Malak1

4 hours ago, Numii said:

Question to anyone who got approved, Did you apply for US passport? Any idea how long is it taking?

I had my oath ceremony on 06/12/20 , Applied for my passport in Usps office on 06/15/20 and received it on 08/12/2020

Make sure you set an appointment with the Usps office . Good luck and congratulations ! 

Hello everyone 

I created this topic to post some information about applying for US passport .

I became a US citizen on June 12, 2020 and I applied for US passport on June 15 2020. I was told that the process will take so long until I get my passports but I want to encourage those who became US citizens to apply to get their passports. I will be receiving my passport this Friday 08/14/20 . It took 8 weeks. Good luck to everyone . 

3 hours ago, Amadia said:

There's a passport subforum in case you weren't aware 🙂

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/158-passports-etc-what-to-do-now-that-you-are-a-us-citizen/

I opened the link and posted the same information then a pop up message showed as a warning that there were many viruses 

Are you making progress on U.S. passport applications?

Yes. Every Thursday, we will publish U.S. passport statistics in the table below so you can track our weekly progress as staff at our agencies and centers safely work on applications. This week, 14 of our agencies and centers moved to phase one of our three phase reopening plan. You can find historical U.S. passport statistics on our Reports and Statistics page.

*The number of passports currently awaiting issuance is only a slight increase compared to what we have awaiting issuance in normal circumstances during June.

7 hours ago, NerkianBD said:

congrats fellow new citizens! has anyone applied for their passport?

Thank you 😊, I applied for my passport on June 15 and I am still waiting . I check my passport status on weekly basis and it shows “ In process” I don’t mind waiting. I am glad I applied for it cause there may be another lock down if we get hit by Covid -19 second wave . 

4 minutes ago, winouiss said:

My drive thru oath ceremony lasted 3 minutes, it was so fast i didnt realize i was done lol, i got my certificate same day finally done with this journey thank you for all supports in this forum

Congratulations 😀

On 6/18/2020 at 9:29 PM, Giovanna024 said:

Great! How long is the wait? 8 weeks?

They told me it may take 8 weeks or longer  . I wanted to apply for it to get it finalized . I don’t mind waiting. 

1 hour ago, Venus201320 said:

That’s awesome congrats!!!

Thank you so much  

5 hours ago, Venus201320 said:

Update* My estimated wait time has dropped from 2 months last week to now 30 days! Should hear about an interview within 30 days! Estimated case completion time September 2020 (3 months). 

Congratulations! good luck 😀

7 hours ago, Giovanni1 said:

That's great news. Congratulations and best luck with everything.

Thank you so much 😊

31 minutes ago, Giovanni1 said:

Is that Cleveland OH???? At the Anthony Celebreeze Federal Building?

Yes it is. The address is 

1240 E Ninth St
Cleveland, OH  44199
 

2 hours ago, Malak1 said:

Thank you so much, I really did not remember which photo was that lol. I looked at my photo and was like “ Oh I looked  a bit different in this photo” 😀

I just checked the picture I took of my green card before turning it in and the one on my green card was different from the one on my Naturalization Certificate. The one on the naturalization was the picture they took when I had my biometric done for the naturalization process.   

1 hour ago, thetrademark said:

Congratulations! What photo goes into your certificate of naturalization?

Thank you so much, I really did not remember which photo was that lol. I looked at my photo and was like “ Oh I looked  a bit different in this photo” 😀

14 minutes ago, NerkianBD said:

Hi all!!! so excited to say that I finally got the letter of Naturalization Oath ceremony!! I will be scheduled to take the oath on June 17, my field office is in Columbus, Ohio.

Congratulations to you and to all others whom received notices. 😊

11 minutes ago, Poulette said:

Were the ceremonies in Cleveland going to be at the court or was it a different location?

All ceremonies here in Nashville are usually at the court, which early at the start of the pandemic decided to close, and they are still closed until the end of June at least. I was not expecting to be scheduled for a ceremony yet, but USCIS probably decided to take over and hold these at their offices. Maybe that is the case with Cleveland.

It is very annoying to get your hopes up and down so often, though.

Nothing is clear . They don’t announce anything . They just cancel scheduled ceremonies, interviews, etc. It is so frustrating. That’s why I won’t check anymore. 

26 minutes ago, Giovanna024 said:

Why?

I don’t know. We already started to reopen OHIO . I am over it . I won’t check anymore. I will just wait for the notice . 

Clevland office cancelled all oath  ceremonies that were scheduled in June and July .  

1 hour ago, Hamido said:

 

Yes mine supposed to be in April 6 but canceled 

I heard from an attorney that impossible that uscis perform virtual oath, what do you think? 

Time will tell. There is always a possibility. 

7 minutes ago, Hamido said:

I am July filer.

Was your oath ceremony scheduled? Mine was supposed to be on March 20th but was cancelled on March 16 th 

7 minutes ago, Hamido said:

I am July filer.

Was your oath ceremony scheduled? Mine was supposed to be on March 20th but was cancelled on March 16 th 

How many November 2019 filers are waiting for their oath ceremony ? 
 

20 minutes ago, PhillyNatz said:

Great news but wish there had been a push for naturalization interviews as well, that's a significantly bigger backlog than those waiting for the oath. The interviews seem to have been forgotten.

I hope they push for virtual interviews too