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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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2 minutes ago, Viridian said:

Sorry, I didn’t intend to sideline your response, which I found very informative and helpful. I understand that your advice would be to reschedule my travel plans; however, this is precisely the scenario I am trying to avoid - both on a financial and emotional level, the costs of cancelling would be extremely steep. So I’m looking for the best alternative solution, knowing full well that the situation is extremely far from ideal.

Then if I were in your shoes I'd go with declining the same day oath (if they offer it and if it is even an option to decline) and either 1) hope that the oath ceremony date you get is after your trip or 2) If the date falls before or during your trip, either submit via snail mail per the instructions on your oath ceremony notification your request to reschedule or just not show up to the oath and assume they reschedule automatically. 

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Granted this was in 2019 and it was for AOS and not naturalization, but we had a scheduled trip to my husband's home country and of course, we received our AOS interview date which fell during that time we would be away. We opted to postpone the AOS interview and we attended it at a rescheduled date later. As long as you have a green card, there really isn't a rush to naturalize since it doesn't really change anything anyway. If you are okay with waiting a few weeks or months, I'd try to just postpone the date.

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I wouldn't dismiss the option of getting a U.S. passport quickly, if same day oath is offered to you. The expedited processing that doesn't involve urgent travel is unpredictable (could take 3 weeks, or could take 8 weeks), but the expedited processing when you have travel within 14 days is completely different and is known to be reliable. I would not dismiss this option at all. So, based on that, I personally wouldn't turn down doing the same day oath ceremony. 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ukraine
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2 hours ago, beloved_dingo said:

I wouldn't dismiss the option of getting a U.S. passport quickly, if same day oath is offered to you. The expedited processing that doesn't involve urgent travel is unpredictable (could take 3 weeks, or could take 8 weeks), but the expedited processing when you have travel within 14 days is completely different and is known to be reliable. I would not dismiss this option at all. So, based on that, I personally wouldn't turn down doing the same day oath ceremony. 

The concern isn't around whether or not you would get a passport right away for an urgent travel situation.

 

The concern is around whether or not appointments are readily available. The last thing they would want is to do a same day oath ceremony only to be unable to secure an appointment within a reasonable amount of time. Hence, the option of rescheduling being more conservative route for them to go especially given that they are not concerned with getting oath done in the near term. 

 

 

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Brazil
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4 hours ago, beloved_dingo said:

I wouldn't dismiss the option of getting a U.S. passport quickly, if same day oath is offered to you. The expedited processing that doesn't involve urgent travel is unpredictable (could take 3 weeks, or could take 8 weeks), but the expedited processing when you have travel within 14 days is completely different and is known to be reliable. I would not dismiss this option at all. So, based on that, I personally wouldn't turn down doing the same day oath ceremony. 

I second this. 

 

Speaking from recent experience (October last year), it was a straightforward process from beginning to end. From my first contact by phone to getting passport in 24 hours after appointment, they were nothing short of helpful and accommodating (LA office). Again, it is worth repeating. This is NOT the expedited service. Post offices don't even play a role. The whole thing is done through Passport Agencies.

 

OP, here is what I recommend you do:

 

1. Look up timelines of your field office here on VJ. I found out mine did same day oath because the date of interview and date of oath were the same for many members.

 

2. If they do same day oath, plan to gather everything you need for the URGENT TRAVEL passport processing, so that you are all set when your 14-day window opens.

 

3. Call Passport Agencies and schedule an appointment. If the nearest office doesn't have availability, try another. In your case, seems like a minor hassle compared to cancelling your trip abroad or rescheduling oath ceremony, which I would not recommend. 

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