When do you receive your naturalization certificate?

[DD2012 0]

Hi All,

 

  Question for those who have completed their N-400 process and are naturalized. When do you receive your naturalization certificate? When you take your Oath? Or do they mail it to you?

If they mail it, what has everyone who has gone through experienced for a timeline from the day of your Oath until you receive your NC in the mail?

 

Thanks!

Edited March 21 by DD2012

[OldUser 4,827]

You get it on the day you take oath.

 

When you apply for a US passport you may need to send it with paperwork. Yes, the original. Yes, scary stuff!

Edited March 21 by OldUser

[randomstairs 270]

You'll get it in hand after you swear to "...defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." - among other things. When you apply for the passport, do it two weeks before the date of your reserved flight, and make an appointment at a Passport Agency (usually less than 24 h processing time). This way you won't have to mail the original. Use a current passport for a subsequent renewal. Keep the Certificate in a safe place and avoid mailing it.

[randomstairs 270]

3 hours ago, OldUser said:

You get it on the day you take oath.

 

When you apply for a US passport you may need to send it with paperwork. Yes, the original. Yes, scary stuff!

I was already getting nervous about mailing the Certificate like two years before the naturalization lol It is utterly bizarre that they not only require the original, but that they mail the precious document back to you in the cheapest regular mail, and there is nothing you can do about it.