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48 minutes ago, mark08 said:

Hi, I have a question to those of you who have had your interviews yet. Did you need to bring your foreign passport to the interview or ceremony? Or was the green card + state ID / driver license enough? I will be renewing my passport soon so for a few weeks I won't have it, and if they schedule my interview during that time, what am I supposed to do? Reschedule it for later? 

Can you wait on renewing your passport until after the interview?

 

I don't believe it's needed for ceremony

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Well, the wife had her interview today 10:30am appointment time. I want to advise everyone that this is second hand information from a wired and excited woman so I had to glean portions of the followi

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Just updating following my husband's N-400 interview (Montgomery, AL Field Office).   The appointment was at 9:30AM, and we went in at 9:15AM. I was not allowed to go inside. He was called b

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Well it's done the wife had her oath ceremony this afternoon, really nothing to report it was not to overly crowded as my wife's ceremony was the third and final one of the day so there were about 495

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54 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Can you wait on renewing your passport until after the interview?

 

Some countries make it much more difficult to renew a passport if you decide to update it after an expiration date. For Russian passports, for example, you need to prove your citizenship first before being able to proceed with a new passport application. It just complicates things. I hope it's not the case for the author and he can wait. I agree with you that it would be the easiest option. 

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Some countries make it much more difficult to renew a passport if you decide to update it after an expiration date. For Russian passports, for example, you need to prove your citizenship first before being able to proceed with a new passport application. It just complicates things. 

That's good to know, thank you.

@mark08 can also confirm whether old passport will be taken away. When I renewed passport last, I kept the old one. It just got invalidated by cutting a corner.

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1 hour ago, Olga&Jared said:

 

I just had my interview this week, and I brought two passports. The one that I used to first enter the US 4 years ago that is now expired, and the new one that I just got earlier this year. An officer took both, scanned them, and then gave them back. In your case, maybe you can request a paper from your embassy saying that your new passport is in the works and they took your old one? For Russian passport renewals they never take away an actual passport that's why I don't know how common it is not to have it during renewal. In any case, would be good to have some sort of paper that you can show if your interview and passport renewal overlap. 

Did they give your foreign passport back? 

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8 minutes ago, KenandBina said:

Did they give your foreign passport back? 

Wife took her foreign passport to the interview.  The officer wanted to see the ADIT stamp she had gotten.  Yes, they gave her passport back. They have no right to keep it (Some people need their foreign passports when they enter their home country).

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Thank you everyone! Yeah I would definitely prefer to renew my passport a few months before it expires. But I did just read on the official gov website that they just invalidate the old passport (punch wholes or cut the corner) like @OldUser mentioned, so I'll need to confirm its the same when renewing though the consulate/embassy but it should be OK. If USCIS is fine with receiving an expired/invalidated foreign passport then it should definitely be sufficient. Thanks!

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55 minutes ago, mark08 said:

Thank you everyone! Yeah I would definitely prefer to renew my passport a few months before it expires. But I did just read on the official gov website that they just invalidate the old passport (punch wholes or cut the corner) like @OldUser mentioned, so I'll need to confirm its the same when renewing though the consulate/embassy but it should be OK. If USCIS is fine with receiving an expired/invalidated foreign passport then it should definitely be sufficient. Thanks!

The primary reason USCIS needs the passport is to see any stamps / visas related to your US immigration.

The passport doesn't have to be unexpired or valid when you show it to IO.

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Finally got my interview scheduled for Nov 17th at the Sacramento Office.

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Delivered: 3/1/22

Text with receipt number: 3/3/22

Biometrics Reuse notice: 07/14/2022

 

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Filed online 01/14/2023

Biometrics Reuse notice: 01/14/2023

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Good news from the San Francisco office. Filed at the end of January.  Unfortunately it is not a combo interview.  We are still stuck on Fingerprints since July 2022.

 

Interview has been scheduled for December. 

 

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Finally have my interview tomorrow! 😁 SF office

TIMELINE:

May 22 2018              I-129F Filed
May 30 2018              I-129F NOA1 
Nov. 07 2018              I-129F NOA2
Nov. 21 2018              Case received by NVC

Dec. 04 2018              Case # Assigned

Dec. 11 2018              Visa Application in Transit to Manila Embassy 📭

Dec. 13 2018              Visa Application set to READY 📬

Dec. 27 2018              Interview Date US Embassy - Read Review Here

Jan. 05 2019              Visa on hand

Jan. 16 2019              US Entry (San Francisco POE) - Read Review Here

Feb. 11 2019              Marriage 👰🤵

Mar. 12 2019              AOS mailed

Mar. 14 2019              AOS delivered to USCIS Chicago

Mar. 19 2019              AOS NOA

Apr. 09 2019               Biometrics done (Status stayed as "Fingerprint fee received" for 4 months

Aug. 09 2019              Interview Ready to be Scheduled
Oct. 10 2019               EAD and AP (approved after 212 days)

Oct. 18 2019               EAD/AP Combo card received

Feb. 20 2020              GC Interview, no same day result, case in review (SF Field Office) - Read Review Here

Feb. 21 2020              (next day) Status changed to New card is being produced!

Feb. 10 2022              Mailed I-751 ROC

Feb. 11 2022              I-751 date filed

Feb. 14 2022              NOA1 (WAC)

Jul. 13 2022               NOA2- biometric appointment waived, no refund for fee collected, old biometrics will  be reused

Jul. 14 2022               Case Status: 4 "Case Was Updated To Show Fingerprints Were Taken"

Dec. 26 2022             Filed N-400 online, NOA and Biometrics reuse same date

Mar. 20 2023             NOA3- 48 month GC extension from date of expiration

Oct. 18 2023              Case status: I-751 ROC transferred to another office

Oct. 19 2023              Case status: "We transferred your Form I751 yo another USCIS office that now has jurisdiction over your case"

Oct. 21 2023              Case status: "New Card Is Being Produced"

Oct. 23 2023              N-400 Interview was scheduled

Oct. 24 2023              Case status: "We approved your Form I-751"

Oct. 25 2023              Case status: "Card was mailed to me"

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