dchamero

Don't worry too much for the certificate picture... you will NEVER  use the certificate, it will be stored with your papers and you will only use it ONCE to get your first passport (and of course, you can select any picture you want for the passport).
 
Then you can use your passport as proof of citizenship for anything

Ok Oath done today!, My wife is now a US Citizen (she was the last one left in our family, so now we are officially done with USCIS) 😀

nope... just the sound of crickets...

Don't worry too much for the certificate picture... you will NEVER  use the certificate, it will be stored with your papers and you will only use it ONCE to get your first passport (and of course, you can select any picture you want for the passport).
 
Then you can use your passport as proof of citizenship for anything

Don't worry too much for the certificate picture... you will NEVER  use the certificate, it will be stored with your papers and you will only use it ONCE to get your first passport (and of course, you can select any picture you want for the passport).
 
Then you can use your passport as proof of citizenship for anything

Ok I found it.... it is confusing because there are 2 different places for you to login... when you use the same website and username you used to fill the form, you can see the completion time, BUT if you use the My Cases link on the USCIS regular website, it lists the case, but there is no completion information...

I could be mistaken, but I think that if you file based on the 3 year rule, you just list the last 3 years, and not 5.....

I want to become a citizen because I love this country and there's no place on earth I would rather live.
Egypt is a wonderful country with an amazing history and with long-suffering, but kind and tenacious people.
I've been to many places that are absolutely beautiful; from Stockholm to Chennai to Montreal to Barcelona there are many places that I think I could live and be quite happy.
But there's an undefinable quality that makes someplace just feel like home, and while I love my country of birth, the United States definitely feels like home.
I want to become a citizen so I can say that I am an American; not other people, but to myself. I think to me, getting the naturalization certificate would be similar to someone finally paying off a mortgage; you may have lived in the house for 30 years, but it wasn't really yours until that last moment.
I think there are very many valid reasons to want to become an American Voting, ease of travel, (as someone above mentioned) being with your loved ones. Not having to deal with the immigration services would be a huge plus! Being able to sponsor family members. These are all practical reasons, but in my own situation, I do not think I would choose to become a citizen if I didn't already feel like one in all but name.

This website was set up to discuss immigration issues. This forum in particular is for those who want to acquire US citizenship. Providing support for those who want to be with their loved ones is fine, but it is completely ancillary to the citizenship process. Please remember that half of us on here have left our families halfway across the world and are employment-based applicants who came here in search of a better life.