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Immigration & Naturalization

Kramer grew up in 1990’s Norway, but felt it wasn’t the best decade or location for rock music, preferring music created before he was born that became popular in the United States. He decided to attend classes in California in 2011, obtaining a student visa to do so. While in the United States as a student, Kramer hoped to be discovered. Owing to the efforts of his school's host family matriarch, Kramer met noted guitarist, Mike Pinera (Alice Cooper, Iron Butterfly & Blues Image), who introduced him to Allied Artists Music Group, who signed him to a recording contract and petitioned for an "extraordinary ability" visa. Kramer relocated to the United States permanently in 2012. Soon thereafter, Kramer exchanged his "Extraordinary Ability" visa for "Permanent Resident" status. Five years later Kramer became eligible to apply for United States citizenship. However, he didn't want to renounce his Norwegian citizenship. Fortuitously for Kramer, Norway changed its laws to permit dual citizenship a month before he became eligible to submit his U.S. citizenship application. Kramer applied for and was sworn in as a United States citizen on March 4, 2021. Because Norway now permits dual citizenship, Kramer is officially a citizen of both Norway and the United States, referring to himself as a "Norwegian-American." To celebrate being welcomed in as a United States citizen, Kramer recorded an instrumental version of The "Star Spangled Banner," filming portions during his oath ceremony and releasing it as a music video that premiered on the March 9, 2021 episode of "Rock & Roll Tuesdays with Rocky Kramer."