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Hello guys!

To my big surprise, received all 3 documents(passport book&card + CON )today.all in one large priority mail envelope.

8 days only, that is just amazing 8-) ..

Goodluck everybody

Hello !

"routine service" NON expedited.

Applied at usps office in boston on 01/22

CheckCash 01/28

TrackDate 01/27

Status update today: passport ready for delivery by 02/02/2015.

I'guess i'm getting expedited service for free

I cant wait to receive my blue book

Thank you guys! This forum and its members are awesome.

Bacame US Citizen today in Boston,Ma with a 112 others, the naturalization ceremony was held at the us district court of Massachusetts.

The whole naturalization process took me 5 months and 28 days from start to finish...

My journey with the uscis is now over.

Thank you everybody for sharing you experiences,knowledge, help & support in this great forum. And Best Of Luck for those still in the process of becaming us citizens.

You will need the original certificate, and the only way to get the original back at the time you apply is to do so at a Passport Agency. Acceptance facilities like the USPS will send the certificate of naturalization with your application. If you apply at an agency or acceptance facility, you can pay by credit or debit card.

I really see no reason for them to offer to take applications at oath ceremonies. It adds another layer of complications. Just go to the USPS office the next day.

I don't think you can apply at a local agency unless you are traveling within the next two weeks or need a visa within the next four weeks. So you may or may not be able to apply at an agency.

I want to apply at my local passport agency cause it is not too far from where i live, but i dont need expedited, and even if i want to spend the extra $60 to get passport expedited, i have no proof like airplane tickets or such...

if only they take regular non expedited applications at passport agencies i' d go there only to not risk my original naturalization certificate in the mail..

$380 to replace it if lost ...that is too much money for a piece of paper.

I guess i' ll just wait till the next day of my oath ceremony and apply at my local post office at least by then i'll have a coppy of my naturalization certificate in hand, just in case..

Or they won't - on my ceremony there was no sign of anybody taking passport applications. Even if there was, would likely not waste time - did it next day without having to wait with the passport-hungry crowd...

Where did you apply at post office or passport agency ?

Did they fold or staple you certificate of naturalization when you got it back ?

A freind of mine applied at post office he got his naturalization certificate back folded in two with a couple of tiny stapler holes in it .

My parents' ceremonies they only took checks, no cash no card.

Ok, good to know, Thank you !

Dept Of State people, no more USCIS.

Can you pay with debit/ credit card or you have to have cash to pay for the passport fees.

They will have passport application at the end of ceremony. Remember to bring pictures.

Yeh but who collects the applications for passport..? Is it the uscis or who ?

Can you apply for passport during oath ceremony, if yes how does it work ? I mean is there personnel from the passport agency collecting application and fees on site or you just pick up an application form & go outside to a usps office and apply there ?

Can you apply in a passport agency instead of post office even if you are not doing expedited, just routine passport application ?

Believe me, when you will be waiting for 4 to 5 months just to get to " inline for interview scheduling " status .....you will laugh at this ups usps fedex subject....save your dollars for something else.

All they care about is your travel history out of the states in the last 5 years.

I gave the IO at my interview both my expired and new passport he did not even look a them he just asked me if i was out of the country since i filed my n400 application.

So I should get mine tomorrow

My understanding is, when oath date is close " say from 1 week to less than that " either you get your oath in hand the day you take the interview or they send it to you from the local uscis office. If the oath date is within weeks " say 3 weeks or more" the letter is sent from the national benifits center " lee's summit MO"

What day your status changed to oath scheduled. Mine changed on 14th.

The 12th inline for oath scheduling.

The 13th scheduled for oath

The 14th was mailed from local uscis office.

The 16th today it arrived

Why does that matter where it comes from?

So we can guess when it will arrive.

Letters from MO to the north east part of the country may take up to 6 days to arrive.

My oath letter arrived today the 16th, it was mailed on the 14th from my local uscis field office and guess what just 4 days before oath ceremony day. if it was mailed from Mo it whould have probably arrived the same day as my naturalization ceremony.

Do oath letters are sent from " lee's summit, Missouri. or from local uscis field offices ?

Thanks in advance for answering my question.

Canadianmamaof2, you were right !

Just talked to another level 2 IO and he was nice enough to tell me the date and location of my oath ceremony.

One more week and i should be done with uscis : )

Is there a reason why uscis dont share oath dates & location over the phone !??

Just talked to a level 2 IO, she said We Do Not share that kind of info over the phone. your oath ceremony has been scheduled, a letter will be mailed to you. if you dont receive it within 35 days give us a calll !

If they sent me a letter i should know about my oath in 2 to 3 days ...so why is it such a big deal to them ....?? Just wondering

To me, There is no better than reading the book and listening to the cd...good knowledge & easy to remember

Hello boston filers anybody got an interview letter recently ?

... No body !?

quicksand, bstngrl, whitelotus ..anyone of you guys got an interview date set yet ?

plz respond. thank you !

Anybody from boston got his interview scheduled recently ?

It's been more than 3 & 1/2 months that i have been put inline for interview scheduling but no interview yet .

Anybody !!?