Delaying the Oath Taking after Interview

[Alexmat1 9]

10 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

 I am asking, since I might need many more months to settle some matters back in my country which needs me to be a citizen of that country till its accomplished. It could be easily   10 months to 2 years given the delays in government offices and what I am trying to achieve needs many approvals from the government offices.   

 

that statement implies you intend to stay 10 months to possible 2 years 

 

Please state exactly what you may need to do to get good replies here 

including the other country involved as the individuals from that country can best assist you

 

you may want to consider the following:

A reentry permit establishes that you did not intend to abandon status, and it allows you to apply for admission to the United States after traveling abroad for up to 2 years without having to obtain a returning resident visa. Reentry permits are normally valid for 2 years from the date of issuance.

 

As for the oath ceremony part that has been answered above 

Your document to take the oath has questions on the reverse side about "new possible " criminal activity which you sign at the oath itself so immigration covers that issue with those questions and the oath you will take

Good luck 

Not sure if that was misleading, but I wouldnt be living there. I would have to visit for a month or two in a year and get the process and approvals moving. 

10 hours ago, Thunderbolt said:

Do you have to renounce citizenship in your country before becoming USC? 

Even that your country doesn't recognize dual citizenship (which country?) it doesn't mean that you can't have two.

 

Yes my country doesnt allow dual yet :-(. From India

[Alexmat1 9]

9 hours ago, cosmonauts said:

Yes, this! It's worth finding out. Chile for example doesn't allow dual citizenship with the US but they don't ask you to renounce anything. You're just American in the US and Chilean in Chile but never both at the same time for legal purposes.

How does this work. I am from India so this is the same case. My reasons they would find out is this - Once I have the US passport, and I travel to India, I would be entering on US passport with a Indian visa. In fact while applying for the visa itself one pre requisite might be that I cancel the passport (else why would I need the visa). 

I could travel instead on India passport (thus not needing a visa) but at the entry they would check where I came from and if I have a legal visa/residency. Since I am a US citizen then, I dont have a visa to show. Then they realize I am a US passport holder too. They would not only cancel my passport but I am not sure if that would lead to other consequences.

 

I would be interested to see how it works in the case of Chile, since India and Chile seems to have the same policies regarding not allowing dual citizenship. 

[Alexmat1 9]

8 hours ago, MaleAlpha said:

Similar to the US actually. U.S. law does not mention dual nationality or require a person to choose one nationality or another. You are only a US citizen as far as the US is concerned. Your citizenship with another country has nothing to do with the US government unless of course you work for that foreign government. Honestly I don't see what the OP is worried about hence why it may make sense for them to disclose more e.g. the reason? which country? etc. Difficult giving vague information in a question and expecting to receive targeted answers.

India. Many countries dont allow dual citizenship. They need you to renounce your current citizenship and surrender the passport if you become a citizen of another country. As mentioned in my previous answer, I dont know how one can keep both passports esp when one travels. Even if I dont travel and remain in the US, and when my India passport expires in 10 years and I have to renew it I have to show the US visa/residency on which I stay in US ( I assume this is to weed out US passport holders applying for India passport too). So then I have to declare. So either when I travel or at the time of passport renewal, I have to declare. Since I travel , I think that would be a problem, hence my thought that I can only keep one passport. I will be open to hear other suggestions about how ppl in such situations could keep both passports. 

 

[Alexmat1 9]

3 hours ago, Zaidba said:

Assuming the possibility of delaying Oath for 2 years, when you come back you will be asked if you have travelled after your interview and how long did you stay outside the US. Here you will be outside US for more than six months and loose your eligibility for citizenship. I suggest that you consult an immigration lawyer before you take a decision.

I clarified - I would remain in US. I would travel to India to get things approved/moving, about 1-2 months in a year (it could be 2 weeks travel about 3-4 times a year depending on how fast/slow the process moves)

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

1 minute ago, Alexmat1 said:

How does this work. I am from India so this is the same case. My reasons they would find out is this - Once I have the US passport, and I travel to India, I would be entering on US passport with a Indian visa. In fact while applying for the visa itself one pre requisite might be that I cancel the passport (else why would I need the visa). 

I could travel instead on India passport (thus not needing a visa) but at the entry they would check where I came from and if I have a legal visa/residency. Since I am a US citizen then, I dont have a visa to show. Then they realize I am a US passport holder too. They would not only cancel my passport but I am not sure if that would lead to other consequences.

 

I would be interested to see how it works in the case of Chile, since India and Chile seems to have the same policies regarding not allowing dual citizenship. 

India explicitly has a different system to Chile. The poster said Chile doesn’t ask you to renounce anything. You explicitly cannot have another passport under Indian law.

[Alexmat1 9]

4 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

India explicitly has a different system to Chile. The poster said Chile doesn’t ask you to renounce anything. You explicitly cannot have another passport under Indian law.

Got it. So thats my need. To keep my Indian passport till the process is done. Looks like I will have to delay oath/abandon and then re do N-400 (Citizenship again). 

Which brings my next question - Would it affect my second application for citizenship if my first was found abandoned (because of me not being able to take oath for the said reasons).

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

6 minutes ago, Alexmat1 said:

Got it. So thats my need. To keep my Indian passport till the process is done. Looks like I will have to delay oath/abandon and then re do N-400 (Citizenship again). 

Which brings my next question - Would it affect my second application for citizenship if my first was found abandoned (because of me not being able to take oath for the said reasons).

Nope. In fact if you haven’t been sent an interview /oath notice yet you may as well just withdraw the application now (there is no negative implication for doing so), it will save a currently time-stressed uscis person from spending time on an application that is not going anywhere. Unfortunately you lose your filing  fee.

 

 

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

It sounds like your best bet us to withdraw your application and apply when you are ready to become a US citizen. It’s very possible you may have the interview and oath on the same day - so in that example there is no prelongjng the naturalization.