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shiv.shankaran   0

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Hi All

This is an update to my previous post on 05/20. We had applied for our passports the same day as our naturalization at our local Tustin post office. Just regular service. My wife's passport came in just 10 days and mine came in 20. So again, unless there is a compelling reason, I suggest just apply for regular service and make an appointment in advance at your local post office. Best wishes to all. Shiv

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thoko Apprentice

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Many many thanks to the people that contributed to this topic! The details were spot on and helped a lot in figuring out what was going on when I went for my oath.

Just as a note, it doesn't matter if you get seated on the left or the right of the stage. You will be seated and leaving in the order you arrived. There will be many ushers who will guide you on where to get seated. Once you have checked in, the ushers will direct you to where the seating area is. From there, another set of ushers will tell you what row to go sit in. After the ceremony is over, the ushers will guide you out in the order you were seated (first in first out) towards the tables where you can pick your certificate up from.

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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Some recent posts have been split from this thread and given the topic title "When are 2016 Los Angeles Oath Ceremonies? [split topic]."

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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At what point can you leave the ceremony? Can you leave after you recite the oath after the judge?

Everyone stays until the ceremony itself is done. Usually the oath is not the last thing on the agenda before people are dismissed.

Once the ceremony is over, they hand out the naturalization certificates.

You can leave when you get your certificate... each location has a different way of handing out the certificates.

Some just ask you go to certain tables organized by last name or A#.

Some give you colored pieces of paper when you walk in and call groups by color.

Some hand out certificates row by row as people leave.

If you read the very first post in this thread, you'll find a very detailed description of what happens at the LA ceremony.

Edited by JimmyHou

For a review of each step of my N-400 naturalization process, from application to oath ceremony, please click here.

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