Questions about interview at fairfax,VA & passport application timeline

[newlyweds 0]

just want to know kind of like reviews how the IOs are and get a feel of how it would be getting interviewed there.

The supervisor emailed me when I want the interview to be set, let me know if they also let you set your own interview date and when was the soonest you could set it. Can you set it as soon as 2 weeks out or a month or something? would be happy to hear someone else's experience from that local office

and also, are they strict with the requirements and what time do they usually have the oath taking? I know it is same day.

And where is the nearest best place to apply for the passport there? does the regular passport application process really take as long as 4 weeks or more?

I plan on having the expedited, is it as fast as 2 weeks or as late as 3 weeks?

would it be smarter to already have booked my flights to help out with the expedited passport process? And how long after the passport arrives does the naturalization certificate follow?

thanks so much

[Anh map 2,098]

I believe that you will need your naturalization certificate in order to apply for a US passport.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Merrifield Post Office is the nearest place AFAIK for US-passport application.

The Certificate Of Naturalisation will be handed to you when you are sworn-in--and will be necessary as proof-of-citizenship for your fist US passport.

If your former country of citizenship allows multiple nationality, there is another (albeit technically illegal) approach providing you are taking a vacation exceeding 4 weeks there--use your non-US passport to go there, and then apply (obviously, you will need to carry the Cert of Natz with you there) at the US Consulate/Embassy (and sit through the class which they will give you for doing that instead of getting it ahead of time Stateside).

[NickD 202]

You were married less than a year and talking about US citizenship and a US passport already!

Please share your secret., wife and I were married close to five years before we got to that stage and applied for everything the earliest possible date,

[newlyweds 0]

I believe that you will need your naturalization certificate in order to apply for a US passport.

yeah, i know that.. i plan to apply for the passport as soon as i get approved for my naturalization..

I 'm applying under 319 b so i'm eligible to file

You were married less than a year and talking about US citizenship and a US passport already!

Please share your secret., wife and I were married close to five years before we got to that stage and applied for everything the earliest possible date,

lol we are overseas and my husband is in the military so im filing under 319 b

we're here until 2012 lol

and i wont get hired as an RN because i'm not us citizen ..i cant even volunteer with red cross at the naval hospital lol

so i'm really praying this works smoothly lol

[newlyweds 0]

Merrifield Post Office is the nearest place AFAIK for US-passport application.

The Certificate Of Naturalisation will be handed to you when you are sworn-in--and will be necessary as proof-of-citizenship for your fist US passport.

If your former country of citizenship allows multiple nationality, there is another (albeit technically illegal) approach providing you are taking a vacation exceeding 4 weeks there--use your non-US passport to go there, and then apply (obviously, you will need to carry the Cert of Natz with you there) at the US Consulate/Embassy (and sit through the class which they will give you for doing that instead of getting it ahead of time Stateside).

i am afraid of flying off with my foreign passport lol

we're stationed overseas that's why i need to travel back hehehe

and i'm just gonna be staying at a friend's

i am pretty much wondering though if i could be eligible for the no-fee government passport lol

who knows maybe if i can i'd do that and i can fly off with just that,otherwise i'll have to wait lol

[milimelo 4,477]

You can make an appointment at the passport agency and pay for expedited passport - not sure on what basis you would qualify for a free one - everyone has to pay for a passport if they want to have one.

Rule for the agency is that you have to show proof of travel within next 14 days - passports are done depending how soon you travel - I traveled in 10 days received the passport in 2. Others got it in couple of hours.

Washington Passport Agency

1111 19th Street, N.W.

First Floor, Sidewalk Level

Washington, D.C. 20036 Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., local time, M-F, excluding Federal holidays<BR style="MARGIN-LEFT: 20px">Schedule An Appointment 24/7: 1 (877) 487-2778

[newlyweds 0]

You can make an appointment at the passport agency and pay for expedited passport - not sure on what basis you would qualify for a free one - everyone has to pay for a passport if they want to have one.

Rule for the agency is that you have to show proof of travel within next 14 days - passports are done depending how soon you travel - I traveled in 10 days received the passport in 2. Others got it in couple of hours.

Washington Passport Agency

1111 19th Street, N.W.

First Floor, Sidewalk Level

Washington, D.C. 20036 Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., local time, M-F, excluding Federal holidays<BR style="MARGIN-LEFT: 20px">Schedule An Appointment 24/7: 1 (877) 487-2778

wow just a couple of hours? lol well if i will email the supervisor and possibly try to have my interview set maybe oct. 26 and fly to washington by 24th then within that week, possibly the next day apply for my passport, but i am planning to have my international flight back to japan on nov. 21.. and just to make sure i am really planning on doing the expedited passport lol

well, the no-fee government passport is different i guess from the regular passport. I know my one friend,(she's born and raised in the US) came here with her husband on military orders with regular US pssports and still they were issued a no-fee government passport.. so i guess that latter only deals with the military.. i dont know if i can be eligible for that aside from the regular one.. coz if i can, (but i know it's sort of illegal to fly out of the US without a US passport) i will file for getting the US passport here, i know my husband flew here without a passport lol but his active duty military and has actual orders so he can just fly without a passport then.. me, well, i am afraid of flying without one lol

[hhN400 3]

newlyweds,

You can get a passport within a few hours at any passport agency if your travel is less then 14 days away. You need to make an appointment beforehand by telephone (see milimelo's post for the phone number) within a 14 day window before the day for which you want to make your appointment. Since time slots go quickly, you should make the appointment more or less exactly 14 days before that date. If you make an appointment for 8am, you usually can pick up the passport around noon or early afternoon. At the appointment you need to provide proof of your impending travel. And you need a photo ID, and your naturalization certificate, of course. You pay an extra fee for expedited service.

Good luck.

[newlyweds 0]

newlyweds,

You can get a passport within a few hours at any passport agency if your travel is less then 14 days away. You need to make an appointment beforehand by telephone (see milimelo's post for the phone number) within a 14 day window before the day for which you want to make your appointment. Since time slots go quickly, you should make the appointment more or less exactly 14 days before that date. If you make an appointment for 8am, you usually can pick up the passport around noon or early afternoon. At the appointment you need to provide proof of your impending travel. And you need a photo ID, and your naturalization certificate, of course. You pay an extra fee for expedited service.

Good luck.

oh..wow thank you so much for the additional information

yes, i have read on other threads about making the appointment beforehand but thank u for letting me know it is best to do it 14 days before the actual appointment lol i was planning as soon as i get my interview date and all my itinerary squared away, i'll call them asap hahaha i even was planning on doing that this week hahaha but i bet they will probably think i'm too early lol

so do i just show them my naturalization certificate if i get my passport in hours? wow lol i, like many, have a fear of losing such document when i would get approved.. lol

i am still anxious about the interview thing lol coz i am filing under 319 b so to actually have that piece of paper would be a little piece of heaven lol

[NickD 202]

oh..wow thank you so much for the additional information

yes, i have read on other threads about making the appointment beforehand but thank u for letting me know it is best to do it 14 days before the actual appointment lol i was planning as soon as i get my interview date and all my itinerary squared away, i'll call them asap hahaha i even was planning on doing that this week hahaha but i bet they will probably think i'm too early lol

so do i just show them my naturalization certificate if i get my passport in hours? wow lol i, like many, have a fear of losing such document when i would get approved.. lol

i am still anxious about the interview thing lol coz i am filing under 319 b so to actually have that piece of paper would be a little piece of heaven lol

Interesting, DOS opened an on site passport facility in Minneapolis I didn't know about. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2009/06a/124701.htm has an article on this. Chicago was the closest one and for us, a two day trip. Can do Minneapolis in less than a day.

Never needed a passport while in the military, even offered me free transportation. Only problem is they sent us to places where we didn't want to go.

[newlyweds 0]

Interesting, DOS opened an on site passport facility in Minneapolis I didn't know about. http://www.state.gov.../06a/124701.htm has an article on this. Chicago was the closest one and for us, a two day trip. Can do Minneapolis in less than a day.

Never needed a passport while in the military, even offered me free transportation. Only problem is they sent us to places where we didn't want to go.

same goes for my husband lol he never needed a passport until traveling to see me in my home country lol

offered transportation like the Space A flights? i'm trying to look into that lol so we can actually save some $ lol

but then again those military flights are rather very very risky as you can easily get bumped lol

i dont even know if i can be eligible lol

Edited September 29, 2010 by newlyweds