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1 hour ago, mam521 said:

@netghost be careful with what you say.  It is law that you enter/exit the US as a citizen, with a US passport, especially when flying. 

 

DOS:  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Relinquishing-US-Nationality/Dual-Nationality.html

CBP article: https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1467?language=en_US

 

 

Agreed, I would not travel without US passport.

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On 11/20/2025 at 10:34 AM, mam521 said:

@netghost be careful with what you say.  It is law that you enter/exit the US as a citizen, with a US passport, especially when flying. 

 

DOS:  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/travel-legal-considerations/Relinquishing-US-Nationality/Dual-Nationality.html

CBP article: https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1467?language=en_US

 

Immigration PTSD is real!  Congrats on kicking immi's behind!  Now you can update your profile to say naturalization :) .  Book an appointment to get your shiny, new US passport, too!  Once you get your naturalization certificate back, make sure you book an appointment at the SSA and update your citizenship status there, too.  



Thank you very much for your words! always very positive. Today I had my Oath Ceremony, it was so emotional and beautiful. Finally I can say... I DID IT!!!

 

2017/04/19 - Mailed I-130 / I-485 / I-765 (FedEx)

2017/04/20 - Packet Arrived in Chicago

2017/04/28 - Email & Text notifications accepting my case (NOA1)

2017/05/01 - NOA1 (3 letters) received by mail dated 04/27/17

2017/05/06 - Biometrics appointment letter arrived (Dated 05/18/2017)

2017/05/18 - Biometrics appointment 

2017/08/21 - Case is ready to be schedule for an interview

2017/09/12 - EAD Approved

2017/09/20 - EAD card arrived

N-400

  • Online Filing : 2025-10-01
  • Interview: 2025-11-19
  • Oath Ceremony: 2025-11-21
     

 

 

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
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2 hours ago, bernilli said:

Today I had my Oath Ceremony, it was so emotional and beautiful. Finally I can say... I DID IT!!!

You did do it!  :dance: 

And, as the metaphorical icing on the cake, one of the most pleasurable parts of all this is to fill in the last box of your VJ timeline.  :) 

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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