Bringing old country passport to naturalization interview

[bigja99 0]

Hi guys,

Just received my date for the interview and it mentions that you must bring your current passport to the interview. My current national country is OK with dual citizenship and doesn't concern itself with oaths in other countries, such as when taking the US citizenship oath.

My question is, at the naturalization interview do USCIS expect you to hand over your current passport and they take it away forever? I should imagine that they aren't allowed to do this but I want to be sure.

Thanks for any advice

[JohnR! 5,495]

They won't take away your foreign passport. In all likelihood they won't even ask you to produce it. You will be required to surrender your greencard in exchange for the naturalization certificate. You need not worry about your passport.

Congrats & good luck!!

Edited January 16, 2015 by JohnR!

[bigja99 0]

Thanks John, that's what I was hoping! Really excited now

[DC85 113]

They ask about that if you travelled overseas after the interview so they can verify your travel dates. If you didn't travel don't worry about it

[Penguin_ie 5,999]

Yeah they looked at mine briefly to see if there were any entry/ exit stamps.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Ah! I didn't know they checked for exits/entries completed after the interview... Makes sense though...

They ask about that if you travelled overseas after the interview so they can verify your travel dates. If you didn't travel don't worry about it

Yeah they looked at mine briefly to see if there were any entry/ exit stamps.

[MayoKy 10]

Yes, they won't take it away from you. I had to give it to them just for the duration of the interview and they were looking for it for the entry stamps.

[dioxide45 25]

I had my three old ones along with my current one with me. With only a five year passport in Canada, you accumulate them pretty fast. It was full of the entry/exit stamps though the IO didn't ask to see them at all. They just want it to verify your travel dates if they so desire. They won't take it from you now or at the oath. You will need to surrender your green card at the oath ceremony.

[bigja99 0]

Great, thanks for clarifying it guys, I feel a lot better about it now. Ok, best get back to studying for these civics questions

[moe1985 8]

They just want to see your passport to see how many times have you traveled and how many days you have stayed gone outside the US. They will not take it from you!

[kzielu 1,154]

As others said, they're looking quite closely at the stamps and compare to what you wrote on N-400, but definitely m will not take it away. It's yours.

Edited January 17, 2015 by kzielu

[Kintsukuroi 6]

I was told to bring my current and old passport(s) to the interview but the IO didn't even look at them. I don't know how it works for other countries but my British passport states, "This passport remains the property of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom" and as such the passport doesn't actually belong to me but rather the British government and cannot (or rather *should* not) be taken by another government or its representatives.

[minions2 24]

I brought my passport but they didn't look at it only green card and drivers license ...

[adeelkhan 0]

Hello Bigja99

Can u plz tell me ur interview date, when did u recieve interview letter, coz i check my online status and its says they mail me a letter on jan 9th but still did not receive any letter...

trying to figure out how long it take more....

Thanks

[bigja99 0]

Well, I applied slightly early as you can do so within 90 days of the 3 year date you received your green card as a spouce of an American citizen. That was 1st November I sent in my n400. Had the biometrics test around 5th December and then received the letter a few days ago with a mid February date for the interview. So I guess it will be about 4 months from application until interview.

I actually have no idea how long it takes to go to the oath ceremony after a successful interview? I've heard that some places do the oath right then and there, is there a list somewhere of which places do this?