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Day 23: Passport Book received. Next gen design!! 🥰 and mailed straight from New Orleans.

Expedited New passport after naturalization - with regular post service. For myself. May: Application handed over at post office in Brooklyn. Day 5: Application showed as received on online tracker. Day 20: Application was approved. Showed as 'we're preparing your passport/card to give it to you' Day xx: ...waiting now... Locator: 42

Expedited renewal with regular post service. For a family member. April: Application handed over at post office in brooklyn. Day 5: Application showed as received on online tracker. Day 16: Application was approved. Showed as 'we're preparing your passport/cart to give it to you' Day 19: New Passport (old gen) and passport card both received in separate envelopes. Locator: 34

Finally done with my citizenship journey. We had a big naturlization ceremony at the Brooklyn cyclones stadium today. There were about 15-20 Judges present and over 200 new citizens from 60+ countries plus cops in ceremonial uniforms. There was also a high school band and two new citizens selected to speak about their citizenship journey. It was an emotional and heart touching event. They took our green cards before we were let into the stadium seating area. I think there was a TV camera present as well if i'm not wrong. We had to wait from 9 am till 11am while they sat everyone down and prepare. We said the oath of allegiance with right hands raised. The ceremony concluded around 12.45-1PM. Then everyone was asked to collect their naturalization certificates. We also got two tickets each for a cyclones match in coming weeks. Took 2 years since filing but it was worth it in the end. Here's a photo to preserve this memory.