foreign passport

[jaydblu 0]

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

[*JG* 2]

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

You mean AOS? They didn't keep Andre's. Didn't need it for any reason.

[YuAndDan 153]

They do not keep the foreign passport, because US government allows "Dual Citizenship", you may have a problem re-entering the country without a green-card though. You may want to apply for a US-Passport to travel out of the country and then re-enter.

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

You mean AOS? They didn't keep Andre's. Didn't need it for any reason.

Not AOS Naturalization to become a US Citizen.

Edited August 2, 2007 by YuAndDan

[jaydblu 0]

They do not keep the foreign passport, because US government allows "Dual Citizenship", you may have a problem re-entering the country without a green-card though. You may want to apply for a US-Passport to travel out of the country and then re-enter.

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

You mean AOS? They didn't keep Andre's. Didn't need it for any reason.

Not AOS Naturalization to become a US Citizen.

The interview is to obtain citizenship.

The USCIS interviewer keeps the Green Card? How would she prove that she's a legal resident without it?

[lucyrich 20]

They do not keep the foreign passport, because US government allows "Dual Citizenship", you may have a problem re-entering the country without a green-card though. You may want to apply for a US-Passport to travel out of the country and then re-enter.

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

You mean AOS? They didn't keep Andre's. Didn't need it for any reason.

Not AOS Naturalization to become a US Citizen.

The interview is to obtain citizenship.

The USCIS interviewer keeps the Green Card? How would she prove that she's a legal resident without it?

After naturalization, she's not a legal resident (at least, not in the immigration law definition of "legal resident"), she's a citizen. Citizens aren't required to have or to carry proof of their legal status. They'll give her a cerficate of naturalization, and she'll have the opportunity to apply for a US passport. She can use either of these as proof of citizenship if needed to apply for a job. For travel, she'll need the US passport.

BTW, once she's a US Citizen, she is required to present a US passport anytime she deals with US officials at border crossings. She can still keep a foreign passport as long as it's legally issued by a foreign government, and she may use it when dealing with non-US officials, but she must use her US passport when dealing with US officials.

[jaydblu 0]

They do not keep the foreign passport, because US government allows "Dual Citizenship", you may have a problem re-entering the country without a green-card though. You may want to apply for a US-Passport to travel out of the country and then re-enter.

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

You mean AOS? They didn't keep Andre's. Didn't need it for any reason.

Not AOS Naturalization to become a US Citizen.

The interview is to obtain citizenship.

The USCIS interviewer keeps the Green Card? How would she prove that she's a legal resident without it?

After naturalization, she's not a legal resident (at least, not in the immigration law definition of "legal resident"), she's a citizen. Citizens aren't required to have or to carry proof of their legal status. They'll give her a cerficate of naturalization, and she'll have the opportunity to apply for a US passport. She can use either of these as proof of citizenship if needed to apply for a job. For travel, she'll need the US passport.

BTW, once she's a US Citizen, she is required to present a US passport anytime she deals with US officials at border crossings. She can still keep a foreign passport as long as it's legally issued by a foreign government, and she may use it when dealing with non-US officials, but she must use her US passport when dealing with US officials.

I know. I'm concerned about the time between the interview, the oath ceremony and the arrival of a U.S. passport. That can be several months at least. If the Green Card is turned in during the interview is it impossible to leave the country until you receive a new U.S. passport?

[Boiler 44,931]

They do not keep the foreign passport, because US government allows "Dual Citizenship", you may have a problem re-entering the country without a green-card though. You may want to apply for a US-Passport to travel out of the country and then re-enter.

Will the USCIS people keep my wife's (foreign) passport after her Naturalization interview or will it be returned? We want to visit her family soon so we'll need her passport.

You mean AOS? They didn't keep Andre's. Didn't need it for any reason.

Not AOS Naturalization to become a US Citizen.

The interview is to obtain citizenship.

The USCIS interviewer keeps the Green Card? How would she prove that she's a legal resident without it?

After naturalization, she's not a legal resident (at least, not in the immigration law definition of "legal resident"), she's a citizen. Citizens aren't required to have or to carry proof of their legal status. They'll give her a cerficate of naturalization, and she'll have the opportunity to apply for a US passport. She can use either of these as proof of citizenship if needed to apply for a job. For travel, she'll need the US passport.

BTW, once she's a US Citizen, she is required to present a US passport anytime she deals with US officials at border crossings. She can still keep a foreign passport as long as it's legally issued by a foreign government, and she may use it when dealing with non-US officials, but she must use her US passport when dealing with US officials.

I know. I'm concerned about the time between the interview, the oath ceremony and the arrival of a U.S. passport. That can be several months at least. If the Green Card is turned in during the interview is it impossible to leave the country until you receive a new U.S. passport?

Leaving is not a problem, getting in is.