Applying for U.S. Passport during the Oath Ceremony

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Anyone have any experiences with applying for U.S. Passport during
the Oath Ceremony? How much did it cost and who do you make the checks out to?
I assume we will have to write checks to dept of State and separate check for the US post office for the express mail return?

Thanks!
SFORAFF

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06/25/07 N-400 mailed
07/11/07 Received per online case status
07/06/07 Priority Date
07/16/07 Check Cashed
07/24/07 I-797C Notice Date
07/25/07 FP Notice received
08/14/07 FP Date/Completed
11/22/07 Interview Notice received
01/10/08 Interview Date/Completed
01/31/08 Oath Notice
02/26/08 Oath Date - San Francisco Masonic
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Answer to my own question..

SFORAFF said:
Anyone have any experiences with applying for U.S. Passport during
the Oath Ceremony? How much did it cost and who do you make the checks out to?
I assume we will have to write checks to dept of State and separate check for the US post office for the express mail return?

Thanks!
SFORAFF

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06/25/07 N-400 mailed
07/11/07 Received per online case status
07/06/07 Priority Date
07/16/07 Check Cashed
07/24/07 I-797C Notice Date
07/25/07 FP Notice received
08/14/07 FP Date/Completed
11/22/07 Interview Notice received
01/10/08 Interview Date/Completed
01/31/08 Oath Notice
02/26/08 Oath Complete
02/26/08 Oath Date - San Francisco Masonic
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$ 176.25 Check Payable to the US Dept. of State

Above price inclueded the following:

- Passport Book ($100)
- Express Mail x 1 Way ($16.25)
- Expedite one week service (60.00)


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06/25/07 N-400 mailed
07/11/07 Received per online case status
07/06/07 Priority Date
07/16/07 Check Cashed
07/24/07 I-797C Notice Date
07/25/07 FP Notice received
08/14/07 FP Date/Completed
11/22/07 Interview Notice received
01/10/08 Interview Date/Completed
01/31/08 Oath Notice
02/26/08 Oath Complete - San Francisco Masonic
 
Online Passport Status check

Checked the Online Dept of State Passport status line, message read:

"We have finished processing your passport, and it has been mailed to you.
You paid for overnight delivery. This means you should receive your passport on or about 03/05/2008"

That is pretty good service!! Hats off to the Department of State and USCIS for such a smooth experience.
So waiting in that long passport line after the oath ceremony wasn't such a bad idea after all :)

Cheers!

SFORAFF
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06/25/07 N-400 mailed
07/11/07 Received per online case status
07/06/07 Priority Date
07/16/07 Check Cashed
07/24/07 I-797C Notice Date
07/25/07 FP Notice received
08/14/07 FP Date/Completed
11/22/07 Interview Notice received
01/10/08 Interview Date/Completed
01/31/08 Oath Notice
02/26/08 Oath SF Masonic Completed! US Citizen.
02/26/08 Applied for US Passport at the Oath SF Masonic
02/29/08 Passport online status, processing complete. expect by 03/05

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Took 241 days from N400 Application to Oath Ceremony & Citizenship
 
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I did my Oath the same day and applied for passport the same day as you but my information is not showing online. I did expedited express both ways. Any idea why it's taking longer for me?
 
Replying to NameCheck!

Hi NameCheck! Did you apply at the San Francisco Masonic as I did?
Perhaps because my last name begins with an "A" and they sorted requests alphabetically? :confused:
Either way.. keep checking your status should be posted online by Monday-Tuesday and as
soon as you see the online status..you will receive the actual Passport Book withing a couple days of that..

SFORAFF
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06/25/07 N-400 mailed
07/11/07 Received per online case status
07/06/07 Priority Date
07/16/07 Check Cashed
07/24/07 I-797C Notice Date
07/25/07 FP Notice received
08/14/07 FP Date/Completed
11/22/07 Interview Notice received
01/10/08 Interview Date/Completed
01/31/08 Oath Notice
02/26/08 Oath SF Masonic Completed! US Citizen.
02/26/08 Applied for US Passport at the Oath SF Masonic
02/29/08 Passport online status, processing complete. expect by 03/05

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Took 241 days from N400 Application to Oath Ceremony & Citizenship
 
Received Passport, took exactly 7 Days

Received my U.S. Passport n 03/04 - The process is now complete and im going to book a cruise or something!

SFORAFF
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06/25/07 N-400 mailed
07/11/07 Received per online case status
07/06/07 Priority Date
07/16/07 Check Cashed
07/24/07 I-797C Notice Date
07/25/07 FP Notice received
08/14/07 FP Date/Completed
11/22/07 Interview Notice received
01/10/08 Interview Date/Completed
01/31/08 Oath Notice
02/26/08 Oath SF Masonic Completed! US Citizen.
02/26/08 Applied for US Passport at the Oath SF Masonic
03/04/08 Passport Received!!!!!
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Took 241 days from N400 Application to Oath Ceremony & Citizenship
 
My husband and kids(natural born US citizens) will apply for the passport card. We don't plan on doing any air travel anytime soon. We only do ground border crossing to Mexico.

Is it always possible to apply for the passport at the oath ceremony?
Does anyone have any experience w/ these? Do they take as long as a regular passport to receive?
 
Even if you could apply for passport at oath, they still get sent to same state agency for processing. So processing time would not change much.

If you want it urgently, you can go to local post office same day as oath and pay extra $60 and get passport quicker. Now a days, with that expediated passports arrive in 7-8 days.
 
Is there any other advantage to applying for the passport after the oath ceremony?
e.g. do you still have to give up/submit your naturalization certificate? (Or do they just look at it and give it right back to you?)
 
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