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Curiously waiting   2

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As I was looking for an oath schedule for the Philadelphia FO I came across an unofficial Facebook page regarding their oath ceremony, where people do a "Facebook check-in" the day of their oath at  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration.

I reviewed the 2018 check-ins and it seems that Philly's Oath ceremonies take place on Mondays and occasionally Fridays. For the month of April there was an oath ceremony every single Monday and once on Friday. 

I'm not sure if anyone has an official schedule but I just thought I might share what I  found so far. IF they are doing it as often as everyone was checking in then it looks like the Philadelphia FO is moving at a good pace. 

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Thank you for the info.

I wish, however, that they paid more attention to their testing. On April 20 my status got updated to "Oath ceremony has been scheduled. You will get details in the mail". I wait for the letter and it arrives on April 26th. It says that my oath was scheduled for April 20th! The same day they updated my status! The letter itself is dated April 20th!

Now I get a notice saying that I have missed my oath ceremony!

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9 hours ago, AlwaysSunny said:

Thank you for the info.

I wish, however, that they paid more attention to their testing. On April 20 my status got updated to "Oath ceremony has been scheduled. You will get details in the mail". I wait for the letter and it arrives on April 26th. It says that my oath was scheduled for April 20th! The same day they updated my status! The letter itself is dated April 20th!

Now I get a notice saying that I have missed my oath ceremony!

Oh man, that sucks! I haven't been able to access my account but I was told there was a document tab that shows you the information prior to your letter arriving, not sure if this is true or not. Have you called about it? if you do maybe ask if they can give you a date over the phone to prevent a reoccurrence of this unfortunate situation. 

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I called them and they told me to mail the letter back to them with an explanation of what is wrong and why I didn't attend. I guess my explanation will be that I don't have a time machine.

Curiously waiting, did the facebook page tell at what time people have oath ceremony on Monday? I want to maybe try and walk in.

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On 4/27/2018 at 6:33 PM, AlwaysSunny said:

I called them and they told me to mail the letter back to them with an explanation of what is wrong and why I didn't attend. I guess my explanation will be that I don't have a time machine.

Curiously waiting, did the facebook page tell at what time people have oath ceremony on Monday? I want to maybe try and walk in.

 

Apologies for the delayed response. It seems to be 11 am but most posts show the post-ceremony. Here's the link:

 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Citizenship-and-Immigration-Services/214009222106072

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15 hours ago, AlwaysSunny said:

Curiously waiting, thank you! For now, I decided just to go to work instead and not take a day off. The ceremony doesn't have a "solemn" feel to me anymore, they've made a joke out of it.

You're welcome! I'm sorry that happened to you,  your process will be over soon and you won't ever have to worry about that again!

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I know for a fact that Philadelphia Office is scheduling oath ceremony on Mondays and on Fridays.

 

The Immigration Officer on my case is an amazing human being who genuinely cares about me and my application - he's called me several times to update my status and last week when he called to finally inform me that my application was approved and he told me they're scheduling oath ceremony on Mondays and Fridays and I could pick what day work best for me.  

 

Anyways, happy to report that I am scheduled for my oath ceremony tomorrow :)! 

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17 minutes ago, u_got_that said:

I know for a fact that Philadelphia Office is scheduling oath ceremony on Mondays and on Fridays.

 

The Immigration Officer on my case is an amazing human being who genuinely cares about me and my application - he's called me several times to update my status and last week when he called to finally inform me that my application was approved and he told me they're scheduling oath ceremony on Mondays and Fridays and I could pick what day work best for me.  

 

Anyways, happy to report that I am scheduled for my oath ceremony tomorrow :)! 

Mine is also tomorrow ...at Philadelphia..time is at 2:00 PM...Whats your time..???

They schedule 2 times ....one is in the morning at 11:00 AM....

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8 hours ago, m@istar said:

Mine is also tomorrow ...at Philadelphia..time is at 2:00 PM...Whats your time..???

They schedule 2 times ....one is in the morning at 11:00 AM....

2pm for me!!!

4 minutes ago, hopephilly said:

Hhhhhi , you know about 11:00 am from me lol .

Did you take a day off tomorrow ?

Taking the day off for me!

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m@istar   3

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1 hour ago, hopephilly said:

Hhhhhi , you know about 11:00 am from me lol .

Did you take a day off tomorrow ?

Yeah...I know you have your oath at 11:00 AM morning...Ahead of us....Good Luck for your oath

No I am not taking day off...coz its at 2:00 PM so probably I will take half day....

Are you prepared for the next steps.....Update Citizenship on your SSN, Apply for Passport...???

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m@istar   3

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1 hour ago, u_got_that said:

2pm for me!!!

Taking the day off for me!

Ohh...Thats Great...same time for both of us...What time do you plan to arrive...Me probably at 1:30 PM

I haven't takem day off ...Half day will be fine for me...Since my job starts early at 7:00 AM....

Good Luck 

 
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