LaughingBuddha

Applied for the passport on June 11, in person at USPS facility (Atlanta).
Got an email that they have received my application on 06/16/21.
Got an email that they have shipped my passport on 06/21/21.
Received my passport (no card or the Certificate of Naturalization yet) on 06/23/21.
 
It looks like they shipped the passport from Little Rock, Arkansas.

Hi All:
 
I am now a U.S. citizen. The combo interview (i-751 and n-400) went well. Here's my experience today.
 
1- We were waiting in the lobby for about one hour. A lot of people who checked in after us got call by IOs before us, my husband then went to the reception to check what was happening with our case, the was told our case was currently under review and the officer will call us once she finishes the review.
 
2- We were finally called about one hour later than our scheduled interview time, the officer said she only needs me. so my husband hands over all his paperwork to me and gave me a kiss LMAO! the officer was laughing all loud and I was a little bit embarrassed since there are so many people in the lobby lol.
 
3- The officer walked me into her office and said I was waiting longer because she was reviewing my i-751 documents and just approved, so no need to go over i-751 anymore, just n-400.
 
4- The officer went over basic information of my n-400 and made a few updates, went over civic test, Yes/No questions, and then asked me if I want to do oath today or wait a few weeks, if I want to do today, then I may need wait with her for a while since the system is slow on updating my i-751's approved status. I said i'd like to wait with her since both my husband and I took a day off for today, she said ok. then a few mins later she was able the print a paper stating I was approved for N-400.
 
5- She directed me to first floor for oath, I signed a paper in the oath room, and a few mins later I took oath and was given my citizenship certificate.
 
That's it, when I came out from the oath room, my husband seemed to be more excited than me lol...Anyway that's just my experience, it was overall smooth and efficient, I have a relatively simply case too, both me and my husband are first marriage, no crime, no overdue taxes, both working, similar age, etc. and we still submitted tons of documents for both I-751 and N-400s. and I do believe that the officer went over every page of our applications.
 
For all of you at Visajourney, thank you, it's a great resource during every step of my journey. 
 
Best best best wishes to everyone at Visajourney.

Congratulations! I am glad your passport journey is done

My status changed to shipped just an hour after it was approved, but then it changed back to approved again. Had I not received email alerts I wouldn't have known it ever said shipped.
 
The package shows up in Informed Delivery so you know it's on its way.

Yes it's normal, mine still says approved and I received my Passport 2 weeks ago.

So here is my timeline for passport EXPEDITED
 
Applied May 1st. 
In Process May 12th.
Passport shipped June 8th. 
Passport recieved June 9th Wednesday.
Passport card recieved June 12th
Certificate recieved June14th 
 
This is Charleston south Carolina processing center.
Good luck everyone.

The status indicates that it should arrive on or around next Wednesday. 

Hi Kam,
 
No, no update since Status changed to In Process on 05/19/2021.
But I think it's normal because based on their website, the processing time for expedited service is 4-6 weeks, and right now it has been not even 3 weeks. I would expect some updates next week, or even 2 weeks later.

Hi . my processing time exactly same as you but I'm still waiting  for update !
did you got your passport ?
Thanks

i know, LOL,, 
anyway, thank u, hope u will hear from them soon, 
i got my passport card yesterday, 😁,,only 1 days different

Yasssss! So happy for you!! Well looks like refund won't be an option since they process it within the normal processing time lol

i wanna update mine (expedite service )
04-05-2021 Applied passport at USPS near my location
04-26-2021 DOS received the application and  status changed " in process "
04-27-2021 Money Order is being cashed out. 
05-25-2021 Status changed " Approved " and then after in minute it changed to " Shipped " from Tucson 
05-27-2021 Passport arrived and i hold it 😁😁
 
since DOS received my application on 04-26-2021 so it is still in time frame for expedite service (4-6), but my application got floated in the air for 3 weeks  😁😁
 
based on my experience : 
Called US center passport it will not change the processing time more faster, unless if u really have emergency, or want to change the service from " Routine to Expedite " --- CMIIWW 😁😁. 
Asked assistant to congressman in my area, i didn't get very well because the congressman team's reasoned out that my case is not emergency and bla,,bla,bla😁🤪🤪,
 
Passport card and NC still on the way, i hope it will arrive soon too. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

YEEEEEEEES!!!!! FYI you can now schedule an appt with USPS now so that by the time you get your Certificate of Naturalization you will be able to apply for passport same day. Currently the passport appt is very packed at USPS.

My oath ceremony has been scheduled for June 25, San Bernardino office (interview was May 10)

Not at all, even congressman that I asked for assistance, they can’t help too much  unless for family medical emergency , they reason out due to less people for passport processing. 😬😬 so delay expected. 
yup for sure I’ll asked for refund until completely 6 week. 
next weeks is the 6th 😬

That's bad of them...
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On a side note, I would say it's a waste of $35 when we have to send the original CoC and they don't even provide any info when called. In fact i would expect them (DOS and USPS combined) to claim more accountability by providing detailed tracking and timeline as soon as we have submitted our application at the USPS. For one of the more advanced countries in the world, this is unacceptable. That's my whining minute... 😒

Here is my timeline from USCIS. I filed under the 3-yr rule. 

i told him about my travel plan and then he said it's impossible to get it done on time. so, i can't do nothing, he couldn't either 😭😭 . unless if the congressman called 😁😁 it might be something,.
 
i contacted congressman and sent my casework to him today, so, i hope it will double expedite 🤪🤪.
 
when u called USPS, were u able to get the info where they send the application ?
 
 
 
 

I think that number is used if you have to call them and ask about your case, otherwise they might not find your case in their system.

dang is not fair 😭😭😭, ur usps is more fast than mine, mmm u got lucky tho, 🎉
i just called US paspport and i requested to call me back, after 4 hours someone called me back, according to him my application is on Tuscon, 
he also asked me that number for verification. 
nothing he can do, he only mention to just wait for another 2 weeks, 😭😭

I had to call the USPS where i submitted my application and they checked it for me. Some people have had luck getting the actual tracking number, but I didn't get a tracking number. Just the info that it was delivered in two days.... Wish there was traceability on this entire thing. USPS said my application was delivered to Philly. But when i got a call from the passport services (due to the Congresswoman involvement), it was from the Charlestown passport center. Wonder if my application and others who had theirs delayed was bounced around between multiple centers to have this happen
 
Note: With USPS, the trick is to find the local number of the location where you submitted your application. General number is useless for this
 

It took us nearly 6weeks for the check to be cashed and the status to say in process.... It was delivered within a few days by USPS

Created an account just to provide my bad timeline.....
 
5 weeks...
 
weird thing is that USPS said that it was delivered in two days, but DOS didn't have it 'In process' for another 5 weeks.... And the worst part is they don't even take this time into consideration for their SLAs and timelines.... 
 
There were a couple of posts earlier (I was still just following this thread at that time) about reaching out to their congressman/woman. My experience hasn't been great with that. I got a call from the passport center asking me if I want to pay for expedited. Other than that, nothing happened. If you have travel dates or emergencies, you might have better luck reaching out to the local reps.

6days

You can check those dates in the google spreadsheet.