Oath scheduled, safe to buy ticket international trip?

[hellomms 16]

I passed my interview and the oath ceremony has been scheduled.

Could something go wrong at this stage? I am planning to use US Passport for an upcoming trip in November, I think there is plenty of time between Oath and the trip so I am not worries about the processing of the Passport .... curious if anything could prevent me from getting the Certificate on the date of Ceremony, and whether I should or should not buy tickets (prices may go up)

[Ian H. 207]

Hi,

It's ok to buy your ticket, everyone gets their certificate on the date of the oath. The only thing that I can think of that would affect you, is if you commit a crime that would void the moral character part of the citizenship, but only you would know that lol.

Don't be concerned. As a matter of fact, if you have to travel and you don't have your passport you can always go in person to the passport office with proof of travel. You're here in NYC, the office is downtown, I think on Hudson St, I was there back in 2012.

The passport by mail can take like 6 to 8 weeks especially for first time passport, so be sure you have this time from the date of the oath to the date of the trip. If not you will have to request an expedite and pay the extra fee if you do it by mail. In order to apply in person, it's the same thing, there's an extra $60 fee. Good luck.

Also, just to note, in order to request an expedite the trip has to be in the next 2 weeks. So you would be able to mail it in for normal processing, but you won't be able to request the expedite until there's 2 weeks left before your trip.

[hellomms 16]

Thank you for the detailed response. I will try to stay moral for the next 6 days

This was helpful, I booked the ticket and setup appointment for the passport in the post office, I will have around 9 weeks before travel so should work out without expediting. So excited !

Hi,

It's ok to buy your ticket, everyone gets their certificate on the date of the oath. The only thing that I can think of that would affect you, is if you commit a crime that would void the moral character part of the citizenship, but only you would know that lol.

Don't be concerned. As a matter of fact, if you have to travel and you don't have your passport you can always go in person to the passport office with proof of travel. You're here in NYC, the office is downtown, I think on Hudson St, I was there back in 2012.

The passport by mail can take like 6 to 8 weeks especially for first time passport, so be sure you have this time from the date of the oath to the date of the trip. If not you will have to request an expedite and pay the extra fee if you do it by mail. In order to apply in person, it's the same thing, there's an extra $60 fee. Good luck.

Also, just to note, in order to request an expedite the trip has to be in the next 2 weeks. So you would be able to mail it in for normal processing, but you won't be able to request the expedite until there's 2 weeks left before your trip.

[dioxide45 25]

Also, just to note, in order to request an expedite the trip has to be in the next 2 weeks. So you would be able to mail it in for normal processing, but you won't be able to request the expedite until there's 2 weeks left before your trip.

I believe this only applies to expedited passports in person. Anyone can request an expedited passport by mail by paying the fee. There is no requirement on when your travel it.

[Ian H. 207]

I agree. I was thinking back to when I had to request my passport within 2 weeks of travel. He should be able to request an expedite by mail right away. Thanks.

[second stage 14]

I passed my interview and the oath ceremony has been scheduled.

Could something go wrong at this stage? I am planning to use US Passport for an upcoming trip in November, I think there is plenty of time between Oath and the trip so I am not worries about the processing of the Passport .... curious if anything could prevent me from getting the Certificate on the date of Ceremony, and whether I should or should not buy tickets (prices may go up)

Not a concern but my only suggestion is if you need a Visa for international travel you need to bake that into your timeline.

[janetusman 33]

I would wait to buy a ticket until you actually have your visa in hand. There are a couple of people on the ISL tracker that were called in for oath and fingerprints who were put back into AP.

[Ian H. 207]

I've never heard of anyone being put into AP for naturalization. Once you take the oath of allegiance, you are a USC.