Rose_3001

Yes, although it depends on the Global Entry office. I got a same day passport in Detroit and thought i would use GE office in Michigan on the same day. However, they were far from helpful  (pretty rude actually). Suffice to say, I got it changed in my home state of ohio later that week with no issues or appointment. Walk in, explain your circumstances and they will update their records. However, if you want the physical GE card updated, there is a fee (not worth it nor needed).

We showed up a little early and waited in the plaza.  About 15 minutes before the ceremony, they asked the candidates to line up (probably around 20).  I went in as an interpreter and had no problem as we did answer yes to one of the questions. (travel since the interview).  An officer quickly viewed the questionnaire and marked the days of travel and sent us to another short line to a window where an Immigration Officer asked for the travel dates again,  proof of vaccine (we had  returned from our trip 10 days but that may not have been enough) and then for the new and old green cards.  The Officer sent my wife to a seat with the packet containing the oath, flag,  and said I could move an unoccupied chair next to hers.    The ceremony was moving and I noticed that my sister and brother-in-law were outside waving and since it was dark due to an impending storm, they could watch the proceedings!  The funny thing is that my brother-in-law is a federal judge and swears immigrants in from time to time!   The Officer mentioned SSA, passport and voting information.   After the ceremony they call the new citizens up and give them their certificates which you are supposed to check  for errors. 
 
I am glad we brought the vaccine cards as the USCIS Notice of Oath Ceremony does not mention them.  However, the USCIS  website says you can't enter if "Returned from domestic air, international air, or cruise ship travel in the past 10 days (unless you are fully vaccinated)." 

Updating this based on my experience today:
 
There is no longer an option to press 3 to repeat options. If you call and do not press a button, it will repeat the options ONCE only and then hang up.
 
The best best is to call at 7:59, as it takes about a minute to go through the options and repeat.
 
Despite the official guidance saying you could call 2 weeks before you travel - and my travel date being exactly 2 weeks from today - when I rang they said I had to call within 13 days and so ring back tomorrow.
 
Hope this helps someone else in the same situation.

Mods, pin this. @millefleur @TBoneTX
 
To future readers
There are 3 ways of obtaining PP.
Apply via PO or PP agents Apply at your local ASC - American embassy at your country Apply at one of the 26 regional PP Agencies in the US  
I am only gonna touch on 2 & 3 as apparently, there is a sudden rush for international travel. 
 
For 2.
For this, you can leave the US anytime without US PP.  However, before you leave, go to your local embassy website and check if they require appointment to visit them. If they do, secure one and make sure your travel plans/ timeframe falls within your ASC's processing times. You can then leave US. Just make sure the ASC appointment falls within their processing times. I cannot stress this enough. I do not want someone to leave and say @Timona said I could leave anytime. All that being said, you will still have to provide your ACS with itinerary that shows you will be departing within 72 hours of obtaining the PP.
 
Example: I secured an ASC appointment. I come back on the 21st of September. I managed to get an appointment at my ASC for the 7th of September as my local ASC takes 2 week to process. 
 
For 3
Urgent Travel Service: Some agencies and centers are also offering extremely limited appointments for customers who have urgent international travel in the next 72 hours (3 business days) for reasons other than a life-or-death emergency. You may schedule an appointment if you are traveling within 2 weeks or need a foreign visa within 4 weeks; however, the appointment cannot occur more than 3 business days before your date of travel, or 10 days if you require a visa. Call 1-877-487-2778 or 1-888-874-7793 TDD/TTY from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. ET, Mondays through Fridays. Our appointment line for Urgent Travel Service is closed on weekends and federal holidays. 
 
To explain the red part with an example: Today is August 11th. So available appointments are from now till August 24th. So you can call today and get an appointment anywhere between now and August 24th. However the likelihood of you getting an appointment within the first 9 out the 13 days is unlikely as they might have been filled long ago. That is why I would suggest calling early and booking anywhere from 10 to 13 days out. Booked date has to be within 72 hours (3 business days) of travel. So if I call today and make an appointment for 24th, I need to be travelling by 27th. Weekends do not count as business hours/ days. 
 
Now that we have explained rule, how do we get appointment under 3?
 
Dial 877-487-2778  and quickly punch in 11224 then press 4 again if it starts talking, regardless of what option you are looking for. This is just to get you past the annoying automated system. If you get a hanging tone afterwards, that means you will not be connected. Hang up and try later. However, if after punching the 1122....you hear " This call will be monitored & recorded for blaa blaa blaa" bingo, you are going to be connected. Just wait. Average hold times is around 1 - 1.5 hours. DO NOT HANG up even if after 1 hour it tells you that you have another 1.5 hours to go. Surprisingly, it will later re-adjust and the next update will say you have 30 mins. Thereafter, the hold times will keep decreasing. 
 
DOS hold times are pretty accurate though. I give them props for that. It is not the normal bait and switch that we are used to when we call ATT.
 
I have found out the best time to connect is by calling around 7:30am CST or 2:15pm CST.
 
I got an appointment for this for Houston for next week. If I get PP, I will cancel my ASC appointment. It was easier to get ASC upto 2 weeks ago as getting US appointment was difficult due to bots which would snatch all online  appointments and sell for profit. DOS has now since changed that such that the only way to get an appointment at one of the local PPA is by calling. 

I am here to report on my recent success being able to grab an appointment at my local US Dept of State Passport Agency, using the Online Passport System. This is for same-day (or next day perhaps) passport service and there is a $60 expedite fee on top of regular passport fees.
 
First off, from the website:
You may schedule an appointment if you are traveling within 2 weeks or need a foreign visa within 4 weeks; however, the appointment cannot occur more than 3 business days before your date of travel, or 10 days if you require a visa.
 
You do not need to have a life-or-death emergency to make an appointment but you must be traveling within 3 business days of your appointment date.
To make an appointment go here: https://passportappointment.travel.state.gov/
 
Now here is the important information I was able to figure out by waking up at godly hours throughout the night:
 
Appointments open up at exactly 5:00AM (EST), 13 days in advance. And they will go quickly. By 5:02, most passport agencies only had a couple of appointments left. Los Angeles had already been booked up completely. A list of agencies can be found here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast/passport-agencies.html
 
Example:
Say you are traveling on July 17, then you can make an appointment at a passport agency for either July 14, July 15, or July 16. In order to make an appointment for July 14 you should be ready to hit refresh on the passport appointment website on July 1 at 5:00AM EST  (i.e. 13 days before July 14). If you don't find anything for July 14, you can try again on July 2 (for July 15) and July 3 (for July 16). Another tip, if you are flexible with times: choose a time slot at half past the hour and later in the day (e.g. 11:30AM or 2:30PM) because earlier appointments on the hour go away quicker and you will get an error after you've selected a slot that is already booked.
 
Some passport agencies (from what I've noticed: Buffalo, Detroit, and Vermont) might have appointments available until a little later but most every agency will be fully booked by 7AM (if not sooner). If you are lucky, you may even find an appointment at any random time of the day (in which case grab it quickly if it's 3 business days before your travel date!), but your best shot is to make an appointment when slots open up at 5AM EST.
 
I hope this can help the folks who are in the same boat as us, i.e. who had international travel planned just days after their naturalization ceremonies. I will report back after the visit.
 

Wrote about my Oath rescheduling experience here 
 
@Rose_3001
 
 
 

Rose,
I advised the IO that my wife & I had booked travel. He wasn’t concerned at all, just advised I would need to respond to the Citizenship Ceremony notice, in writing, stating my reasons and evidence of travel…which I did. I’m still waiting for a response from the USCIS, but reasonably confident all will be ok. Good luck! 

For everyone studying for their civic test, I highly recommend this podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0hBbmUyA9obs9veGTNhmUc?si=-EEDQrXSR_6h7369uQlYYw 
 
Great for people who commutes only make index cards for the state related questions and us leaders.
 
Good luck.

Atlanta Here! Interview scheduled for April 20!   🇺🇸   🇺🇸.  🇺🇸. 

From my understanding they are just testing from the 2008 civic test, I study and did my test on the 02/23 and only people who filed after December 1, 2020 and before March 1, 2021they have the option to get tested on the 2020 version or 2008.
 
The 2020 civic test was intended to create an additional and unnecessary barrier to naturalization, during the Trump administration.

Interview scheduled! 🙌
 
Got a notification last night (3/2) that my interview was scheduled for 04/21 in Atlanta. Now to prep for the test and get all the documents together.

Interview scheduled! 🙌
 
Got a notification last night (3/2) that my interview was scheduled for 04/21 in Atlanta. Now to prep for the test and get all the documents together.

Hi everyone, just wanted to share my experience at the ATL field office today. 
 
I applied for citizenship in Oct 2020 based on the 3-yr rule. I had a pending I-751 at that time and today's interview was a joint I-751/N400 interview. 
 
My appointment was for 12:55PM. My husband, 2yo son and I arrived there at approx 12:40, went through security (bags, belt and watches go through the scanner), then we went up to the check-in area, presented my interview notices and they took my picture and fingerprints. We were then told to go to the third floor. 
 
We entered a large waiting area where there were approx 30-40 other people. Every once in a while an immigration officer would come out and call someone's name. I waited about 1h20 mins until my name was called. 
 
The IO called my husband and our son in as well, but after a brief chat with him, he asked my husband to leave because he had enough proof that we both had entered the marriage in good faith. 
 
He then asked me for my interview notices and my green card and told me that he was going to start the test portion of the interview. He asked me the following questions: 
 
1. Why did the colonists come to America?
2. What is the highest court in the US?
3. Name one of the authors of the Federalist Papers
4. Name 3 of the original colonies
5. What group of people were sold as slaves in America? 
6. What is an amendment?
 
Once this portion was done, he asked me to read something off the tablet that was on his desk - "What state has the most people?" and asked me to write "California has the most people" on the same tablet. 
 
He then asked me the eligibility questions and I was done! He said he approved my application and that I was going to receive an Oath Ceremony notice in the mail. 
 
He did not ask me for any of the documents I had prepared, probably because he didn't actually conduct a I-751 interview. I came prepared with tax returns, bank statements, life/car insurance, photos, son's birth certificate etc etc. 
 
Overall, the experience was pretty good (except for the wait - getting a toddler to sit still for more than a few minutes is nearly impossible). 
 
I'm so excited to be almost done with my immigration journey! 🎉🇺🇸

Hello everyone,
Just sharing my journey.
I applied last July 14,2021. Interview was scheduled this morning, March 1, in San Bernardino, CA.
My appointment was 1:30 PM but wasn’t interviewed until 3:40 PM.
The interview was a breeze, officer was friendly. After the 6th question, I was told I passed the civics test and was given the yes/no questions. No documents were checked, only the green card.
Then after about 15 mins, I was told my picture had to be retaken since the one I have on file was 5 years old, then officer took my picture.
She then told me to go down and attend the Oath taking downstairs, to my sheer delight that it was a same day oath ceremony. By 4:20 PM, I was handed my certificate.
My immigration journey has ended. Good luck to everyone!
 
Josh
Anaheim, CA

Same here! Definitely not alone. Atlanta GA filer. Hope that 2022 will be our year 🤞

Oh God! What a beautiful day! I even don't know where do I start lol
I was scheduled for my interview at 830, so came in at 815, at 825 was called by the officer, the officer was extremely nice, asked me 6 questions, then asked me to read "where is the white house" and to write the white house is in Washington DC. Then went over my n400, at 835 he told me congratulations, please wait in the waiting room, at 9 exactly my name was called by another officer who was holding my naturalization certificate in his hand, so he took me into a room and read the oath, I repeated after him the full oath, then he gave me my certificate, said congratulations and took me outside, I left the building at 9 10, then I ran to DMV and upgraded my real ID driver's license to enhanced driver's license for US citizens only (I maid an appointment for it online a week ago) then I ran to the passport agency and apply for a first time passport, it will be ready in 15 minutes, (made an appointment by phone by waiting over 3 hours on the line 2 weeks ago)
So this is pretty much it
Guys! I truly hope from the bottom of my heart that all of you will get your certificates soon! I wish luck to each of you! Please text me or call me at any time if you have any questions, I'm always here to help as much as I can!!! 
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Applied a week ago and just received 2 letters – one confirmation of receipt and one a notice that they'll be reusing biometrics 🙌 one less thing to worry about!

Thanks for the info – I'm hoping that I can walk in and get it earlier as soon as I've got the notice. I was able to do that a few years ago in the Atlanta office.

Wow, congrats! So quick. I guess we all better start practicing for the test in case ours come around as fast.

Good Morning,
We received a notice that our biometrics will be reused that was on the 2nd,today we got another update that an interview has been scheduled for the 16th of September  my wife is very excited

Applied a week ago and just received 2 letters – one confirmation of receipt and one a notice that they'll be reusing biometrics 🙌 one less thing to worry about!

Unfortunately, it is not allowed. The US government considers any work done inside the USA to be work, even if it's for a non-USA company and the money is non-USA currency going into a non-USA bank. I know; it kinda sucks. After entering the USA with the K1, your fiance cannot work until his I-765 is approved and the employment authorization card is in his hands. Expect several months of not being able to work. Sadly, this is one of the disadvantages of the K1 route.

Yes. I showed up with my bio appt letter and my expired GC was requested for. Thank God I went with it 

Can it be?! I just got an email about new card in production!! 🤗
 
27th July: Sent via Fedex to TX
30th July: Fedex notification of receipt 
5th August: $$ taken from account 
6th August: USCIS text with receipt #
17th August: NOA letter received (TX service centre) 
21st October: case transferred to SRC
10th December: New card in production