Surinderjit Kaur has lived in Oakland County for at least 20 years. On Wednesday, the 80-year-old Bloomfield Hills resident joined 25 other immigrants in taking an oath of allegiance to become a U.S. citizen.

They represented many different cultures and came from 17 countries: Australia, Canada, China, Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, India, Iraq, Lithuania, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, Syria, Tunisia and Ukraine.

After Kaur’s son and his family moved to Michigan decades ago, she and her husband visited and obtained visas for long-term stays. They applied for citizenship, but their applications lapsed during a series of events, including the COVID-19 pandemic and her husband’s illness and death. She received her permanent-resident card, also called a green card, i

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