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Our passport application timeline. Applied for Passport at USPS (non expedited) Application Submitted: 11/18 Current status: Not Available

This is also our final check-in. Congrats to everyone who has come this far! We officially became US Citizens on 11/14/2023. Our Oath Ceremony was at the Philadelphia Field Office. Kudos to the staff at this office. They were extremely kind and understanding throughout our process (Interviews & Oath Ceremony.) Our Oath Ceremony was honestly lackluster but we're still grateful for this part of the journey to be completed. We registered to vote on 11/15/2023 and had our passport appointments today (11/19/2023) at our local USPS. The appointments went well and now it's the long wait for our passport. It felt a bit nerve wrecking to have to send our original Naturalization Certificates off with our passport application. We expected to send copies along but apparently we'll get the originals back. Thank you for all the support and advice from this community.

I can imagine this is discouraging given the fact that we received our oath ceremony notice within 24 hrs after our successful interviews.

💥Latest update: Application submitted online on 07/09/2023. Received a receipt notice 07/09/2023. Received a biometrics appointment notice 07/14/2023. Biometrics appointment was on 08/02/2023. Received a interview appointment notice 09/08/2023. (Separate interview dates for husband and wife 24 & 26 /10/2023.) Request submitted to cancel appointments 09/08/2023. (Due to conflict with international trip. Called USCIS customer service to cancel the appointment.) Received 2nd interview appointment notice 09/13/2023. Interview appointment 30/10/2023. (Husband and wife are scheduled together this time round.) Interview appoitment 30/10/2023 - recommended for approval. Oath Ceremony scheduled: 11/14/2023 Our interview on 10/31/2023 went well at the Philly USICIS Office. The staff were very friendly and welcoming. Parking was very easy. Upon arrival we had a TSA-style security check. After checking in we were directed to a waiting room on the 2nd floor. My wife and I were interviewed separately by different field offices. My wife was interviewed first. Her officer was unintimidating - professional and friendly. Very straightforward and without issues. My interview was about 15 minutes later. My officer was also professional and friendly. My interview was more intense, but not negative. I expected this as we immigrated to the US based on my work sponsored visa. I changed jobs after two years in the US. A lot of my questions were focused on my work history. Again, the officer was thorough but I never got the impression that he was trying to get my disqualified. Our Oath Ceremony was scheduled for 11/14/2023 within 24 hours after our interviews. Overall a very positive experience. We've already booked our passport appointments for later this month after our Oath Ceremony. Thanks for all the support!

We had the same status update this week, You are approved and can expect to receive your Oath Ceremony date soon.