AtlFalcons

Hi there I have been through the Atlanta USCIS office, at the time of my oath on Jan 11 2019 the passport folks weren’t at the center. Apparently it’####### or miss, therefore I went to the post office nearby, yes you have to send the original naturalization certificate they will send it back to you within couple weeks, there’s no other way around it. 

I would wait to change your status with the social security office, because information on their end doesn’t get updated for 2 weeks. Good luck to your wife and congrats! 

On 9/27/2018 at 9:49 AM, Jamaican_Gooner said:

It stayed as oath letter was sent. 😕

On 9/25/2018 at 4:48 PM, Jamaican_Gooner said:

My Oath ceremony was on Monday September 24^th at 8:00am. I got there at 7:55, went through security and went to the 2^nd floor. There you had USCIS staff checking the oath letter and that you had your green card. Do yourself a favor and fill out the back before just to save time, please note the city where you sign it must be Atlanta, Georgia as that is where USCIS Field office and the ceremony is being held. The staff member will go through the questions with you verbally. If you said yes to anything they'll ask you what is that about. I traveled outside the US so I just told them when I left(month); where I went to and how many days I was outside, that’s all they need. After that you go inside, hand in your letter and green card and are giving a number and you must sit in the assigned seat. I got number 64. They had pamphlets out for 85, but they said only 73 persons would be naturalized, some persons had family members with the as translators.

 

All other guests waited outside. They asked the guests to come in at 8:32. The ceremony started by talking about the process then they had someone speak about voter registration. Voter registration volunteers were on site on the third floor to assist at the end of the ceremony. Then we went through some videos on the faces of the nation; then the director speech and the video speech from the president and there was a musical video finally they had the roll-call of the Nations. This is where they call out the country from where everyone who is being naturalized is from and we would stand when they called out our countries name. In total there were 38 countries represented. One of the nice things was the gentleman leading the oath ceremony saying that after we did the call of nations and then the oath that when we sit back down we would be US citizens. So, everyone said the oath of office then we all applauded and sat down. Finally, the admin staff came out to collect the numbers and give us our certificates the they did this row by row you stood up and then you walked to the right and gave her your number and then walked to get your certificate and shake the hand of the officer who was running the program. Then we were done by 9:00 am

 

Afterwards people went to take pictures the entire process from signing in to get in the certificate took around an hour but from the start of the ceremony to the end it was probably 35 to 40 minutes. I went upstairs to the third floor to register to vote the voter registration volunteers made a copy of your naturalization certificate as that needs to be sent with your voter registration form. Please note you have to sign your naturalization certificate and that signature needs to match what you sign on your voter registration form. The voter registration form had seven items to complete: your name; date of birth; social security; address and that you are a US citizen and over 17 and a half years once completed the voter registration volunteers made a copy of my naturalization returned it to me and said that they would send it off to the secretary of state office

 

After leaving the field office, I immediately went to get my passport application. I stopped at a FedEx store nearby and made copies of my naturalization certificate as you need to send the original certificate and a copy with your passport application. I went downtown Atlanta to the US Postal Service passport agency located at 1072 West Peachtree Street NW. It's a good idea to get that done if you are pretty busy and at this US Postal Service location there is a dedicated passport area where you don’t need an appointment. This can be hit or miss but when I went at 10 am they had probably five officers working and no one was waiting so I got through immediately. So just to wait for my passport and naturalization certificate to return. All in all the oath ceremony was a quick and special occasion that I will always remember.

 

Congrats on being a citizen! I came across your post when I was searching for oath ceremony in Atlanta. My ceremony is in Atlanta on Jan 11, I was wondering why you went to a post office that was 30 mins from the office? Is there a location in the USCIS building to apply for the passport? Thanks! 

17 minutes ago, Life_love said:

Omg thanks for the update, this give me(march filer) hope. Congrats and wishing you all the best. 

Thank you. Good luck with yours! 

19 minutes ago, Lui&Moi said:

🎉🎉  Yes!! Finally some movements in Atlanta, finger crossed I will get mine too soon . When is your interview scheduled please? November or December? Also a January filer , sent a message today on my uscis profile online and they sent me the same messages they sent in June “your information was enter in the system that schedule interview at your local office , you will be notify once a spot become available “ they already told me that in June. So you are giving me hope! Congrats again .

Hey there thank you. Good luck to you as well. I am not sure when my interview is, I am waiting for the letter. But my fingerprints were on Jan 30 and the interview was schedule November 8

Hey y'all, so my interview was scheduled today. I applied on Jan 12 2018 and my local office is Atlanta. I hope this helps anyone waiting from Atlanta. Good luck to everyone!

I would appeal to the DHS and acquire a redress number. If you are always being stopped at secondary screening you can do this.  Heres some information regarding this. 

Redress number is for see below and good luck

• situations where travelers believe they have been unfairly or incorrectly delayed, denied boarding or identified for additional screening at our nation’s transportation hubs. 

https://www.dhs.gov/one-stop-travelers-redress-process

any updates with Atlanta filers? I applied in January 2018 still no interview. Please let me know if any of yall's cases have moved along. thanks 

Hi fellow Visa Journey members. I wanted to find out if there are January 2018 Atlanta Field Office filers still awaiting an interview?

I am a 10 year GC holder, I applied on Jan 10 2018 for naturalization. FP done on Jan 30 2018. 

Waiting ever since for interview. My online account states that we have reviewed your bio metrics and there is nothing for you to do for now. Unclear if this means I am in line for an interview or still stuck in background checks. 

Just a little info on my case. 

I have been living in the US since my parents moved here in 2003. I was 15. I am currently 30. I went to high school, college in the states. I was initially on H4 visa as a dependent on my parents work visa. And then switched to F1 for undergraduate studies.

Married a US citizen in April of 2014, 10 year GC approved Jan 2018.