Oath 3 days before flying abroad

[delicatehooligan 0]

Hi everyone!

 

The great news is that I'm becoming an American in less than a month. The not-so-great news is that 3 days after that I'm flying abroad on a work trip. What should I do coming back? Take my certificate of naturalization with me? Is there a way for me to get a passport in that little time? 

 

Thank you!

[Liam2021 564]

2 options: rescheduled the flight or rescheduled the Oath.

[Lemon23 400]

18 minutes ago, delicatehooligan said:

Hi everyone!

 

The great news is that I'm becoming an American in less than a month. The not-so-great news is that 3 days after that I'm flying abroad on a work trip. What should I do coming back? Take my certificate of naturalization with me? Is there a way for me to get a passport in that little time? 

 

Thank you!

NC is not a valid travel document, you need US passport to enter the country once you're naturalized, the only options that you have were mentioned already by @H&T

[dilip 187]

20 minutes ago, delicatehooligan said:

Hi everyone!

 

The great news is that I'm becoming an American in less than a month. The not-so-great news is that 3 days after that I'm flying abroad on a work trip. What should I do coming back? Take my certificate of naturalization with me? Is there a way for me to get a passport in that little time? 

 

Thank you!

You can get passport in one day.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-renew-passport/hurry.html

[Lemon23 400]

4 minutes ago, dilip said:

You can get passport in one day.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/apply-renew-passport/hurry.html

Is this applicable if the travel abroad is work related and not  a life-or-death emergency?

 

[Mollie09 1,543]

9 minutes ago, Lemon23 said:

Is this applicable if the travel abroad is work related and not  a life-or-death emergency?

 

Yes, my husband did it four years ago. It was just a family vacation, two days after his oath.

 

ETA: To clarify, seems like the "passport in a day" is only in case of a life-or-death emergency. If you happen to live close to a passport agency (Boston, in my case) you can get it without the emergency, which is what my husband did, but it requires you to go in person with proof of travel, not available to everyone.

Edited August 23, 2019 by Mollie09
Clarification

[Mollie09 1,543]

Here you go @delicatehooligan

 https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/requirements/where-to-apply/passport-agencies/new-york.html

My husband used this process in Boston

[Mollie09 1,543]

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Edited August 23, 2019 by Mollie09

[xyz12345 260]

the online appt system for the passport agency will ask you the date of the travel so as long you apply as early as possible within that 2 wk window, i would say you should be fine. your problem would be getting an appt from particular passport agency. For example,  if I ask for an appt for 8/28 travel at the NY Passport Agency, there is no available appt slots. But if I apply in Atlanta, there are a lot of availables slots. You can try it yourself. But the key is applying within 2 weeks of travel.

Edited August 23, 2019 by xyz12345

[delicatehooligan 0]

 

53 minutes ago, xyz12345 said:

the online appt system for the passport agency will ask you the date of the travel so as long you apply as early as possible within that 2 wk window, i would say you should be fine. your problem would be getting an appt from particular passport agency. For example,  if I ask for an appt for 8/28 travel at the NY Passport Agency, there is no available appt slots. But if I apply in Atlanta, there are a lot of availables slots. You can try it yourself. But the key is applying within 2 weeks of travel.

Thank you. That should do the trick. I asked around and more than one person at my office got a 24h turnaround.