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On 10/8/2020 at 6:07 AM, Goodguyb said:

Good morning ,

I applied for a passport on 9/18 but they haven’t cashed my check yet.I made the check payable to “department of state “ Instead of “U.S. department of state”.is this gonna be an issue? What should I do ?

Thanks in advance 

Check the status of your application here:

https://passportstatus.state.gov

If status shows received, then don't sweat the check yet.

If no status call 1-877-487-2778

32 minutes ago, HRQX said:

Correct. But filing I-90 is good faith effort to try to follow federal law. INA 264(e): "Personal possession of registration or receipt card; penalties. Every alien, eighteen years of age and over, shall at all times carry with him and have in his personal possession any certificate of alien registration or alien registration receipt card issued to him pursuant to subsection (d). Any alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon conviction for each offense be fined not to exceed $100 or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both."

I think you misunderstand "alien registration receipt card" 

Its the Green card, not a receipt as in store receipt, receipt as in you received it.

Secondly, the key word is possession, expired or not.

You DO NOT lose your LPR status if the card expires.

Immigration law does not explicitly require a valid green card to apply for naturalization.

It is not mandatory for applying for citizenship, unless its a conditional card.

1 hour ago, mushroomspore said:

Yeah file the I-90. They're gonna ask for the GC and when they see it's expired, they'll ask for an I-90 receipt notice. I don't think they approve anyone for citizenship if the applicant shows up with an expired GC only.

No one asked me for my GC throughout the N400 process.

I was asked to turn it in during the oath ceremony, and they didn't even look at it, except for my picture!!

Because your card is expired, doesn't mean you are not a LPR. 

34 minutes ago, ShawnSpiker said:

Can I complete getting the new passport at USCIS or I must got to the post office?

 

Post Office.

Check online which one in your area does passports, and it will tell you if they do pictures.

https://www.usps.com/international/passports.htm

2 hours ago, ShawnSpiker said:

What if they lost my Naturalization Certificate?
Am I going to leave it there?

I am just worried that they will lose it when I apply for my passport.
How this work anyone know?

Thank you,
 

 

Right now 165,000 people a week are sending either their old passport or NC.

It's required.

If they lose it, file a claim. 

Your passport will suffice to prove citizenship at that point.

20 minutes ago, zafi said:

I need to update social security administration regarding my change in immigration status and an agent told me to fill form ss-5 and send it to social security administration via certified mail along with original Naturalization certificate.when I opened the form ss-5 I saw item number 2 which says" social security number previously assigned" do I need to put my social security number here or do I need to leave it blank I am submitting form ss-5 to update the change in my immigration status I am not applying for replacement or new social security card what should I do?

Double post 

See your other one.

Yes, include the "previously assigned" number.

I spoke with an agent, and asked, they said to fill out completely, and no note needed.

SS officers know when your NC is included to only update the citizenship status.

Unless information changed.

20 hours ago, NewlyNaturalized said:

We were approved on Friday (NO, mid-July). Has anyone who just got approved there had the passport start tracking? Ours is stuck in pre-shipment still

Doesn't ship till Monday night, same as mine.

6 hours ago, Goodguyb said:

So I applied for a passport on 9/18 and checked the status ,it says “not found” and they haven’t cashed my check yet.Should I wait a few days or should I call and ask? 
Thanks 

Call now.

Yeah, that's weird, as the N400 is approved during/after the interview.

23 minutes ago, jhon2019 said:

CAN SOME ONE EXPLAIN THIS ? plz Thanks

Good news!!

You will be scheduled for the oath ceremony, and get your citizenship.

Wait for the oath notice.

Do you have an account online? It will tell you in advance of the next letter.

On 10/2/2020 at 3:54 AM, Hmongtain907 said:

I need to get my passport certified copy so I can send it instead of my original documents how do I get it certified copy also notary is it the same thing if I get it notarized

 

 

Are you renewing your passport?

You need to send the original back, copies are NOT accepted.

You will get it back after your new one arrives.

If you mean your Certificate of Naturalization, no copies either, you need to send the ORIGINAL.

7 hours ago, JaEnglishGirl said:

Received my docs back.

Weird thing is, with the docs, they included a form saying they had changed my biographical data to match my documents...not sure what they did or meant. Info is same on both. Also, I did not do a name change.

If your Passport matches your NC.

It might have been your Passport application having incorrect information?

As long as your Green Card is valid, the passport is not needed.

Unless the passport carries a I551 stamp because your Green Card expired!!

I was not asked for a passport in any step of my naturalization.

2 minutes ago, lucardo3 said:

same. It will say there is a mail which we can`t show on the e-mail or something like that.

Mine this morning!!!

There are 5 mailpieces for which we do not currently have images that are included in Today's mail.

34 minutes ago, KCMO said:

 

It's Oct 2nd and informed delivery does not show anything that looks like an envelope carrying Naturalization Certificate. 

 

 

If its any consolation, the envelope carrying the NC isn't scanned for informed delivery, mine wasn't. The envelope is too large.

13 minutes ago, Pats5415 said:

Hmm okay interesting thank you for clarifying, I do have a tendency of overthinking very much 😩. 

You are a US Citizen, you can state it, and don't need to prove it.

Its up to the employer to verify your status now!!!

6 hours ago, swissbuttercream said:

looks like todays update will be the last one

 

Yes. Since June 11 we have published U.S. passport statistics every Thursday in the table below. The statistics show our weekly progress while we were unable to offer processing times. Our October 1st update will be our last weekly update since we can now offer routine and expedited service commitments. You can continue to find annual statistics on our Reports and Statistics page.

Week (Thursday-Wednesday)	Applications Received	Passports Awaiting Issuance**	Passports Issued*
This Week	179,000	934,000	165,000
Last Week	143,000	931,000	149,000
2 Weeks Ago	110,000	944,000	129,000

Thats last weeks, they didn't update it today.

On 9/28/2020 at 8:46 AM, Olusola said:

My brother filed his N-600 since 2019 March and after being stuck on "processing" status for a year, then some challenges with us not getting the mail they supposedly sent in June and finally getting them to email the request for initial evidence letter,

we spoke to the USCIS today and the Tier 2  agent said my brother is currently on queue to be scheduled for a ceremony...But we filed the N600 and from what I'm seeing, there's no ceremony for these ones? The agent said they seem to have everything they need on their end.
On September 11 the case status said a request for more evidence was sent but we never received it which was why we called today. But the agent said no letter seems to have been sent at all and that he's not seeing anything generated on his end. 
But he did say that everything looks set and that he is on the queue for a ceremony???

Anyone have any insight or experience with this?

There is NO ceremony for N600 like the N400, even though the N400 ceremonies are shortened.

The N600 is just an in person oath, and goodbye.

2 hours ago, gregcrs2 said:

Yes, but expedite is 4-6 weeks.  That terrible for an expedite!

 During August.

Mine arrived in 6 weeks, no expedite.

3 hours ago, ABE1 said:

If you can simply google New Orleans passport center and check the reviews a lot of people having the same issue which is delay at this passport agency, i live in Michigan but i am no sure how my application ended up in NO. 

Your application goes to the central facility in Texas, and gets randomly sent to one of 25 centers.

New Passport status:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/ea/passport-covid-19.html

Now accepting expedited service.

1 hour ago, Valor said:

Do you have to choose the two-day delivery option to have it as a Priority mail? 

No

It arrives in 3 days, and Priority return of the Passport is free.

Passport card and NC come in First Class Mail.

On 9/22/2020 at 8:46 PM, Bzegurl said:

No you have to change it at Social Security Office. Since they are closed you have to mail it in with a specific form (call them for that form). Also replaceing a Naturalization Certificate is not cheap. 

Once you have your passport, a Naturalization Certificate isn't as critical. As the passport can be used as your primary citizenship proof.

Your stress goes down when sending the NC to SSA!!

Documents (Old passports Naturalization Certificates) are sent back as soon as the new passports are printed.

You should have received it no less than a week after your new passport.

6 weeks? It's lost.