Virtual Ceremony is now coming?

[Hamido 7]

1 minute ago, Demian_Bones said:

I'm waiting for my oath to be be scheduled in Minnesota as well. Thing is, all oath ceremonies have to be administered by a federal judge in Minnesota and so I imagine the ensuing backlog of thousands people waiting on the Minnesota district court to conduct the oaths would be insane. Maybe USCIS can try asking the Minnesota District court to grant them permission to administer the oaths for those applicants who aren't changing their names and they can try and conduct small administrative ceremonies of about 20 people a day and chip away at the backlog that way. 

The court have the right to waive their exclusive authority to uscis.

[Demian_Bones 11]

1 minute ago, Hamido said:

The court have the right to waive their exclusive authority to uscis.

Exactly! I think this would be more feasible since I don't really see a massive agency like USCIS quickly implementing a new internal process which is what virtual ceremonies will entail. I mean the courts in Wisconsin and other nearby states already grant USCIS this authority and so I don't see why Minnesota wouldn't. Ultimately, I think the reopening of USCIS will really be driven by governors and so we probably won't see a unified process across the board.

[Hamido 7]

14 minutes ago, Demian_Bones said:

Exactly! I think this would be more feasible since I don't really see a massive agency like USCIS quickly implementing a new internal process which is what virtual ceremonies will entail. I mean the courts in Wisconsin and other nearby states already grant USCIS this authority and so I don't see why Minnesota wouldn't. Ultimately, I think the reopening of USCIS will really be driven by governors and so we probably won't see a unified process across the board.

Most likely the governor will extend the stay order, that’s why the virtual ceremony is the only way,

[Yajhsar 7]

13 minutes ago, Hamido said:

Most likely the governor will extend the stay order, that’s why the virtual ceremony is the only way,

Again, what’s the priority of this matter in the Governor’s list? Would you all agree this (Governor pushing USCIS and to conduct virtual or small size oath ceremonies) will need atleast 6-8 working/business days if pushed aggressively? And for what? Some 100,000 people’s votes..They are already GC holders, so their livelihood in US isnt in any danger. During these times of crisis, voting rights is a nice to have (at least this is how USCIS would argue for not escalating the urgency of oath ceremonies). So they will take it when ever they are ready. I would want my family member to be administered oath right now..but is that going to happen? I doubt it...I am preparing for the worst and hoping for the best...

[Hamido 7]

13 minutes ago, Yajhsar said:

Again, what’s the priority of this matter in the Governor’s list? Would you all agree this (Governor pushing USCIS and to conduct virtual or small size oath ceremonies) will need atleast 6-8 working/business days if pushed aggressively? And for what? Some 100,000 people’s votes..They are already GC holders, so their livelihood in US isnt in any danger. During these times of crisis, voting rights is a nice to have (at least this is how USCIS would argue for not escalating the urgency of oath ceremonies). So they will take it when ever they are ready. I would want my family member to be administered oath right now..but is that going to happen? I doubt it...I am preparing for the worst and hoping for the best...

Me too I am not expecting anything happening before 2021, good luck 

[Phoenix777 73]

I am ABSOLUTELY DO NOT CARE ABOUT HOW CEREMONY WILL BE HELD. I just want my US citizenship! So yes, completely support this idea. I think we should write letters to support it.

[thongho2910 17]

update from friend:

"My Naturalization Oath Ceremony was canceled the last week of March, just 3 days before the ceremony because of the pandemic.
Now, last Friday May 8 I received an email notification that USCIS had taken action on my case, they scheduled me a new date May 15 @9AM 🙌🏼 for Oath ceremony, Yay!!! Then this morning I received a notification through my mail subscription that my appointment letter is coming in today’s mail ❤️ I’m in Texas!"

 

[Anifowose017 2]

32 minutes ago, thongho2910 said:

update from friend:

"My Naturalization Oath Ceremony was canceled the last week of March, just 3 days before the ceremony because of the pandemic.
Now, last Friday May 8 I received an email notification that USCIS had taken action on my case, they scheduled me a new date May 15 @9AM 🙌🏼 for Oath ceremony, Yay!!! Then this morning I received a notification through my mail subscription that my appointment letter is coming in today’s mail ❤️ I’m in Texas!"

 

What field office in TX are you and is it administrative ceremony or judicial?

[thongho2910 17]

9 minutes ago, Anifowose017 said:

What field office in TX are you and is it administrative ceremony or judicial?

I said that was my friend update, not my case so I dont know in detail. sorry

[Thelord 42]

 

District Court of Wyoming has conducted 2 naturalization ceremony with social distancing one at 1:30pm and another 3:30pm and they streamed it it live on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b__BkARfAYo

 

in each ceremony there like only 7-10 people. This is good news I think but hopefully this would be the start of conducting oath ceremonies with social distancing.

[xyz12345 260]

4 hours ago, Thelord said:

 

District Court of Wyoming has conducted 2 naturalization ceremony with social distancing one at 1:30pm and another 3:30pm and they streamed it it live on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b__BkARfAYo

 

in each ceremony there like only 7-10 people. This is good news I think but hopefully this would be the start of conducting oath ceremonies with social distancing.

no matter how it was conducted, with mask and all, I'll probably be still emotional! congrats to the newest USCs!

[thongho2910 17]

Kansas is moving

ppl reported this ceremony notice today:

 

[lucardo3 220]

I gathered all suggestions on this forum and reached out to Senators on my state urging them to take action. USCIS behavior will make an impact on upcoming elections in November.

[Demian_Bones 11]

Looks like there's an oath scheduled for May 20th in Minneapolis at the District court plaza, which is an interesting choice of venue given that it's outside so I'm guessing that's what they're trying to go with going forward. I'll be curious to see if anyone on here is scheduled for that date.

[Hamido 7]

Just now, Demian_Bones said:

Looks like there's an oath scheduled for May 20th in Minneapolis at the District court plaza, which is an interesting choice of venue given that it's outside so I'm guessing that's what they're trying to go with going forward. I'll be curious to see if anyone on here is scheduled for that date.

I also checked the court schedule and I found that date but no specific time.