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DIASPORA | Embassy of Jamaica Makes History With Inaugural Citizenship Ceremony in DC

Twenty-seven Jamaicans formally welcomed into national belonging at first-ever ceremony on embassy grounds — a milestone delayed by Hurricane Melissa but not defeated by it......

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monday, March 30, 2026, Jamaica’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. etched its name into diaspora history on Friday evening when it hosted its inaugural Citizenship Ceremony, formally welcoming 27 individuals into the embrace of Jamaican nationality in what Ambassador Antony Anderson declared a moment of both historic weight and personal reckoning.

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New Jamaican Citizens display their Certificatde of Citizenship at a ceremony on Friday, March 27, at the Embassy of Jamaica in Washington, D.C. , which formally recognized 27 Jamaican nationals — newly naturalized and those formalizing citizenship by descent. At centree is Ambassador His Excellency Antony Anderson, Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States and Permanent Representative to the OAS who presided over the ceremony| Derrick Scott Photo
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