mam521

I know there was a thread about this before but I can't find it. I naturalized earlier this year. I got my US passport, no big deal. But, now I want to get my kids' passports and I see that the main passport office here only takes urgent or emergency passport applications. It's looking like I'm going to have to book through a post office. Unfortunately, my confidence with USPS staff is low. Are we going to have issues since I have a single naturalization certificate and 2 kids? Are USPS going to take their greencards and send them with the applications? I really don't want to have to pay to replace my naturalization certificate and greencards because of a screw up. Anyone care to share their experiences?

@Hawk Riders as per the instructions at the top of the spreadsheet.

To everyone here - if you've previously requested to be added to the tracking spreadsheet, make sure you tag and have the information updated. We had amazing statistics back in 2018, but as time has gone on, they've become less and less, so less and less helpful to people going through the process. It would be great to see a revitalization of the information!

Unfortunately, there is a reason the instructions from the DoS stay do not book any travel or make any moving plans until your passport with issued visa is in hand. Ontarkie has posted the thread for the extended AP people.

That's for I-130 approval. You still have to go through DOS for the DS-260 approval after that, plus medical and interview. 18-24mo is pretty accurate, start to finish, and will be dependent on the beneficiary's Consulate workload.

If you have imminent, required travel, you need your naturalization certificate in hand before you can call DOS and request an urgent passport service. The travel has to be in less than 3-5 weeks. You need to have proof of international travel - itinerary and confirmation number with the airline, hotel accommodation, etc. Be prepared - you could have to travel to somewhere in the US to attend the appointment and stay a day or 2 until you can pick the passport up after printing. There are no guarantees the appointment will be local. Expedited passports are taking 3-5 weeks these days, regular passports about 10 weeks. Requesting urgent service shouldn't be done unless you actually have confirmed travel plans that must be attended to. Just wanting a passport for the sake of having it in hand doesn't qualify. I had urgent travel for work which allowed me to obtain and urgent passport, but it wasted essentially 2 days of my life sitting in the passport offices. We planned my kids' travel so I will be applying for their passports now that they are finished travel for the year. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports/get-fast.html

Until the immigrant puts in 40 quarters of work or until they become a citizen. So, last I checked 40 quarters is typically 10 years.

My question is do you fully understand the financial commitment of the joint sponsor? I suspect anyone who understands isn't going to simply accept a fee to take on financial responsibility for an immigrant for 10 years.

It will make little difference when the petition is within the published processing times.

Anything is possible with CBP. Show up, if they want to deny you, then politely request that you be allowed to withdraw your request for entry into the US and go home. Go to FL, get married rather than just visit with FIL, go back to Canada and apply for CR1. The process is similar in timeline. The difference is you'll enter the US with a GC in hand, ready and able to work and travel. K1 makes less sense.

Not sure. Quick google search says Canada naturalized 375,000 people in 2022 (unusually high number - usually numbers are about 175,000) while the US naturalized 967, 500 people, which appears to be a bit above average for the US as well.