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Applying for passport at the oath ceremony

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Hi All,

 

My oath ceremony will be at the court, and was reading that agents from the SSA and passport agency might be there. 

Is it faster to apply for the passport at the ceremony if possible or do it through USPS? 

Also, is it possible to update the SSA with your new status(citizen) at the ceremony ?

 

TIA

 

2/13/23 Mailed application to USCIS

2/15/23 USCIS Received Application 

2/25/23 USCIS Scheduled for bio appointment (online update)

3/15/23 Bio appointment 

3/15/23 Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS

7/25/23 Interview was scheduled  

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49 minutes ago, ArizonaPHX said:

Is it faster to apply for the passport at the ceremony if possible or do it through USPS? 

It is faster because the middleman is eliminated, and in some ceremonies you you can keep your naturalization certificate.

 

Bring  passport photos just in case.

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nelmagriffin   140

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Greetings!

Back in the days, I planned everything, that as soon as the ceremony is done, I will simply apply a US passport and upgrade SSA status, but there were so many applicants and the queue were lengthy, so we decided to just go to the SSA office to upgrade my status and it only took less than 10 minutes, then we headed to apply at the  post office for my passport. I already prepared and filled the form, photos and fees prior to the ceremony. It went smoothly. NG

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4 hours ago, Mike E said:

It is faster because the middleman is eliminated, and in some ceremonies you you can keep your naturalization certificate.

 

Bring  passport photos just in case.

 

I will definitely take a photo and already got the application printed and ready. Thanks!!

2/13/23 Mailed application to USCIS

2/15/23 USCIS Received Application 

2/25/23 USCIS Scheduled for bio appointment (online update)

3/15/23 Bio appointment 

3/15/23 Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS

7/25/23 Interview was scheduled  

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58 minutes ago, nelmagriffin said:

Greetings!

Back in the days, I planned everything, that as soon as the ceremony is done, I will simply apply a US passport and upgrade SSA status, but there were so many applicants and the queue were lengthy, so we decided to just go to the SSA office to upgrade my status and it only took less than 10 minutes, then we headed to apply at the  post office for my passport. I already prepared and filled the form, photos and fees prior to the ceremony. It went smoothly. NG

 

 

Yes, saw few posts are saying the line was very long. The good thing is that I got everything ready and printed, hope this will make a lot faster. 

Thank you!!

2/13/23 Mailed application to USCIS

2/15/23 USCIS Received Application 

2/25/23 USCIS Scheduled for bio appointment (online update)

3/15/23 Bio appointment 

3/15/23 Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS

7/25/23 Interview was scheduled  

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Hi again,

And before I even submitted everything for my passport application, I quickly took a photo of my certificate, in case it gets lost I have evidence, plus I got something to look while throwing the rest of my documents when i got home. No more documents.

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That's interesting that the SSA were there to update everyone in the system. At my ceremony, they were not there and we were advised by USCIS to wait ten days from the ceremony to go to the SSA to update our record. I thought it had something to do with SAVE. No passport people at our ceremony either, but at least there was a voting registration booth. 

ROC from CR-1 visa (Green Card expiration date was Nov 24th 2016)

 

Link to the evidence I submitted. Be sure to send evidence spanning your entire marriage (especially for K-1) or as far back as you can. Just one or two bank statements will not cut it. I primarily focused on the two years of living here since I came in on a CR-1. If you don't have the fundamentals (i.e. joint accounts/policies), you can explain why in the covering letter. E.g. "While we do not have joint utilities, we both contribute to them from our joint bank account".

 

September 26th 2016: I-751 package sent to CSC

September 28th 2016: Package delivered
September 30th 2016: Check cashed
October 3rd 2016: NOA1 received with receipt date of 09/28/16
November 3rd 2016: Biometrics received with appointment date of 11/14/16.
November 14th 2016: Attended biometrics appointment
October 30th 2017: Infopass appointment to get I-551 stamp
February 26th 2018: I-751 case number (aka the NOA1 receipt number) becomes trackable
March 14th 2018: Submitted service request due to being outside of processing time.

March 15th 2018: ROC approved. 535 days (1 year, 5 months and 17 days)

March 29th 2018: Card being produced

April 4th 2018: Card mailed out

April 6th 2018: Card in hand. Has incorrect "resident since" date. Submitted service request on I-751 case (typographical error on permanent resident card) and an I-90 online.

April 2018 - August 7th 2018: Tons of service requests, emails and now senator involvement to get my corrected green card back because what the heck, USCIS. Also some time in May I sent a letter to Potomac telling them I want to withdraw my I-90 since CSC were handling it.

August 8th 2018: Card in production thanks to the direct involvement of Senator Sherrod Brown's team

August 13th 2018: Card mailed

August 15th 2018: Card in hand with correct date. :joy:

October 31st 2018: Potomac sends out a notice stating they have closed out my I-90 per my request. Yay for no duplicate card drama.

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3 hours ago, Ketsuban said:

That's interesting that the SSA were there to update everyone in the system. At my ceremony, they were not there and we were advised by USCIS to wait ten days from the ceremony to go to the SSA to update our record. I thought it had something to do with SAVE. No passport people at our ceremony either, but at least there was a voting registration booth. 

 

Im not sure if they gonna be there, from what I was reading an agents from SSA usually attend ceremonies at court. 

2/13/23 Mailed application to USCIS

2/15/23 USCIS Received Application 

2/25/23 USCIS Scheduled for bio appointment (online update)

3/15/23 Bio appointment 

3/15/23 Case Is Being Actively Reviewed By USCIS

7/25/23 Interview was scheduled  

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