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https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?cfl=&op5=5,10,11 (+ use the filter to find out what it looks like at your office). I know this does not exactly answer your question, but it should give you an idea as to where things stand.

Are you saying that the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative has been cancelled? Because it prescribes the following

How come you are not dual yet? If you were sworn.. then you are a US citizen. Aren't you a citizen of the Philippines already? Also: > So that means I can use my Philippine passport to fly to the Philippines from the US Technically (ie legally) you have to depart with a US passport, if you are a citizen (does not matter if you are a citizen of 10 other countries, too). In practice, they do not check. So you show the TSA officer/airline your Philippino passport + they let you board (there is a small chance USCIS is conducting extra checks - I read it happens in Miami periodically. In that case... all bets are off - they may not let you board the plane. But you have to be REALLY unlucky. Also, if they catch you, they cannot punish you - there is no penalty for violating this law. At most you do not board the plane). > BUT I have to make sure I have my US passport when I fly back to the US. The airline will likely not let you board the plane (when flying back) without a US passport. However, if you can somehow make it to the border (either at an airport - by persuading the airline to let you fly, or land border - Canada/Mexico - or some port, if you come by boat), AND can persuade the immigration officer you are indeed a US citizen (eg via a copy/picture/... of the naturalization certificate/social security number... basically whatever evidence you have), you cannot be denied entry. The hard part is making it to the border. You can also apply for an emergency passport w/ the US Embassy in Manila (this is typically issued in 1-2 days. It is of limited duration - basically just to get you back). Or you can apply, in Manila, for a real passport + hope to get it fast (I got mine, from another US embassy, in 9 days).

Went to the US embassy/consulate in Athens, Greece on Oct 17 (citizens services appointments are not plentiful... had mine scheduled in August!). They made a copy of my naturalization certificate (+ gave me back the original), and told me that I will get my passport "in about a month". Email on Oct 25 "your passport has arrived at the embassy - we are sending it to you via courier". Arrived the next day. Note that I had not requested expedited processing. The downside is I did not receive the passport card I requested (apparently it is fairly common). Need to contact them, though, as they do not have a self-addressed envelope for that - unlike for the passport). Can't complain though! -- h PS1 I left the US by train (NYC -> Montreal - lovely trip - HIGHLY recommended) using my Enhanced Driver's license (that I got 10 days after applying, which happened 2 hours after taking the oath, at the DMV downtown NYC) PS2 I suspect I did not really need the Enhanced Driver's License to enter Canada - my greek passport should have sufficed (it did, in the past...).

@Kentucky0452 Look here https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/citlist.php?cfl=&op5=5,10,11 (use the filter to see the info for your CIS office). This will give you a fairly-reliable picture of what the wait times are. Knowing this, plan accordingly.

There was a passport office employee doing an AMA on reddit that said that Walgreens was their nightmare - they got it wrong all the time. I went to the USPS (for pics only - will submit the application at the embassy in Athens). A lady took the pics w/ a hand-held Sony camera; they looked fine (have still not submitted an application, though, so am not sure about the final verdict).

Disclaimer: this is an unimportant question - skip if busy. I took the oath last Thursday - my uscis account still says "Oath Ceremony Notice Was Mailed". Will it stay like this forever? Will the account exist forever (as a memento? that would actually be very cool)?