May I request a deferred Oath?

[Antonio y Olga 1]

We are wringing our hands with this situation, we bought a Caribbean cruise for Dec 31st through Jan 7. My wife recently had her fingerpints, she was advised today that her interview letter is on the way, if all of this leads to the oath being this year we won't be able to get a passport in time and we'll lose our cruise, we've asked the cruise company and the insurance doesn't cover our situation; the only thing that occurs to me is that at the time of the interview we can ask the officer to schedule her oath for mid to late-January. Does anyone know if this is possible or acceptable?

thanks

[ScramJet 35]

Was passport issuance requirement for you scheduling a trip to Caribbean? (just curious)

It is possible to deffer anything with a valid reason, however I am not sure your pleasure cruise will be enough of a reason for government to postpone oath ceremony. Best course of action is to call your local USCIS office. In the meantime maybe you should Google your question and see what comes up

[Penguin_ie 5,997]

It's only two months till the end of the year, and there are some major holidays. I think it's unlikely you'll have your interview and oath both before the end of the year, as they usually give a month's notice of each. If the interview is soon then yes, I would just ask for the oath to happen after mid January at the interview.

Edited October 24, 2011 by Penguin_ie

[Antonio y Olga 1]

Thanks for the replies, it ocurred to me to search the subject in VJ archives and it popped up, the problem is the advice goes in opposite directions, from "no problem at all" to "don't even think about postponing". I would like to hear from someone who has actually gone through a postponement. My cruise while a pleasure cruise is to celebrate our five year anniversary so it's not necessarily trivial from that respect.

[nwctzn 55]

We are wringing our hands with this situation, we bought a Caribbean cruise for Dec 31st through Jan 7. My wife recently had her fingerpints, she was advised today that her interview letter is on the way, if all of this leads to the oath being this year we won't be able to get a passport in time and we'll lose our cruise, we've asked the cruise company and the insurance doesn't cover our situation; the only thing that occurs to me is that at the time of the interview we can ask the officer to schedule her oath for mid to late-January. Does anyone know if this is possible or acceptable?

thanks

You can reschedule anything with USCIS like interview or oath. However, it will cause typically a significant delay, so it is your call. I saw in one tracker that the oath got delayed by two months because of rescheduling. Of course, it will depend on your local USCIS office. So you would need the feedback of someone who rescheduled their oath at your office. Best of luck!

Edited October 24, 2011 by nwctzn

[bigdog 377]

All you can do is ask. Cruise is not a good reason.

[v333k 59]

We are wringing our hands with this situation, we bought a Caribbean cruise for Dec 31st through Jan 7. My wife recently had her fingerpints, she was advised today that her interview letter is on the way, if all of this leads to the oath being this year we won't be able to get a passport in time and we'll lose our cruise, we've asked the cruise company and the insurance doesn't cover our situation; the only thing that occurs to me is that at the time of the interview we can ask the officer to schedule her oath for mid to late-January. Does anyone know if this is possible or acceptable?

thanks

If you have your oath prior to your travel plans, you can take your reservations and go to your local passport agency - they can produce the passport same day for you at not extra charge. but the requirement is you need to be traveling within 2 weeks and not longer.

travel.state.gov and check the nearest center to you...

The other option - is to reschedule your oath, which is fine, and there shouldn't be any issues with USCIS.

[Antonio y Olga 1]

If you have your oath prior to your travel plans, you can take your reservations and go to your local passport agency - they can produce the passport same day for you at not extra charge. but the requirement is you need to be traveling within 2 weeks and not longer.

travel.state.gov and check the nearest center to you...

The other option - is to reschedule your oath, which is fine, and there shouldn't be any issues with USCIS.

Sweet, best advice of all, thank you very much !