N-400 June 2015 Filers

[kovacs 20]

Great news, overall. When is your date of travel?

Went to the passport agency this morning for my 8:30 appointment. They processed my application and said I could come back to pick up the passport tomorrow at 12 Noon. I was grateful for that because it meant I didn't have to hang around the cold and rainy downtown all day for a same-day pickup.

Strangely, they said they could not issue the Passport Card locally and that it will be mailed to my home from Tucson AZ. That's fine, as long as I have my passport in hand tomorrow the card can arrive later.

[edt370a 3]

Tomorrow, 7:30 PM to Vancouver via Seattle.

Great news, overall. When is your date of travel?

[kovacs 20]

Interesting. The Chicago Passport Agency policy is to so same day passport for next day travel. Only condition is that application must have been accepted by them before 11am.

Tomorrow, 7:30 PM to Vancouver via Seattle.

[edt370a 3]

Bureaucracies usually don't display much consistency or logic. That said, for a government agency these folks were surprisingly customer-service oriented. It was not a DMV-like experience. If they actually have my passport ready at Noon today as promised, I will not complain.

Interesting. The Chicago Passport Agency policy is to so same day passport for next day travel. Only condition is that application must have been accepted by them before 11am.

[llcoolmg 20]

Oath scheduled for 11/18/2015, please update. :-)

I'll give a detailed report of the interview when I return. I'm in Phoenix right now. Stressful day yesterday; naturalization interview and then fly across the country right afterwards for work!

[kovacs 20]

Curious... Are they presently holding your naturalization certificate, or did they return it to you yesterday?

Bureaucracies usually don't display much consistency or logic. That said, for a government agency these folks were surprisingly customer-service oriented. It was not a DMV-like experience. If they actually have my passport ready at Noon today as promised, I will not complain.

[S_R 148]

Bureaucracies usually don't display much consistency or logic. That said, for a government agency these folks were surprisingly customer-service oriented. It was not a DMV-like experience. If they actually have my passport ready at Noon today as promised, I will not complain.

I guess they were able to issue the passport! Edited November 10, 2015 by S_R

[edt370a 3]

They had my passport waiting for me at 12 Noon today as promised. They held onto my certificate overnight and duly returned it to me today along with the passport. Unlike kovacs who got his passport card the same day as well, mine they said would need to be mailed to me in a couple weeks from Tucson.

I then went straight to the airport, to the Global Entry office, and had them update my GE account with the new US passport before proceeding to the gate. That way I can use my new passport at the GE kiosk when I return home (yes, home!!!) on Sunday.

Oh Canada, here I come now...

I guess they were able to issue the passport!

Curious... Are they presently holding your naturalization certificate, or did they return it to you yesterday?

Edited November 10, 2015 by edt370a

[duck373 1]

We placed you in line for your oath ceremony and will send you a notice for Receipt Number NBC********, with the date, time, and location of your oath ceremony. You should receive your notice within 30 days of its mailing date. Please follow the instructions in the notice.

It changed to it today!

[kovacs 20]

Great news. You should have the letter by Saturday.

[KASH2011 382]

We placed you in line for your oath ceremony and will send you a notice for Receipt Number NBC********, with the date, time, and location of your oath ceremony. You should receive your notice within 30 days of its mailing date. Please follow the instructions in the notice.

It changed to it today!

Congrats!

[duck373 1]

Covacs

It seems to me that it is not scheduled yet, but just in line. Now I am just hoping not to be stuck in line for a couple of months

[kovacs 20]

I misread your messge. If it make you feel any better, in the NYC office people spend only 2-4 days in line for oath. Hopefully your local office is similar.

Covacs

It seems to me that it is not scheduled yet, but just in line. Now I am just hoping not to be stuck in line for a couple of months

[duck373 1]

Kovacs, I hope so too! Thank you! Fingers crossed! = )

[NexGen 8]

Covacs

It seems to me that it is not scheduled yet, but just in line. Now I am just hoping not to be stuck in line for a couple of months

I spoke to an immigration lawyer friend and he said it can take as long as 30-90 days in field offices where they have a high volume of applicants because they serve many counties and/or perform majority of their ceremonies offsite. In the DC field office in northern VA, they conduct quite a number of ceremonies at local schools so they only do them a few times per month.