Last one standing wins
No, Evan, having her voice reciting the oath wasn't too slow, it was Houn Slow.
This seemed more like you receiving Hounslow citizenship rather than British citizenship tbh
This video was not sponsored by Squarespace. It was most definitely sponsored by Hunslow.
Nobody:
Evan: bo-rOH
Brits: *smh* "Bu-ruh"
Bruh
@@charcoal8 :0
Brah!
Brits: schwa sound everywhere.
@@namvu2362 Everyday I'm schwa-ffeling
Hey Evan, I literally got my citizenship 2 weeks ago, almost at the same time, but in Derbyshire. I’m just shocked watching this as it’s SO different than mine 😂 For your curiosity:
- I was not allowed guests
- The lady was very kind in helping me setup my iPhone+Gorillapod, even standing where I would have stood so I could frame it right
- I was offered from the beginning to take my mask off if I wanted (I politely declined)
- I was not asked for a pen, nor did I sign anything at all!!
- A tiny table was beside my chair with a small paper with the pledge of allegiance on it, and was just asked to read it, not go one by one!
- There was no Ad!! It was actually quite straightforward, everything was 5min or so. Just an intro welcoming me into the British family, no mention about the area, I read the pledge, and she said congratulations and put the date on my certificate, and gave it to me! We even chatted on if I’d been here long etc
- There was no national anthem!
- When checking my phone I thought I’d erased it for a second, and the lady kindly said “don’t worry, we would have done it again if needed!”
- She offered to take pictures with my phone of me with the certificate by the Queen and the flag. But there was no extra paper with the low-quality JPG!!
@David Walliams Well... 😅 I did start in the city because of work, grown a bit used to it now, but I get what you mean! Recently getting a car really "opens your horizons" 😂
In future ceremonies - 'Hounslow, the home of British RUclipsr Evan Edinger'
"Hounslow means hounslow, death to Ealing, death to Hillingdon,"
subtle. subtle.
HOUNSLOW FOR THE HOUNSLONIANS
Jay Foreman for the win
Love me some Jay
Jay should license that as a slogan to the businesses in Hounslow Town
@@rikardottosson1272 Make it Brentford's new motto for the Premier League.
TLDR; Thank you Evan!!
My boyfriend is a born and raised UK citizen and I the US. I start my journey of UK visas, double taxation, and adjusting to not wearing sweatpants to the grocery store in a few months and I must say your videos are really helping me prepare! I’m doing tons of research to make sure I don’t run into any issues and I cannot wait for this to be me in 6.5 years. I’m excited to be free from the US and start my family in England. Thanks for all your help! I appreciate you so so much!! ❤️
She was boasting about Hounslow like she was a North Korean propaganda minister
The North Korean embassy is actually in these parts of the woods. Not quite Hounslow more Ealing but on the Hounslow side of Ealing. Maybe they’re in partnership 🧐
What the hell is the borough doing hijacking the citizenship ceremony?!
Oh gosh, that was so different to mine. I did my ceremony in Northern Ireland, in 2019. It was a group ceremony, as it was pre covid, and was presided over by the Lord Lieutenant for Londonderry, although the ceremony was in Lisburn with none of that PR for the borough malarkey. We all did our pledge together, and then we were awarded our certificates one by one and afterwards there was tea and biscuits and little cakes. We were also only allowed 2 guests, the room wasn't very big. I found it very moving, and started crying when I was given my certificate, much to my embarrassment. It was the culmination of an arduous and expensive journey, of several visas, then ILR, and then finally applying for citizenship so it was also a big relief. My passport arrived very quickly, so hopefully yours won't take too long. I have forgone dual citizenship though, that might complicate it a bit for you. Enjoy being British, I certainly do ♥
Welcome to being British. Pretending to look for a pen you don’t have.
This whole Hounslow spiel is absolutely wild! I got my citizenship a couple years ago in North London, and there was nothing about the local area. As far as I can remember, the lady just said a very short 'congratulations and welcome' kind of introduction, and then we went on to the swearing in, the anthem & pics with the Queen. I did the secular version of the pledge, and picked the one that said citizen rather than subject, so it was fun to see yours be different.
Maybe she was overly excited due to the filming that day, and pulled the Wiki?
@@bodyofhope Well if Houslow was hoping for some good publicity through their sponsor segment, that sure backfired om them
@@bodyofhope I was thinking that is why they were trying to stop cameras, they knew they would become the laughing stock of the UK...
Didn't expect to see Claire in the comments, although I suppose it does make sense
Devoting so much time to talking about the borough feels like something that would happen on Parks and Rec with Pawnee
What a weird ceremony, I would have been in fits of giggles.
My local post office has a sign up saying bring your own pen, apparently, its because of covid
Suit was dapper AF, but not sure how I feel about the Chuck Taylor's to go along with it... seems like such an American thing to do lolz
the tenth doctor is american? Wow TIL
@@evan Lol I was more so saying the suit with non-dress shoes was an American thing to do... never watched Dr. Who before, had no idea that was a thing the 10th doctor did.. oop my b
I am the biggest fan of doctor who ever that is what my youtube channel is about and the 10th doctor isnt American he is Scottish but puts on an English accent but your suit does look like the 10th doctors
@@evan They're not Sandshoes!
@@evan Dr who always dresses in a noticably different way to ordinary people congrats.
"Hunslow means Hunslow" - best Jay Foreman reference ever
£250 I would have told your roommates to look in from the window outside
BUT I NEEDED IT 4K 10BIT BEAUTIFUL FOOTAGE
I’m laughing. That has to be the funniest comment 😂😂😂
@@evan Well at leats its tax deductible then :-)
I haven't stopped laughing during the whole video. I like how you joke around especially in those super serious and solemn moments
The only citizenship ceremony I've been to, included quite a fun talk about Bristol by the Deputy Lord Mayor, and the people involved all got a silver medal with the Bristol City coat of arms on it as a gift of the occasion.
Just found your channel today, and applied for UK citizenship by descent of British patent yesterday. You’re a comedian, and I love it. Stay awesome.
I'm American and get my British citizenship in a little over a year. Great choice you made to move here
I find this so funny like I was born here and I never had to sing to the queen but we get new citizens to stand there staring at ol’ liz and it’s so hilariously uncomfortable
British anthem playing. Evan saying he genuinely doesn't know any of the words. Yep, definitely British. Lol. If you met anyone that knows them all, fucking AVOID AT ALL COSTS.
The long version got about 8 verses I belive
We have such a crap national anthem. Last night of the Proms gets me feeling patriotic; complete with goosebumps and damp eyes. The National Anthem? I feel nothing.
Land of hope and glory, rule Britannia, Jerusalem, plenty of possibilities. But just like Eurovision, we went for the crap one 🤷🏻♀️
@@georgeprout42 Rule Britannia does seem a lot more patriotic than finding twenty different ways to say "I hope our monarch won't die, gee, that'd be inconvenient".
Yeah i had a friend who knew all of them, like every verse.... definitely avoid at all cost 😅
@@georgeprout42 It's not that bad. Particularly the third verse, I find quite stirring. And the tune is popular enough that it's the national anthem of another country, has been the national anthem of tons countries in the past (Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Greece, Hawaii), and is the tune to a patriotic American song.
Jerusalem is about England, no. Rule Britannia, I suppose is okay - though probably too controversial in a post-imperial era and thus couldn't be a unifying song, so again no. The really stirring amazing bit of Land of Hope and Glory isn't set to words, and the bit that is is all about expanding our borders, so no.
Not every country can have a Le Marseillaise. And I don't think we should one... the sedate God Save the Queen is ideal for the UK imho.
Congratulations Citizen - we are proud to have you on board! Great ceremony - never seen one like it before!
It's weirdly punitive to put people through all that effort in getting a British citizenship in the first place, and then charge for the ceremony. The ceremony should be free.
The process also cost 1300 pounds in total + life in UK test + English language test which is also +- 200 pounds... I think it at least have the ceremony included.
The ceremony is included if you don't have a private one. When there is multiple people in the same room then there is no extra charge
@@koool56 yes, I had to do the language test even though it's my first language and I was educated in English. I paid £200 to have a 5 minute conversation about a prepared subject and to reply to a question about live theatre and whether I travel by train regularly. It was very odd, a timer went off mid sentence and I was dismissed.
@@Faeriedarke I'm in Canada and looking at getting a permanent residence. I also did an English test and I worried alot about it. I was so worried about my northern accent and speech was my highest score xD
2:00: Such villas were built all over the suburbs in the Victorian era as homes for the wealthy. In the mid-20th century there was a fashion for minimalistic interiors & a lot of the ones that were still rich people's houses had the decoration knocked out, but many had come to be used for mundane council administrative purposes such as register offices & even children's homes & these didn't have the budget to redecorate to match the latest fashion, so retain their ornate decoration.
Evan Edinger: well ill take my citizenship but you most definitely convinced me to move!
Hi! First and foremost: My print arrived yesterday, and it is truly spectacular. I was really taken aback because it is so much more impressive than the (already good) picture on the site.
Your citizenship ceremony is a hoot! When I got German citizenship, I went to the (very small) office of the officer who had handled the procedure. He smiled and asked me to stand up, saying, „There needs to be a bit of ceremony to this.‘“ Then he said, „Congratulations on becoming a German citizen,“ shook my hand and gave me my certificate (which, just for the record, is truly magnificent; no cheap JPEG image here!). And that was that. No oaths of allegiance, no singing of the anthem.
A few months later, I went to a reception (held three times a year) at the Hamburg Town Hall for new citizens. Much more impressive ceremony in a beautiful setting, but a reception with a couple of speeches and refreshments. But that was absolutely voluntary.
This woman is HYSTERICAL. I'm loving this! I don't think she has any notion of how beautifully she would fit into a Monty Python sketch... I was half expecting her to tell you you were going to be asked to swear loyalty to the Borough of Hounslow. Poor old Queenie seems genuinely incidental! Listen to the first line of the national anthem? What, only the first line is required? Can you just leg it afterwards? "God save our gracious Queen, ok cool, must dash, byeeee!"
By the way, I applaud your fight to use a properly splendid-looking camera. Excellent form!
With regards to humourless bureaucrats, as a child I once accompanied my father to the local town hall when he was sorting out some paperwork. The woman dealing with his query reeled off a whole list of documents required and he commented “wow, you really have to know the rules of the game.”
Her response, utterly deadpan: “it’s not a game, Sir.”
That's hilarious. She's unintentionally humourous
Dude, you've been scammed, I'm pretty sure you're just a citizen of Hounslow and not the UK.
Warmest congratulations on becoming a full member of our great country, Evan. We're delighted you've become one of us.
Personally I’m not offended by your anthem mistake however I’d say either hands by your side or behind your back
that anthem bit was horrifically awkward, I can't believe they put them through that
That hounslow speech about how amazing it is was so weird 🤣🤣🤣. I live in finsbury park and can imagine them doing the same and being like, the park is one of the most beautiful in London. I would rebut this with "yes it's quite nice but it does smell like weed 24/7 and I'm pretty sure someone was found dead in a shed in the middle of the park a couple of years ago"
So beautiful. I began crying over it again. People who are born with their citizenship tend to take it for granted and that is as it should be. When you become a citizen as an adult as a conscious choice, it is very special. It really is a marriage. Thank you so much for this video. It is very special. I hope your life in the UK is everything which it should be.
:)
Hand in pocket, Evan??? You may be sent to the Tower for that!
I had my ceremony online 2 weeks ago and the lady didn't say a word about the council/ borough she was based at😆 this was hilarious to watch hahah so good
Having your hand in your pockets whilst the national anthem is going, as you mime it along because you have no idea what any of the words are, is exactly as respectful as is appropriate. One of us.
This was so funny and so strange in equal measure 😂. You have become a truly cynical and sarcastic brit. I officially Welcome you to our crazy little island. Wishing you all the best with developing Hounslow. Next time I take a trip to Hounslow, I expect it to have developed and improved significantly!
I applied for British citizenship as a 17 year old and avoided doing the Citizenship Test and this Ceremony by WEEKS!!!
My certificate was dated FIVE DAYS before my 18th birthday, and arrived a couple days before the big day 😳
Looks like I saved a lot of time and money 😄
P.S. Because I'm from a Commonwealth country, I've always been able to vote in the UK 🤭
I have no idea why RUclips recommended me this channel, but I found you two days ago and been binge watching ever since. Great content, funny and insightful of how different the US is to the UK. Congratulations on getting your citizenship after such a journey!
Wow, this is honeslty hilarious, Evan. I skipped over this video before, but I’m glad I came back to watch it after all. Thanks for the wonderful commentary!
Loved the Jay Foreman referance at the end
Welcome back to a man who was upset he couldn’t sanitise his feet when becoming a British citizen
Haha, it really is Houn-SLOW. My ceremony will be there in less than 2 weeks. Thanks for the video! Laughed my head off.
12:51 "Of course they will" god Evan 😂😂😂
1:24 *Gorgeous family in their dazzling outfits obviously celebrating a very important occasion.*
Evan: The guy next to me has a BEAUTIFUL camera
Hahaha they were getting married! But I was chatting with the photographer as he had my kit
I did love that Jay Foreman reference, it was all I could think about when she was listing the many reasons to live in Hounslow
If you’ve already been in the UK long enough to get your citizenship, and you’re living in Hounslow, why do they need to advertise Hounslow to you?!
Perhaps, since they knew Evan was bringing a camera, they are advertising Hounslow to us, the humble viewer 😲
It's probably due to being in the flight path of Heathrow. "We know that planes make this place very noisy and you'll want to move out as soon as you can afford to do so, so let's just advertize reasons why you shouldn't."
I would have been so tempted to say I am moving next week to a better county save it
He lives in hounslow?
I love the suit and baseball boots combo! Such a 'cocking a snook' makes you truly British. Welcome!
You say it was 10:10 but the clock doesn't even seem to be ticking...
I'm surprised she didn't say "during this ceremony, you'll be asked to swear loyalty to this borough."
Welcome back to a man who hasn't dabbed in three thousand years...
No it’s not normal to big up the Borough!! It’s very funny watching this thou
Just found your channel . Love it . I’m just up the road from you I’m in Feltham
You should have worn some high shined black cap toe oxfords to that beautiful suit. :)
Nah your grandson said my new chucks would be fine :)
@@evan And hey, you followed the “No brown in town”-Rule. There’s nothing in there about white trainers, right? 😂
Hello everybody and welcome back to a guy who now puts things in the boot and takes the lift and Underground
I had to read this twice before I realized that "the boot" wasn't referring to footwear
Hi Evan, hope you're enjoying your British citizenship! Thank you for sharing this with us as you embark on your new chapter!🙏🙏
Can I say how great it is to see you become a full member of our great community here in the UK.
dude as someone who lives here, i’m so sorry that you had to come to feltham for something as important as this
congratulations! at my ceremony there was a speech prepared and laid out on the desk, which I assume would be similar to the ode to Hounslow, but she literally just said "this is usually read by someone else so we'll skip it", she then handed me the oath to read out loud. none of that I.. "I".. your name "my name" bs and then proceeded to put on the wrong verse of God save the Queen.
makes me laugh but honestly, 10/10 experience feels like I was spared a lot of the formalities haha
4:29
This might sound weird, but I appreciate that you laugh at your jokes. I mean you wouldn't make most jokes unless you found said jokes funny. I don't know, sorry I thought it was sweet
When l got my citizenship l was in Uni in London and they told me when you finish uni come back and build the Borough of Kent lol. They also did the whole speech about how amazing Kent is with cathedrals like the one they held the ceremony in and parks.
Sounds like a Realtor selling you on the borough.
Well today I learned that Americans don't use the word "sorted"
We say "work/ed it out" or "fixed" but sorted is better, imo. You win that round 😉
Not sure about the U.S., but in Canada people say "get _ sorted out", but not "sorted" on its own.
idk wya but we use "get ___ sorted out"
Another goodie, Evan.
Basically we Brits are a little eccentric - so you will fit right in.
Congrats Evan! 🍾
The certified photo thing is required for anyone getting their first passport or after a significant change in appearance
Hillingdon Council, ceremony a couple months ago. Nothing was said about the borough at all during it.
Evan I got my campfire print in the mail today! It’s so beautiful!!
As an American and Anglophile, I love your wry take on the ceremony, Evan!! Best!! 🇺🇸🇬🇧
Loving the Converse!
Congratulations, Evan! You scrub up well!
Did my naturalisation ceremony outside of London (Milton Keynes) and don't remember them talking about the region at all.
Also, only got the naturalisation certificate and no letter from the city with or without low res jpeg thanking me.
Well done, Evan.
Totally agree that it was all a bit weird rambling on about Hounslow...
liked the Jay Foreman reference at the end.
An American friend of mine got his British Citizenship, and, this being London, proficiency in English was patchy at best. It came to pledge allegiance “to the Queen and her heirs”, but of course, the chap conducting the ceremony read it out as “the Queen and her hairs”. He was crying with laughter, and was the only person to even notice it…..
Went through my ceremony 2 months ago. Only allowed 2 guests, we sang to the King (no picture, though), and it didn't cost me a penny!
The map men quotes is what I came here for 🤣 congrats on the citizenship!
At my ceremony Kent County Council gave us ye olde maps of Kent so that we could find our way in our new home. Really appreciated the gesture but maybe one with current transport information would have been more useful. They also gave a leather passport holder which has come in very handy.
I really appreciate the Matt Lucas/Jay Forman reference with "death to Ealing, death to Hillingdon"
As a fellow of resident of Hounslow... This video just perfectly captures the essence of Hounslow Council.
My husband had his ceremony precovid and we paid the fee for the private ceremony and there were no ads 😂