meauxna

darnit, this stupid argument has finally dragged me in.

How does one 'leave' a country on their passport? They go through passport control and have it stamped, right? Do we do that in the US? NO.
Do they do that in the UK? Not that I remember.

However, you must show your passport to the airline at check in so they know that you have proper entry permission for the destination country.

In what way would one 'leave' the UK on their UK passport and why? And if those flight manifests are transmitted to the US before you get here, wouldn't you want your US passport details there?

ian-mstm

Since the airline doesn't ask whether or not you are a USC, all they care about is whether or not you have a valid passport. They don't care what country issued it.


It's coming... it's not there yet, but it's coming - for the US also, I'll warrant.


No... why should you? The US doesn't care what passport you used to get on an airplane (unless you clear US immigration prior to boarding). If you don't encounter US immigration prior to boarding, then the flight manifest is irrelevant for immigration purposes.

Ian

Norri

They do care, if the passport is from a country that requires a visa to enter the US they will want to see the visa before allowing you to travel.

Wouldn't be relevant to the UK/US passport discussion though

meauxna

That's the crux of my question.. if there IS no exit passport control, exactly "how" is one exiting the US or UK "on" a passport at all? Either the airline is doing that job for the gov or it is not. It seems no one knows.

Ozzidoc

I left London Heathrow Terminal 3 at the end of last month (Nov 08) and they (immigration) we doing VISUAL exit passport checks on everyone. In the past, I have seen a few very random checks done there.

I thought that I'd have a bit of fun...I left on my Australian passport. The officer had a flick through said fine, and handed it back to me. The thing is, I haven't entered the UK on that PP for five years, as I now also have a UK one.

Scorchio

Update...

Dec 15 2007: Sent N400
Dec 17 2007: USPS notice of receipt
Jan 12 2008: Receipt notice, "expect notice of interview within 90 days"
Mar 13 2008: Appointment for fingerprinting
Jan 7 2009: Fought my way through the USCIS customer "service" menu to try to find out wtf is going on. Now expecting a status report from San Antonio within the next month.

Bugger.

Marmalade

That's definitely a long time to wait. Hope you get word about your interview very soon

meauxna

Rats, that is a long wait.

If it is at all possible for you to InfoPass and go in in person, you could ask if your security checks have cleared. They can't schedule the interview until all the name checks are back.

Scorchio

Interesting. I hadn't heard of that. Thanks!

I'll see what comes of this information request. Maybe it's because I have a common name, the background checks just really are taking that long. I'd be happier if the system recognized my receipt number, though.

HighSpeedGrandma

Hi Raaz. How did it go?
I still haven't received an interview date letter! So much for the note telling I would be notified within 90 days...that was in September and no signs yet. I am hoping a letter hasn't been sent and just not reached me. We received some strangers mail over Christmas, so it makes me wonder if my letter may have gone somewhere else by mistake.

Anyway, give us an update when you get a chance.

Sue

dnmartin98

Hello all,

Just joined the forum officially, though have been lurking here for a while. This afternoon I am heading to the post office to mail my N-400 form. I'll keep you all posted as everyone else is doing.

Mailed N-400 - 15th January 09 - TSC
N-400 Rec'd -
Check cashed -
Notice of Action -
FP Appointment -
Interview date -
Oath Ceremony -

Here goes!

DavidM

ian-mstm

Hi David... welcome to BE. Good luck with the N-400.

Ian

Marmalade

Hi David, and welcome from me too! Hopefully you'll be at that oath ceremony before you know it. Mine's only took 4 months from beginning to end. Good luck with yours

HSG - still have my fingers crossed you get your appointment very, very soon

HighSpeedGrandma

Hi David.
Welcome to the board and also to the citizenship process!
I thought mine would go really fast, just like Marmalade but apparently it's not going as fast as I hoped....! What can you do though, except sit and wait. That's what I keep telling my (impatient) self.

Thanks for the thoughts Marmalade. I am more worried that they may have mailed a letter that never reached me. I have no way of knowing though because they won't check your status unless it's outside normal processing times, ( whatever that may be). The website is useless really, there has been no update on there for months.
So, I sit and wait...

meauxna

Would you guys like this thread split and a new one started? This one is a year and a half old and 19 pages on my counter. Is that too much for new folk starting out to wade through?
Let me know what you think.