Time Between Interview and the oath ceremony... Can it be pushed out at all?

[walran1963 2]

My wife has her interview on Sept. 27th 2023  (really fast as we submitted 7/25/2023) and it looks like the ceremonies are mostly 2 months later..  But some seem to take place on the same day as the interview.

 

My wife and I will be in Nepal from October 24th to Jan 10th-ish for our yearly trip with our charity and I have already scheduled as we lead the group there.

 

My questions are:

 

1- is there any control over the date of taking the oath?

2- When we go to the interview will they be able to tell us when the oath ceremony is scheduled?

3- What are the chances of same day as the interview oath-taking for my wife?

 

Thanks!

 

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[Crazy Cat 41,770]

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[Redro 4,611]

5 hours ago, walran1963 said:

My wife has her interview on Sept. 27th 2023  (really fast as we submitted 7/25/2023) and it looks like the ceremonies are mostly 2 months later..  But some seem to take place on the same day as the interview.

 

My wife and I will be in Nepal from October 24th to Jan 10th-ish for our yearly trip with our charity and I have already scheduled as we lead the group there.

 

My questions are:

 

1- is there any control over the date of taking the oath?

2- When we go to the interview will they be able to tell us when the oath ceremony is scheduled?

3- What are the chances of same day as the interview oath-taking for my wife?

 

Thanks!

 

Where will she be interviewing? Which field office? 

[Mike E 11,739]

7 hours ago, walran1963 said:

1- is there any control over the date of taking the oath?

If it sets the oath date to say Nov 15 snd she asks to move it to Jan 15, no.

 

if it sets the oath date to Jan 2, and she asks to move it to Jan 15, yes.

 

 

7 hours ago, walran1963 said:

2- When we go to the interview will they be able to tell us when the oath ceremony is scheduled?

They will give you a rough idea. In my wife’s case she was told 30 days. It was 24 days.

 

Some FOs do same day or same week oaths as a typical practice, usually at the FO.

 

7 hours ago, walran1963 said:

3- What are the chances of same day as the interview oath-taking for my wife?

 

Depending on the FO, zero percent or 90 percent.

[walran1963 2]

We are at the Salt Lake City Field Office in Utah.

 

Does that make a difference?

[walran1963 2]

I am not sure if there is any way to check the Utah (Salt Lake) Field office times to see what would  be normal.

 

In Utah is it normal to have same-day oath taking?  Does it ever happen?

[Crazy Cat 41,770]

Note that getting a US passport within a month might require some effort if oath is administered same day as interview.

[walran1963 2]

I would assume that she would still be able to use her Nepali passport.

[Redro 4,611]

17 minutes ago, walran1963 said:

I would assume that she would still be able to use her Nepali passport.

Once you are a USC you’re supposed to leave the country with the US passport 

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[Mike E 11,739]

1 hour ago, walran1963 said:

In Utah is it normal to have same-day oath taking?  Does it ever happen?

Per https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?op6=All&op7=Salt+Lake+City+UT&op1=6&op2=&op4=1&op5=5%2C10%2C11&cfl= no and no

[Rocio0010 5,579]

1 hour ago, walran1963 said:

I would assume that she would still be able to use her Nepali passport.

Wrong to apply for citizenship when you have an important trip planned. Citizenship does not take as long as the other processes.

Ando no, once you’re a USC you have to use the US passport to leave the US. 
You can always apply for an emergency passport, but that doesn’t solve the issue of how soon the oath ceremony will be.

[Loren Y 2,755]

Just a note from my experience...

 

The US has no exit checks (no matter if you leave by land, sea, or air), so there is nobody to stop you from leaving the US, as long as the carrier (if there is one) will let you board and the destination country will let you in.

Although US law requires US citizens to enter and leave the US bearing a US passport, the law provides no penalty for violating this law, so nothing bad will happen to you if they later discover that you have left the US without a US passport.

 

Just my 2 cents, so take it as you will.

[OldUser 6,586]

6 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Just a note from my experience...

 

The US has no exit checks (no matter if you leave by land, sea, or air), so there is nobody to stop you from leaving the US, as long as the carrier (if there is one) will let you board and the destination country will let you in.

Although US law requires US citizens to enter and leave the US bearing a US passport, the law provides no penalty for violating this law, so nothing bad will happen to you if they later discover that you have left the US without a US passport.

 

Well, the issue would be actually re-entering without US passport.

[walran1963 2]

My wife has her interview on September 27th in Salt Lake City.

 

From the timelines, it looks like it is about a month between the interview and the oath ceremony in the Salt Lake City Utah Service Center.

 

We have a charity in Nepal and the yearly trip with many other guests is scheduled for the 8th of November & we have a two-month-old baby so need both of us to make the grueling 40-hour trip.

 

This will not leave us time to get her a passport before we leave to re-enter the US as I would assume that her Green Card will not work after the oath ceremony.?  It looks like the interview is almost exactly one month after the i nterview.

 

There appears to be no way to extend either the interview or oath ceremony until January 2nd when we will return that I can find on theUSCIS site.

 

Is there something that I am missing here, is there a way to postpone this?

 

If we cancel this process will we be able to pay the $750 again and start it when we return?  Will it be harder the second time?

 

She is essential to our charity and I can't do it for her in Nepal. If we have 21 people going who have bought airfare it looks like we can't reschedule them either.

 

Looking for real answers here and I hope that I have missed something.

[Me and her 279]

2 minutes ago, walran1963 said:

My wife has her interview on September 27th in Salt Lake City.

 

From the timelines, it looks like it is about a month between the interview and the oath ceremony in the Salt Lake City Utah Service Center.

 

We have a charity in Nepal and the yearly trip with many other guests is scheduled for the 8th of November & we have a two-month-old baby so need both of us to make the grueling 40-hour trip.

 

This will not leave us time to get her a passport before we leave to re-enter the US as I would assume that her Green Card will not work after the oath ceremony.?  It looks like the interview is almost exactly one month after the i nterview.

 

There appears to be no way to extend either the interview or oath ceremony until January 2nd when we will return that I can find on theUSCIS site.

 

Is there something that I am missing here, is there a way to postpone this?

 

If we cancel this process will we be able to pay the $750 again and start it when we return?  Will it be harder the second time?

 

She is essential to our charity and I can't do it for her in Nepal. If we have 21 people going who have bought airfare it looks like we can't reschedule them either.

 

Looking for real answers here and I hope that I have missed something.

Green card taken at oath ceremony.  You can apply for urgent travel with proof of travel plans (tickets, iternerary).  Passport agencies can accept, but costs more.

Edited August 27, 2023 by Me and her