First time US passport

[harry.st 62]

6 hours ago, erland said:

My question is: can I apply for my first US passport at the US embassy in my country?

 

I do not know about your country, but I did it in mine. First-time passport, like you. They made a copy of the naturalization document (ie they did not keep it, à la stateside). Received the passport in 8 days (did not request any special handling. They even told me it will be ready in about a month).

 

The hardest part was getting an appointment (they have an online system for that).

Edited February 15 by harry.st

[Swissmiss82 1,620]

so silly question - but i read that sometimes at oath they ask if you want to apply for the passport? is that correct? my oath is coming up and i'd love to be able to get it ordered then of course. 

[happydoctor 36]

On 5/14/2024 at 8:49 AM, Swissmiss82 said:

so silly question - but i read that sometimes at oath they ask if you want to apply for the passport? is that correct? my oath is coming up and i'd love to be able to get it ordered then of course. 

I wonder the same. Did you already find an answer ? 
I’m also wondering what is step by step instructions to get a first passport ? What documents do we need to apply at the usps?

[OldUser 6,608]

4 hours ago, happydoctor said:

I wonder the same. Did you already find an answer ? 
I’m also wondering what is step by step instructions to get a first passport ? What documents do we need to apply at the usps?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/need-passport/apply-in-person.html

 

[Swissmiss82 1,620]

On 6/4/2024 at 3:11 PM, happydoctor said:

I wonder the same. Did you already find an answer ? 
I’m also wondering what is step by step instructions to get a first passport ? What documents do we need to apply at the usps?

i can not speak for all sites or officers, but i was not asked. my oath ceremony was 10 days later and we received a paper and that stated that we had to wait 10 days and then we can go to the SS office to adjust our status to citizen, and also then order the passport. we should not do it prior. so i waited 10 days on the dot.

 

to make it easier for everyeone:

go to the SS office first, as they will need your certificate, update your status and you can take it with you.

for the passport, they will KEEP the certificate and mail it back to you within 2 weeks (is what they said, not sure if this is for all areas the same). you will not need the certificate for anything else for a while so these two things were major to know (as i of course went to the passport office first and she recommended me to go to the SS office first haha save that time friends!!!).

[happydoctor 36]

27 minutes ago, Swissmiss82 said:

i can not speak for all sites or officers, but i was not asked. my oath ceremony was 10 days later and we received a paper and that stated that we had to wait 10 days and then we can go to the SS office to adjust our status to citizen, and also then order the passport. we should not do it prior. so i waited 10 days on the dot.

 

to make it easier for everyeone:

go to the SS office first, as they will need your certificate, update your status and you can take it with you.

for the passport, they will KEEP the certificate and mail it back to you within 2 weeks (is what they said, not sure if this is for all areas the same). you will not need the certificate for anything else for a while so these two things were major to know (as i of course went to the passport office first and she recommended me to go to the SS office first haha save that time friends!!!).

Why do we need to go to SS office, I don’t understand?  Thank you for answering. So basically I can’t apply the same day for the passport after the Oath ceremony ? 

[Swissmiss82 1,620]

1 minute ago, happydoctor said:

Why do we need to go to SS office, I don’t understand?  Thank you for answering. So basically I can’t apply the same day for the passport after the Oath ceremony ? 

Again, not sure if different offices and states do it different.

My sheet that we all received on our oath ceremony stated to wait 10 days to then update the SS office, be able to register to vote, and order your passport.

I followed instructions given and had no problem after the 10 days. SS office took literally 3 minutes, the passport application was in person but i was in and out within 15 minutes. 

[Crazy Cat 41,812]

7 minutes ago, Swissmiss82 said:

be able to register to vote

May be FO specific suggestions. My wife registered to vote (Dallas Field Office) 5 minutes after her oath ceremony.  They had kiosks set up to facilitate registration.  A couple weeks later, she received her voter registration card.  She applied for a US passport a few days after the oath.  No issues.

[faithful12 28]

On 6/29/2023 at 11:16 AM, faithful12 said:

Hello, 

I applied for US passport on 06/23 - Online it shows application was recieved on 06/27- and in process. Whats the general timeline to get my passport in hand? 

 

My spouse is yet to apply for his -Can we apply for our kids passports the same time we apply? 

 

Any suggestions appreciated! 

 

Thanks! 

UPdate- 

 

We applied for Passport in July 2023 and got the passport in hand by August 2023. 

 

My spouse applied his passport along with kids.