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Hello all! I have my citizenship interview coming up shortly- it will be in late fall. Where I live I am on the opposite side of the continent from my family in Canada. I am wanting to go home for Christmas and usually would be looking at flights soon because they are very expensive. A lot of people report the interviews being mostly a formality and pretty straightforward if your case is pretty straight forward, which mine is. I am thinking most likely I will get recommended for approval, which I am told they tell you if you are recommended for approval in the interview itself. My question is, if I am approved, but wouldn't be able to secure an american passport in time for christmas, can I now travel into canada AND BACK IN with just my Canadian passport without nullifying any part of the citizenship process? I know with the greencard you were never allowed to enter the USA without it unless you wanted to nullify it (to my understanding). Does anyone know if I need my USA passport to enter once I am recommended for citizenship or should I wait until all formalities are done and I have USA passport in hand? Another question, I am canadian. Will they ask me to give up my Canadian passport? I know if you are from the USA trying to get lets say a canadian passport, that the USA wants you to give up your American passport because they don't want you to pledge allegiance to any other country. And lastly: This is what I have heard about the interview process, can anyone else verify this: go in, take an oath answer 6 civics test questions go over basic info from forms specifically be able to answer questions about recent travel answer questions about if I;ve done this or that crime where the answer is OBVIOUSLY NO answer questions about the constitution and such where the answer is obviously YES they usually tell you in the interview if they are recommending you for approval I know there is a standard list of things they tell you to bring but I am also wondering if it's helpful for you to bring a copy of the n-400 form you filled out so that you can reference it for travel specifically? I travel often enough that I don't remember specific dates.

Hello! I am a US citizen looking to bring my Ukrainian grandmother to the US. I have been looking at options of going through Canada. I know that Canada has the Canada-Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (CUAET), which we would use to get overseas, and then make our way to Canada-US border. I have been trying to find information on going through border via Humanitarian Parole. I have seen that many have been going through Mexico, but as my family lives in the northeast US and my grandmother is infirm, we want to limit travel time. I am currently looking at doing it without a lengthy application process, just coming to the Canada-US border and getting going through interview right there. My sister, father and I all are US citizens and can provide evidence of financial support and my grandmother was able to receive a Ukrainian international passport recently. She has been to the US in 2005. I have had trouble finding concrete information on the process in Canada, so if anyone has crossed the border from Canada to US or has any links to information that would be a massive help. Thank you all in advance!!