N-400 June 2025 filers

[From_CAN_2_US 1,194]

14 minutes ago, Rhema1 said:

It varies.

You can't really tell in advance what a ceremony is gonna looks like.

Sometimes, 30 min to an hour. Uncertainty in ceremonies are also  factors not to neglect.

It may 10:45 , but start few minutes later.

Also,You will not be relaxed during the ceremony if you have an appointment in lesser than two hours time.

Why not try to book an appointment the next day after the oath ceremony considering the fact that no one can really predict.

Thanks.

Thanks for your input. Yeah you are right, I would rather do it the next day. However the next day is a Saturday and we had plans to travel to NY to MIL's house for Thanksgiving on Sunday, so there is a time crunch. Worse comes to worst, I will cancel the appointment, and then rebook for one on Monday, postponing our travel to NY.

[mam521 2,758]

20 minutes ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

Thanks for your input. Yeah you are right, I would rather do it the next day. However the next day is a Saturday and we had plans to travel to NY to MIL's house for Thanksgiving on Sunday, so there is a time crunch. Worse comes to worst, I will cancel the appointment, and then rebook for one on Monday, postponing our travel to NY.

Is DoS giving you options?  You're very lucky!  In Houston when I needed mine rush (FYI - it may not be same day, it may be next day or 2 day, depends on the office and your travel date), I was told I might not even be able to get an appointment at the Houston office and might have to travel for an urgent passport.  I was lucky enough to get a Houston appointment, though, but it was essentially 2 days spent sitting in the passport office.  The salt in the wound was when they printed my passport, they spelled my name wrong, so they had to reprint which added a couple of more hours to the second day.  Luckily, I was seated next to a friendly municipal utility district lawyer who'd naturalized and he was a total riot.  We chatted it up and it definitely helped pass the time.  

 

Good luck!  Don't forget to update your trusted traveller information if you have NEXUS/GE!  You may need to stop into an office to do so.  

[From_CAN_2_US 1,194]

12 minutes ago, mam521 said:

Is DoS giving you options?  You're very lucky!  In Houston when I needed mine rush (FYI - it may not be same day, it may be next day or 2 day, depends on the office and your travel date), I was told I might not even be able to get an appointment at the Houston office and might have to travel for an urgent passport.  I was lucky enough to get a Houston appointment, though, but it was essentially 2 days spent sitting in the passport office.  The salt in the wound was when they printed my passport, they spelled my name wrong, so they had to reprint which added a couple of more hours to the second day.  Luckily, I was seated next to a friendly municipal utility district lawyer who'd naturalized and he was a total riot.  We chatted it up and it definitely helped pass the time.  

 

Good luck!  Don't forget to update your trusted traveller information if you have NEXUS/GE!  You may need to stop into an office to do so.  

Ugh! That sounds like a frustrating experience. 
 

I have heard from many posts here that appointments are hard to come by, but I don’t know, slots are  wide open at the office near me. I could get an appointment in the next hour if I wanted. Not sure if it is my office being in a region with low population (Portsmouth NH), or if things have generally improved for all offices recently.

[Rhema1 455]

15 minutes ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

Ugh! That sounds like a frustrating experience. 
 

I have heard from many posts here that appointments are hard to come by, but I don’t know, slots are  wide open at the office near me. I could get an appointment in the next hour if I wanted. Not sure if it is my office being in a region with low population (Portsmouth NH), or if things have generally improved for all offices recently.

If the passport office can still receive you after about 1 h later , no need to cancel your appointment.

Because in some office, they say 12:30, but can still receive  people more later.

Edited 7 hours ago by Rhema1

[From_CAN_2_US 1,194]

1 hour ago, Rhema1 said:

If the passport office can still receive you after about 1 h later , no need to cancel your appointment.

Because in some office, they say 12:30, but can still receive  people more later.

Oh I didn’t know that. Thank you.

[Rhema1 455]

3 hours ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

Oh I didn’t know that. Thank you.

Yeah.

Found out  whether this can work with your office before doing any cancellation.

With that, you will be in a safe position and much relaxed.

 

Edited 2 hours ago by Rhema1

[mam521 2,758]

5 hours ago, From_CAN_2_US said:

Ugh! That sounds like a frustrating experience. 

It wasn't my idea of time well spent, let's put it that way.  Luckily, getting my kids' passports was much less eventful.  We went to the post office and did it there.  The biggest "challenge" was I needed a DS-3053 for Kid2.  The biggest annoyance was and still is that the post office agent stapled my naturalization certificate to their applications.  It's not supposed to be stapled.  Or folded.  I'm sure @OldUser can empathize if their certificate was returned folded and stapled!  

 

We applied right before Christmas (Dec. 23 or 24) and had them back Dec. 29 and Jan 3 I think it was.  Very fast turnaround.  We weren't traveling imminently, so it was a pleasant surprise to get them back quickly.  From there, a month or 2 later I applied for the kids' N-600's.  

[OldUser 10,914]

7 minutes ago, mam521 said:

  The biggest annoyance was and still is that the post office agent stapled my naturalization certificate to their applications.  It's not supposed to be stapled.  Or folded.  I'm sure @OldUser can empathize if their certificate was returned folded and stapled!  

Indeed, I can relate to this