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Hi All- I got naturalized today and I was wondering on the fastest way to get a US passport. I work in aviation and I want to be sure I am ready. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

AOS (Adjusting from H-1B)

10/30/2013 - Day 00 - Package Mailed via FedEx (Forms included: I-130, I485, I-765, I-864, & G-325a)

10/31/2013 - Day 01 - Package delivered & Signed for @ Chicago lockbox
11/04/2013 - Day 05 - Email/text notifications received for forms I-130, I-485, & I-765
11/07/2013 - Day 08 - NOA1 hard copies received for form I-130, I-485, & I-765

11/07/2013 - Day 08 - Biometric appointment letter received and scheduled for 11/25/13
11/19/2013 - Day 20 - Biometrics early walk-in completed @ St. Louis ASC

11/21/2013 - Day 22 - RFE 1

01/17/2014 - Day 79 - RFE 1 sent to Lee's Summit

01/25/2014 - Day 87 - EAD in production

01/25/2014 - Day 87 - Status online changed to "Testing and Interview"

02/01/2014 - Day 94 - EAD received

03/13/2014 - Day 134 - Interview Date

03/13/2014 - Day 134 - Online status changed to approved

03/17/2014 - Day 138 - Approval notice received in the mail for I-130 & I-485

03/19/2014 - Day 140 - Notification of Green Card mailed

03/24/2014 - Day 145 - Green card received

 

ROC

03/04/2016 - Day 00 - Package Mailed to CSC via USPS (Forms included: I-751 w/Evidence)

03/07/2016 - Day 03 - Package delivered

03/10/2016 - Day 06 - Check cashed

03/10/2016 - Day 06 - Biometric appointment letter received and scheduled for 03/31/16

03/22/2016 - Day 18 - Biometrics early walk-in completed @ Indianapolis ASC

09/14/2016 - Day 194 - Status online changed to "We Ordered Your New Card"

09/19/2016 - Day 199 - Status online changed to "We Mailed Your New Card"

 

N-400 CITIZENSHIP

11/22/2022 - Day 00 - N-400 Submitted

11/22/2022 - Day 00 - N-400 NOA & Biometric Reuse Notification

12/15/2022 - Day 23 - N-400 Interview appointment scheduled for 01/26/23

01/26/2023 - Day 65 - Interview Date (APPROVED).

02/22/2023 - Day 92 - Oath Ceremony (US CITIZEN)

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54 minutes ago, Dip694 said:

Hi All- I got naturalized today and I was wondering on the fastest way to get a US passport. I work in aviation and I want to be sure I am ready. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Obviously go to a passport office at your location and apply, take your original naturalization certificate with you and your state id or driver’s license. You can pay an extra $60 for expedited. I did mine the routine way and it took Me 3 weeks. Congratulations on your naturalization.

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1 hour ago, Dip694 said:

Hi All- I got naturalized today and I was wondering on the fastest way to get a US passport. I work in aviation and I want to be sure I am ready. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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

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23 hours ago, Dip694 said:

Hi All- I got naturalized today and I was wondering on the fastest way to get a US passport. I work in aviation and I want to be sure I am ready. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

The fastest way is to apply at a passport agency as compared to a USCIS location. But those appointments are hard to come by and are only for those who have travel booked within 72 hours (I believe it is), that doesn't seem to apply to you, you didn't mention that you have plane tickets to prove any urgent travel. 

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

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* Kristin *   49

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On 2/22/2023 at 4:09 PM, mniceguy16 said:

Obviously go to a passport office at your location and apply, take your original naturalization certificate with you and your state id or driver’s license. You can pay an extra $60 for expedited. I did mine the routine way and it took Me 3 weeks. Congratulations on your naturalization.

I was reading this on the passport application form today... so to confirm: the ORIGINAL naturalization certificate gets sent in?! ...the mail scares me!!!

K1 Journey
11/2006...... met for the first time on a night out in London!
11/25/07..... I moved to the UK on a work visa to be with him 🙂
02/27/09..... he proposed!
08/30/10..... sent I-129F
09/02/10..... NOA1
01/27/11..... NOA2 (147 DAYS from NOA1)
03/22/11..... INTERVIEW! (201 DAYS from NOA1) - APPROVED! --> Read the review here!
03/25/11..... visa received!!!
06/09/11..... POE LAX!! --> Read the review here!

AOS Journey
07/22/11.... SSN received
08/27/11.... our wonderful wedding!!
09/23/11.... sent AOS package
09/25/11.... AOS package delivered in Chicago (7:33 p.m.)
10/10/11.... AP rejection letter, refiled 10/17
10/11/11.... NOA1 received via text & email (AOS + EAD only)
10/15/11.... hard copies of NOA1 for AOS + EAD received (dated 10/7)
10/17/11.... refiled AP
10/18/11.... successful biometrics walk-in, Santa Ana, CA (appt for 11/1)
10/20/11.... NOA1 for AP
12/12/11.... call in to USCIS. Told to call back after 12/26.
12/23/11.... I-765 approved
02/1/12...... Interview
02/02/12.... Approved!
02/10/12.... Hubby's GC in hand!

 

ROC Journey

12/09/13.... sent I-751 to CSC

12/10/13.... package delivered / NOA1

12/12/13.... cheque cashed

01/06/14.... biometrics

04/18/14.... approval letter dated (received 4/22)

 

Naturalization Journey

09/29/22.... filed N-400 online

09/30/22... NOA/biometrics reuse

01/23/23... interview scheduled for 02/28 

02/28/23... successful interview + oath ceremony in Santa Ana, CA! so proud! certificate of naturalization received! --> Read the review here!

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1 hour ago, * Kristin * said:

I was reading this on the passport application form today... so to confirm: the ORIGINAL naturalization certificate gets sent in?! ...the mail scares me!!!

Yes they will mail it to you after they have mailed your passport.  This is the only way out, I got My passport last Tuesday and I am waiting for My original certificate. Also, you will be getting the new generation passport,it’s way cooler than the old version. 
side note, whether you tick the box to get extra pages on your passport, it’s gonna be same price as the regular 25 pages passport (because the new passports now are 25 pages for regular and 50 pages for the extra pages)

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13 hours ago, mniceguy16 said:

Yes they will mail it to you after they have mailed your passport.  This is the only way out, I got My passport last Tuesday and I am waiting for My original certificate. Also, you will be getting the new generation passport,it’s way cooler than the old version. 
side note, whether you tick the box to get extra pages on your passport, it’s gonna be same price as the regular 25 pages passport (because the new passports now are 25 pages for regular and 50 pages for the extra pages)

 

 

Thank you, thank you @mniceguy16! Good to know about the extra pages!

K1 Journey
11/2006...... met for the first time on a night out in London!
11/25/07..... I moved to the UK on a work visa to be with him 🙂
02/27/09..... he proposed!
08/30/10..... sent I-129F
09/02/10..... NOA1
01/27/11..... NOA2 (147 DAYS from NOA1)
03/22/11..... INTERVIEW! (201 DAYS from NOA1) - APPROVED! --> Read the review here!
03/25/11..... visa received!!!
06/09/11..... POE LAX!! --> Read the review here!

AOS Journey
07/22/11.... SSN received
08/27/11.... our wonderful wedding!!
09/23/11.... sent AOS package
09/25/11.... AOS package delivered in Chicago (7:33 p.m.)
10/10/11.... AP rejection letter, refiled 10/17
10/11/11.... NOA1 received via text & email (AOS + EAD only)
10/15/11.... hard copies of NOA1 for AOS + EAD received (dated 10/7)
10/17/11.... refiled AP
10/18/11.... successful biometrics walk-in, Santa Ana, CA (appt for 11/1)
10/20/11.... NOA1 for AP
12/12/11.... call in to USCIS. Told to call back after 12/26.
12/23/11.... I-765 approved
02/1/12...... Interview
02/02/12.... Approved!
02/10/12.... Hubby's GC in hand!

 

ROC Journey

12/09/13.... sent I-751 to CSC

12/10/13.... package delivered / NOA1

12/12/13.... cheque cashed

01/06/14.... biometrics

04/18/14.... approval letter dated (received 4/22)

 

Naturalization Journey

09/29/22.... filed N-400 online

09/30/22... NOA/biometrics reuse

01/23/23... interview scheduled for 02/28 

02/28/23... successful interview + oath ceremony in Santa Ana, CA! so proud! certificate of naturalization received! --> Read the review here!

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