Need to Travel Back to Canada...US passport Still Delayed

[chrisete 55]

Hi Everyone, 

 

My Usa passport has still not arrived and they have my naturalization certificate and marriage certificate.   

 

A friend is dying in CANADA and I will need to quarantine for 2 weeks and hopefully I can still see her.  

 

Can i still cross back into the usa using photo copies.  Or can I use my Canadian passport. 

 

Thx.  I need to go asap 

 

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast/emergencies.html

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

Obviously you can enter Canada with your Canadian passport.

 

You can't return to the US with your Canadian passport.

I assume the state dept still has your Certificate of Naturalization? Otherwise you could drive there.

You cant apply for an emergency passport while one is pending.

When did you apply??

Call the 1-877-487-2778 and maybe they can tell you where your passport is down the pipeline.

Or create an emergency situation for you.

 

 

Edited September 5, 2020 by NEW CITIZEN

[chrisete 55]

43 minutes ago, NEW CITIZEN said:

Obviously you can enter Canada with your Canadian passport.

 

You can't return to the US with your Canadian passport.

I assume the state dept still has your Certificate of Naturalization? Otherwise you could drive there.

You cant apply for an emergency passport while one is pending.

When did you apply??

Call the 1-877-487-2778 and maybe they can tell you where your passport is down the pipeline.

Or create an emergency situation for you.

 

 

Thank you.  They have my certificate,  it is some where in Buffalo not even on the website yet.

 

I called and passport said its not an emergency...:,(

 

I applied July 21

 

I read that the usa cannot deny me entry even without my passport as I'm a citizen but I am not sure.  

 

P.s.  I hate life with covid 

 

 

 

Edited September 5, 2020 by chrisete

[Lemonslice 4,853]

Do you know anyone who could courrier your passport once it's delivered? 

 

Are you going by land, or flying?

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

13 minutes ago, chrisete said:

 

 

I read that the usa cannot deny me entry even without my passport as I'm a citizen but I am not sure.  

 

 

 

 

 

Technically, you would need to "prove" citizenship. But your NC is still in Buffalo.

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

When did you apply for your passport??

[chrisete 55]

21 minutes ago, NEW CITIZEN said:

When did you apply for your passport??

July 21

34 minutes ago, Lemonslice said:

Do you know anyone who could courrier your passport once it's delivered? 

 

Are you going by land, or flying?

my husband could.   I would drive up.

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

2 minutes ago, chrisete said:

July 21

 

Buffalo is a Phase Two agency as of July 6, you just might get your passport any day.

Mine was in Connecticut, I just received it, I applied the same day you did.

 

See the linked spreadsheet.

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

BTW, the passport status website will only say "in process" until it ships.

Once you get the "shipped" email, it will take 2 to 3 days.

[chrisete 55]

6 hours ago, NEW CITIZEN said:

BTW, the passport status website will only say "in process" until it ships.

Once you get the "shipped" email, it will take 2 to 3 days.

Unfortunately mine is not even processed as received yet.  

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

53 minutes ago, chrisete said:

Unfortunately mine is not even processed as received yet.  

Wait, you stated you called, and your Certificate is "somewhere in Buffalo"

Is that what they told you at the 877 number?

Then it's being processed.

 

You then stated "Unfortunately mine is not even processed as received yet.  "

Passports are received and processed in 7 to 8 days in Texas, where the USPS mails it.

Then sent to an Agency, as you were told, Buffalo.Thats where it being processed.

Buffalo will send instructions to Arkansas, where your passport will be printed,  shipped 2 day Prority..

Then your NC will be mailed from Buffalo first class mail.

 

If the passport status doesn't show it as received, then you are entering the wrong information.

Did you make a copy of your application? Check the information (Name, DOB, and SS number)

Enter it in the passport status search online exactly as shown on your application.

 

 

[NEW CITIZEN 151]

Look at the timelines in the link at the bottom of this post.

Everyone's passport goes in process within 8 days.

Edited September 6, 2020 by NEW CITIZEN

[HRQX 4,145]

19 hours ago, chrisete said:

I read that the usa cannot deny me entry even without my passport as I'm a citizen but I am not sure.

Correct; the CBP officer says, "We cannot deny US citizens the right to come into the United States." https://youtu.be/1FB1FTXwGLw?t=2237 But entering the US without proof of US citizenship is a headache; the CBP officer also says, "It makes it hard on us to try to figure it out."

[Undecided 78]

On 9/5/2020 at 10:07 AM, chrisete said:

Hi Everyone, 

 

My Usa passport has still not arrived and they have my naturalization certificate and marriage certificate.   

 

A friend is dying in CANADA and I will need to quarantine for 2 weeks and hopefully I can still see her.  

 

Can i still cross back into the usa using photo copies.  Or can I use my Canadian passport. 

 

Thx.  I need to go asap 

 

Have you checked that, even if you get into the country, and if you quarantine you will actually be able to see her? If she’s is any kind of facility (hospital, hospice, nursing home) it’s quite likely you will not be permitted to visit even after quarantine.. I’d make sure about that before doing anything rash.