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Joni Mitchell at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles in February Gilbert Flores/“Billboard” Sixty-four years after she first arrived in the United States, Joni Mitchell has officially become a U.S. citizen.
Mitchell shared the news via Instagram, holding an American flag. She also posted a video of her receiving official documentation, paired with the caption “A journey that began 62 years ago.”
The news arrives six years after Mitchell’s longtime Canadian pal Neil Young obtained his U.S. citizenship (his process was delayed because of the “good moral character” provision on the immigrant application, when he admitted to smoking weed).
