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11 hours ago, Jujuy said:

Hi Some_one,

I have a question regarding your situation (I asked this to Bashar, who had a situation similar to yours).

Did they take away your green card after the interview, or did you go home with your green card as you didn't do the oath ceremony?
 

I read that people are asked for their green card when they go "downstairs" for the ceremony, so I want to know what happened in your situation.
I hope everything went well on your ceremony on 9/9 
Thank you! 

Hi Jujuy,

The Green card is not taken away from you until they have the Naturalization certificate ready to be handed over to you. Which is right before the oath ceremony. If, for any reason, after the interview, the oath ceremony cannot be done on the same day and needs to be scheduled for later, then you will carry the Green card with you and bring it back when the oath ceremony is scheduled.

Thanks

3 hours ago, dondoncat said:

This kinda out of the topic but I just wonder if anyone applied for a passport lately at USPS and know how much it takes to get ur 1st passport I did applied in 6/16 and it still says “in process” I did expedite process but the status never change anybody knows when I should expected now days I know last year was take forever but I heard that there no such waiting no more do anyone experienced this lately ??!!! 

Applied : 5/24

Received : 6/30 (Expedited). 

Status showed "In Process" till 6/28

2 hours ago, Hamilton said:

Congratulations!! How many people took the oath with you today? 

 

Almost 60 I would say. 

Oath Ceremony - done. 

Applied : 12/2020

Interview : May 2022

The increase in the number of people being processed per day is visible at the Tukwila center. There was a 20 minute traffic jam to get into the parking lot. Significantly high number of people took oath today. Later applied for passport

Tip for passport: Ideally have a USPS Post appointment near your home. If for some reason, that hasn't happened, any of the Seattle Customer Service Centers take walk ins for accepting applications. I had called earlier to seek an appointment and they said they don't do appointments at all. 

https://www.seattle.gov/customer-service-centers/central-customer-service-center 

Above link gives you locations that accept walk in passport applications.

Thanks all for the journey here. Wonderful feeling to be a part this community & sharing of experiences was really helpful to shine a light on the roadmap & timelines

Good Luck to all in your journey. 

On 5/26/2022 at 4:15 PM, A1982 said:

Thanks for this. I'm up at 2.10 so will likely not get a same-day oath then. Do please keep us posted once you hear back on when your oath is - i.e. how much after the interview you are invited back for it. Thanks.

So, my interview was on 5/20 afternoon. Biometrics could not be approved before cut off time , hence I was told that Oath ceremony will be scheduled at a later date.

I got the notice today that the ceremony will be held on 6/24.

While these timelines can vary, ballpark safe to assume that the oath ceremony, if not done on the same day,  will take a little more than a month after interview.

Good luck to all 

3 hours ago, A1982 said:

Congratulations. 

 

So it looks like we have contrarian data points about the odds of a same-day oath for a 2.10 PM interview in Seattle. I'll just wait and see I guess. I've booked a USPS appointment for a new passport 3 business days after the interview just in case.

 

Are you allowed to take your telephone in btw?

It looks like for those that do not have their biometrics pending to be re-approved, same day oath is being scheduled, even if the interview is in the afternoon.  That's a good thing.

Yes, telephones are ok (Of course the silent mode requirement)

54 minutes ago, ABCW said:

So, I have my interview this Wednesday at 2:30 and I have an urgent passport appointment on June 2nd. Will I get my Naturalization certificate at that time even if I don’t get the same day oath ceremony? Or is that something you receive after the oath ceremony? Also, if I don’t get a same day oath ceremony, how far out do they book you to come back and do it? 

The naturalization certificate is handed at the oath ceremony, not at the end of the interview. 2.30pm seems dicey to get same day oath ceremony. However, if rest of things are in order (biometrics for example are clear and nothing else is pending) you can request the office to schedule for same day oath at 4 pm. They are usually very accommodative and will try to help out. If however, they need biometrics re-approved after 2.30, you are out of luck and will likely have to be done "later"

No, they do not recapture the biometrics ( They have the left & right index finger scanned at checkin, but not the full biometrics). They just resubmit the biometrics previously captured, to be reapproved again.

The actual ceremony started at 3.00 pm for those who have 2.30 pm listed in their schedule. They collect a form and distribute oath of allegiance papers, process for updating SSN & registering to vote etc. Also collect the GC at that time. They are all then moved to a auditorium downstairs where the oath is administered.

No other document except GC, Drivers license and photo page of passport was asked of me ( Had to point those at the camera as the interview was being conducted virtually, She clicked the  pictures for her record)

Interview Update : My wife and I did our interviews today. Some information that might be useful for the forum here

 We both applied on same date and did our biometrics on same date/time as well. The interviews were scheduled on same date but different times. Hers was in the morning & mine in the afternoon. The process for interview is defined by many here and is accurate. 1 hr tops in & out

1. If you are approved in the morning, you will get the oath ceremony scheduled in the afternoon same day

2. Two ceremonies, one at 2.30 pm & another at 4.00 pm, batch size of 30 

3. If your interview/approval extends beyond 2 pm, you will not get oath on the day. Oath ceremony notice will be mailed to you

4. If your biometrics were taken 15 months prior, they "expire". (As was the case with us)  So the interviewer has to re-submit the same for re-approval. typically takes 30 to 40 minutes. You can wait and get the interview scheduled the same day. as my wife did and got her oath scheduled for afternoon

5. My interview ended at around 1.45 but the biometrics re-approval did not happen till the cut off time of 2 pm. So, I did not get oath scheduled for same day.

6. If you are interviewed in the morning and were approved, you will be asked to come back at 2.30 or 4 pm ceremony

7. Family and kids are ALLOWED for the oath ceremony (Not for the interview)

Fairly smooth & professional experience.

Good Luck to all

Received Interview notification today. Have been following the thread and spreadsheet for sometime now. I think both are very useful to track likely timeframes. The spreadsheet, specially, is very indicative of when one is likely to get the interview notice.

Timeline

Applied : 12/14/2020

Biometrics : 01/27/2021

Interview Notice : 03/31/2022

Interview : 05/20/2022

Tukwila Office

Good luck to all waiting.