Sharna Burgess Officially Becomes A U.S. Citizen 12 Years After Moving From Australia

Someplace to telephone home. Sharna Burgess, 37, is present a national of the U.S.A. The Dancing With The Stars alum announced the blessed quality with an Instagram video connected Friday, Oct. 7, telling her 981k followers however “important” it was for her to become a citizen aft calling the U.S. her location for astir 12 years.

She truly looked similar an All-American miss successful the video, wearing bluish jeans and a achromatic vessel apical to instrumentality her oath. As the Aussie autochthonal raised her manus and recited her pledge, Whitney Houston‘s 1991 Super Bowl rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” played successful the background.

“Today thing truly astonishing happened,” Sharna wrote, adding a smiley face. “I had nary thought that this would consciousness affectional for me.”

The dancing pro — who has been with Brian Austin Green since precocious 2020 — talked astir the milestones she’d achieved successful the past 12 years successful the states. “My lad was calved here, my beingness and emotion and career.. each here,” she said.

Becoming a national was the culmination of it all. For Sharna, this “last measurement of becoming a national and yet having the aforesaid rights arsenic each Americans felt truthful important.”

The ballroom creation adept told followers however it took her clip to enactment her roots down. Something of a nomad, Sharna said, “Maybe it’s due to the fact that I’ve lived extracurricular of Australia since I was 18, truthful overmuch of that was retired of a suitcase and from 1 state to another. At 1 constituent my belongings were conscionable successful garbage bags since it was easier to move. I’ve ne'er adjacent had to ballot anyplace before.”

Sharna Burgess is simply a national of the U.S.A. aft surviving successful the state for 12 years. (Broadimage/Shutterstock)

“I deliberation I ever felt a spot similar a Gypsy searching for belonging,” she went on. “Afraid of staying successful 1 spot and besides craving the information of it. But then, America dilatory became my imperishable home.”

Over time, things settled into spot for the dancer, who welcomed lad Zane successful Jun. 2022. “Eventually, I recovered my people here,” she said. “I bought a location here, I fell successful emotion here, I birthed my lad here.”

“Now, this last measurement is the play astatine the extremity I ne'er knew I was needing truthful much. This precise agelong section of uncovering belonging has yet travel to a close. I, Sharna Burgess, americium a national of The United States of America, and I beryllium here.”

Back successful August, Sharna announced she wouldn’t beryllium returning to Dancing With The Stars next season. Explaining her decision, the caller ma said, “I was not acceptable to spend, astatine minimum, 10 hours a time distant from Zane.”