Mc2007

My naturalization interview is scheduled for September 25th. I have a
3-week trip overseas towards the end of December/07. If the oath
ceremony happens in a month or two after the interview, I will have
to
apply for a passport. Passport processing time these days seem to
take a few months. I don't think I will have enough time to get a
passport before my trip.

I have planned this trip for months with my wife and her friend. The
trip is paid for and we already have tickets, hotel reservations,
etc...


Other than cancelling the trip I thought of two other options:


1) Go to the passport processing center in Houston and request a
passport in person with some evidence of my trip. I can drive or fly
into Houston for that, but I am not sure if I would get a passport at
the end choosing this route.


2) Postponing the oath ceremony. I am not sure if this is a good idea
either. Would it be possible to request another oath date after my
return to the US, or will the next date assigned automatically be the
next available oath ceremony date ? Has anyone had any experience
with
postponing an oath ceremony ? I am afraid I can be out of the country
when the I get the second notice.


Any suggestions you can share would be appreciated.

augigi

When you apply for a passport you write your travel plans in. There is a whole section online about getting a US passport and what to do if you need it inside 14 days. I think you do have to go to your local service center and you can get expedited processing. I was just reading this online yesterday at USCIS website.

Dan725

Passport processing times are nowhere near "months". We got one for our daughter, expedited, and it arrived within 10 days. Costs you an extra $60 or so. And chances are you can get it all sorted out at your local post office.

Bill_S

I applied for an expedited passport on August 4. I received it on August 15.

Mc2007

On Aug 21, 9:36 am, Bill_S <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Passport processing times are nowhere near "months". We got one for
> > our daughter, expedited, and it arrived within 10 days. Costs you an
> > extra $60 or so. And chances are you can get it all sorted out at
> > your local post office.
>
> I applied for an expedited passport on August 4. I received it on
> August 15.
>
> --
> Posted viahttp://britishexpats.com

Thank you for your reply. Did you apply for one at the local post
office ?

Bill_S

Yup, local post office in the Cleveland, OH suburbs.

Dan725

Yes, same here, applied at the local post office, just phoned them for an appointment

englishinusa

I can only speak for Dallas ...

I postponed my oath ceremony in early April for the same reasons you are considering postponing. My ceremony was rescheduled for the middle of July, so the new ceremony was about 15 weeks later.

Having said that, I ordered my passport the same day as the ceremony, I paid for expedited processing and overnight delivery each way, and the passport arrived in two weeks and two days.

Enigma Boy

For new citizens the passport processing time is pretty fast. The wait is
for born citizens who have never had a passport. USCIS has to do a
background check on the app before they issue a passport and that can take a
long time. For new citizens all the checks were done before they were
granted citizenship so the passport department issues passports pretty fast
to them.

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"mc2007" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My naturalization interview is scheduled for September 25th. I have a
> 3-week trip overseas towards the end of December/07. If the oath
> ceremony happens in a month or two after the interview, I will have
> to
> apply for a passport. Passport processing time these days seem to
> take a few months. I don't think I will have enough time to get a
> passport before my trip.
>
> I have planned this trip for months with my wife and her friend. The
> trip is paid for and we already have tickets, hotel reservations,
> etc...
>
>
> Other than cancelling the trip I thought of two other options:
>
>
> 1) Go to the passport processing center in Houston and request a
> passport in person with some evidence of my trip. I can drive or fly
> into Houston for that, but I am not sure if I would get a passport at
> the end choosing this route.
>
>
> 2) Postponing the oath ceremony. I am not sure if this is a good idea
> either. Would it be possible to request another oath date after my
> return to the US, or will the next date assigned automatically be the
> next available oath ceremony date ? Has anyone had any experience
> with
> postponing an oath ceremony ? I am afraid I can be out of the country
> when the I get the second notice.
>
>
> Any suggestions you can share would be appreciated.
>
>

ian-mstm

Total bullshit. Quote a source from the State Department that says anything about a background check before issuing a passport.

Ian

A Waring

Does anyone have any experience with having to change the venue of the
naturalization ceremony to another state?

ian-mstm

It's easy... move to the other state, live there long enough to be considered resident - usually about 3 months - and then reapply, pay all the fees over again, interview, etc. But hey... it's doable.

Otherwise, you suck it up, and take the oath ceremony in the state where you live.

Ian

JAJ

USCIS don't issue passports. State Department does.