N400 interview reschedule question

[ckurt 23]

My wife received her citizenship interview notice yesterday. The interview date is set in September but we were planning on going out of country for a month for my sister in laws wedding. We already bought the tickets couple of months ago but we are not sure if we should reschedule the interview date or just change our travel plans. Does anyone know if attending a wedding overseas is good enough explanation for rescheduling the interview date? I would like to know if anyone ever rescheduled their interview date for a similar reason. How long after they sent their letter did they get their new interview date? Was there any complications? 

 

Thank you in advance.

[Going through 5,671]

59 minutes ago, ckurt said:

My wife received her citizenship interview notice yesterday. The interview date is set in September but we were planning on going out of country for a month for my sister in laws wedding. We already bought the tickets couple of months ago but we are not sure if we should reschedule the interview date or just change our travel plans. Does anyone know if attending a wedding overseas is good enough explanation for rescheduling the interview date? I would like to know if anyone ever rescheduled their interview date for a similar reason. How long after they sent their letter did they get their new interview date? Was there any complications? 

 

Thank you in advance.

The choice to reschedule is yours...USCIS doesn't ask, nor cares about what the reason for rescheduling is.

In all honesty, if I were you, I'd change my travel plans instead---you've waited a long time for this moment, stressed out about this moment, and worked hard for this moment.

 

If you do reschedule, keep in mind that it will delay your case.  Some people don't get a new interview date until several months down the road, but you might get lucky and have only a 1-2 month wait.  And then, there have been horror stories around here that USCIS never received notice of the rescheduling or failed to update the rescheduling request into their system and sent out a denial letter saying the applicant did a no-show .... turning into a huge mess for the applicant to try to clear up.

 

Life happens, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  You said you are planning on being out of the US for a month---- If there's any possibility you can delay your travel plans even for a week or however long to attend the interview as is, and still make the actual wedding date, I would strongly advise you do so, and look into rescheduling the oath ceremony afterwards if you need to.

Edited August 21, 2017 by Going through

[ckurt 23]

12 hours ago, Going through said:

The choice to reschedule is yours...USCIS doesn't ask, nor cares about what the reason for rescheduling is.

In all honesty, if I were you, I'd change my travel plans instead---you've waited a long time for this moment, stressed out about this moment, and worked hard for this moment.

 

If you do reschedule, keep in mind that it will delay your case.  Some people don't get a new interview date until several months down the road, but you might get lucky and have only a 1-2 month wait.  And then, there have been horror stories around here that USCIS never received notice of the rescheduling or failed to update the rescheduling request into their system and sent out a denial letter saying the applicant did a no-show .... turning into a huge mess for the applicant to try to clear up.

 

Life happens, sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.  You said you are planning on being out of the US for a month---- If there's any possibility you can delay your travel plans even for a week or however long to attend the interview as is, and still make the actual wedding date, I would strongly advise you do so, and look into rescheduling the oath ceremony afterwards if you need to.

Thank you for your advice  After carefully thinking things over, we have decided to change our travel plans  

[Holt 73]

On 8/21/2017 at 11:57 AM, ckurt said:

Thank you for your advice  After carefully thinking things over, we have decided to change our travel plans  

Great! I totally agree with @Going through because we don't want to mess with USCIS. 

Make an adjustment for a travel plan might costs you money for rebooking but taking a risk of rescheduling your interview may cost you more hassles.

Good luck with your interview. 

I need to move to South Cal and I am applying in North Cal, the interview date is near my moving date so i would rather complete the process than change my address, and started to wait again. Sometime, the file went lost then I would be screwed. Just don't want to take any risk.

Edited August 23, 2017 by rlam57