My wife received notice that her interview has been scheduled for April 21, 2023. We filed her N-400 on January 5th of this year and, honestly, did not expect to get an interview date that quick. We were assuming she'd get an interview sometime in the late summer or even fall.
We have an overseas trip on May 4th.
I suppose one of few things can happen at the interview:
1) They approve and you wait for a scheduled oath ceremony date
2) They approve and you take your oath on the same day
3) They don't make a decision on the spot and you wait for for official approval and oath ceremony date
4) You get denied (if this happens, then my next question wouldn't be relevant)
Given that the interview date and our travel date are so close obtaining a new passport is not even an option.
I've read that people can let the IO know of their situation and request that the Oath Ceremony be scheduled for a date after they have returned from travel abroad.
Is that a common thing to do? Because you do not have to actually give up your green card until the Oath Ceremony, the assumption is that you can still travel abroad using your green card and extension letter as you would normally have done prior to the interview. Is that a safe assumption to make?
Thoughts?
If need be we could cancel/reschedule the trip but we'd rather not if we don't have to since there are a few variables that make the timing of our trip convenient.
PotatoPancake
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10:23 am April 2, 2023
