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Thank you. Ours was administrative. Oath was administered by a USCIS officer, and no judge was present. I don't know how frequently the judicial oath are administered. Ours was scheduled @8am and we were done by 9:30, albeit we hung around a bit longer to take pictures, ask some questions etc. After us, another oath ceremony was scheduled @11 on that same day. The USCIS official apologized for the lack of pomp and ceremony, but then commented that they are trying to increase throughput as much as possible between same-day oath, other administrative oath, and judicial oath. He did not get into any more detail.

Thank you for the link and calculator. This is informative and useful.

This is slightly complicated to explain/answer, but I will try. This will stop being a problem once/if they move here and acclimatize to the economic realities of Connecticut, one of the more expensive states in the country. The economic realities they currently live in are a world apart. This is not the rich cities in India I am talking about, but the rural hinterland where 70% of the population live. 25 years ago, my family went without their milk ration for 2 months to make sure I can afford to purchase used copies of Engineering textbooks for the princely sum of $20. In that reality, spending $50k to buy a house is what really rich people do after working hard for 30 years at their really good business or job! $100k translates to a king's ransom that no mortal human being should have access to and it will turn you into an evil dragon guarding his lair if you do. Once/if they move here and acclimatize to the realities here I will be far less worried *them* learning about my position/salary. I think at that time *they* will be the ones stressing about how to firewall the raw, bare economic differences from their acquaintances back home. If they happen to learn about the raw numbers *before* they adjust to the American cost structure, then I'm afraid they will be likely give that information off to their current social circle directly or indirectly. That would cause *them* a lot of problems, e.g. long lost relatives suddenly showing up with an ask for a loan to tide them over their hard times. Summary: They will gain the perspective necessary to deal with the raw economic differences once they move here, and this will stop being a problem.

My parents won't understand it. My siblings, and DW's, surely will! I am thinking *if* the parents decide to take me up on this offer, then I will make a trip back when they have interview, and handle all their paperwork myself. That way they will come out none the wiser. We'll need to worry about the siblings a decade or two later. Lots will change by then, as you said.

@vivfran Do you really need a certified copy of the naturalization certificate? I got naturalized on 5/10 at the Hartford office. They told me they no longer do certified copies even if someone books infopass. Maybe you can book a weekend trip to Mexico, and book an emergency passport appointment to get a passport quickly. After that you no longer need the naturalization certificate for anything.

Thank you @Adventine, @Redro, @Boiler, @JeanneAdil. You have given me a lot of food for thought. I am originally from India. Some family members will interview at the Delhi embassy in India, some at Kolkata. Do you happen to know if these embassies, or others in India (in Mumbai, Chennai) require you to walk in with a physical copy of I-864? Parents for me/DW have been to the US multiple times on our invitation. I strongly suspect my parents will *not* want to move even if given a chance. They are used to their life in the *very* remote village in India and find life incredibly boring in the US. Not so sure about DWs. Not a whole lot of idea what the siblings will say either. The siblings are all adults, married, in their 30s. Two of them have kids of their own now.

Hello, I just became naturalized, and got the passport in hand. I would like to give my parents and siblings the option that I can sponsor them for GC if they want. My wife may want to do the same with her parents/siblings. I have not had this discussion with anyone in my family, including my wife. I don't want to promise something without first learning everything there is to learn about it. 1. I make $100k in salary, in IT. With that income, how many people can I sponsor (assuming they want to migrate - which I don't know as I have not asked)? What is the calculator? 2. I *may be* able to bump up my income on paper, for a year or two, by selling a bunch of RSUs that my employers have given me over time, that I never sold. Can that be utilized in case everyone wants to come to the US and my salary alone is not sufficient? 3. Is there any way I can keep my income information from being revealed to the dependents? I come from fairly economically disadvantaged background, and my parents never earned close to $100k total in their lifetime. My salary being revealed to them will give them *very* wrong ideas about how "wealthy" I really am. Thank you for your help

Thank you for the instructions in this thread. I and my wife got naturalized on 5/10, and need to go to Canada for a day tomorrow (5/13). I used information in this thread to get a passport appointment on 5/11, and had brand new passports in hand a day after naturalization. They don't print the passport card at the regional centers. That will come separately, later. I guess for this trip the booklet will have to do. Thanks again to @Timona for the wonderful information in this thread. It really helped us.

I got two separate "original N445" forms. One from the USCIS Hartford Office, and the other from the National Benefits Center. Looks like they heard my worry about not getting the original.

It is quite likely that I won't get the original N445 in hand before the oath ceremony. My interview was 4/28 and Oath is scheduled for 5/10. Has anyone attended oath ceremony with just the electronic copy printed? What is the process? Do you need to go there earlier to obtain the original?

Status updated to "Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed" on 4/29/2023, which is a Saturday. Oath date is 5/10/2023. Looks like USCIS is working during Saturday! Kudos to them. I am so relieved to be approaching the end of the tunnel after a 19.5 year immigration journey!

Both of us passed the interview. No same day oath for us today, though. Status says "Oath Ceremony Will Be Scheduled" for both of us.

More questions... What are the documents we should carry to the interview? We are applying under the 5-year rule. So it seems to me that the only things they may want are tax transcripts. Whatever document we need, should we upload them in the USCIS website now? Or take hard copies and show in the interview?

New to this forum. Filed n400 for both myself and DW on 11/7/2022 based on 5-year rule (EB3-I Green Card, 90-day early filing). Got interview date of 4/28/2023, Hartford CT. Both of us have the same time - 11:30am. I have heard Hartford does same day Oath. Anyone knows what my chances for same day oath are?

One more question: What extra document do we need to carry in the interview? I have for tax transcripts, Green Card, photographs. Should we carry anything else?