Official USCIS Response to COVID-19

[N400NYC 380]

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-response-coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19

 

Note the line about travel within the past 14 days to ANYWHERE outside the USA. And note the impact of the COVID-19 situation on interviews and oath ceremonies. 

 

 

[kline19 102]

I am confused about the mention of "Daily Oath Ceremony Format". I am not sure what that is.

[N400NYC 380]

12 minutes ago, kline19 said:

I am confused about the mention of "Daily Oath Ceremony Format". I am not sure what that is.

I think what they mean by that is the usual oath ceremony in any given location will be changed/modified to deal with the new conditions (need for social distancing etc).

 

For example, I had my oath ceremony this past Friday in NYC. It was explicitly mentioned that they had changed the structure of the ceremony and eliminated some parts (which aren't legally necessary) in order to reduce the amount of time we were all together in the same room. So a ceremony that usually goes for 1 hour was reduced to about 20-30 minutes max. No guests were allowed in the room. We were also told (nicely) not to stay around taking photos in the area afterwards either so as to minimize contact between people. Overall they did a great job at honoring the importance of the occasion whilst also taking the new conditions into account. I wouldn't have cared if it was 5 minutes long! I was so grateful they didn't cancel it. 

[xyz12345 260]

for naturalization, I wonder who wants a full formal ceremony these days? With mine last year sorry but I dreaded the 'introduce and say something about yourself' part. I didn't mind hearing these from other people but hated to do this myself.

Edited March 15, 2020 by xyz12345

[JFH 12,190]

*~*~*moved to Coronavirus section*~*~*

[N400NYC 380]

8 hours ago, xyz12345 said:

for naturalization, I wonder who wants a full formal ceremony these days? With mine last year sorry but I dreaded the 'introduce and say something about yourself' part. I didn't mind hearing these from other people but hated to do this myself.

I was perfectly okay with the abbreviated ceremony!  

[RVPT 13]

So the interview process is still on at multiple places? Mine is on 19th March so i just want to get through the interview and oath ceremony

[N400NYC 380]

12 minutes ago, RVPT said:

So the interview process is still on at multiple places? Mine is on 19th March so i just want to get through the interview and oath ceremony

It's on unless you receive an official notification from USCIS that it isn't. 

[RVPT 13]

8 minutes ago, N400NYC said:

It's on unless you receive an official notification from USCIS that it isn't. 

Thank you. Haven't heard anything yet, but still 3 days to go, anything can change with the current situation

[little immigrant 801]

12 hours ago, JFH said:

*~*~*moved to Coronavirus section*~*~*

Wow we have a section for that now 

[N400NYC 380]

9 minutes ago, little immigrant said:

Wow we have a section for that now 

The new normal - life during the coronavirus pandemic!

[SmallTownPA 72]

As long as they keep processing I-129Fs I don't care.

 

CV-19 is going to go down in history as the biggest media driven cluster @@@@ of all time.

 

The only people dying have an average age of OVER 80.  So not, its not something a healthy/normal adult should worry about.

[N400NYC 380]

10 minutes ago, SmallTownPA said:

As long as they keep processing I-129Fs I don't care.

 

CV-19 is going to go down in history as the biggest media driven cluster @@@@ of all time.

 

The only people dying have an average age of OVER 80.  So not, its not something a healthy/normal adult should worry about.

This is FALSE. Also, try developing some compassion while you are waiting for your I-129F to be processed. 

 

 

[LoveJonLovell 306]

Thank you for posting!

[Orangesapples 1,954]

1 hour ago, SmallTownPA said:

As long as they keep processing I-129Fs I don't care.

 

CV-19 is going to go down in history as the biggest media driven cluster @@@@ of all time.

 

The only people dying have an average age of OVER 80.  So not, its not something a healthy/normal adult should worry about.

You should be ashamed of yourself. First of all, people younger than 80 are also dying. Second of all, even if only people over 80 were dying, their lives are still important and we have a duty to protect them.

 

Most normal adults have parents and grandparents. Of course they worry about them. If you don't think old people have the right to live, I don't know what to tell you.