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    Forgotten bank account

    Actually, you have to report on the FBAR form (not your tax return) any foreign account if the aggregate peak reaches $10,000. That means that if you have 10 accounts holding $1000 each, you are required to file a FBAR. Form 8938 needs to be filed with your tax returns but the thresholds are higher.
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    waiting time for NY residents

    I live in Manhattan. It took me about 3 and a half month from filing to oath.
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    Missed Oath Ceremony

    Don't worry. A friend of mine just forgot to go to his oath. It happens. After a couple of weeks he received another oath letter. Didn't forget the second time and he's a citizen now.
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    Expiring Green-Card days before the oath!

    Arizona is definitely one of the most (if not the most) beautiful state in the country. Don't be scared to go there. People are also really nice.
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    what to carry for Oath ceremony

    You don't even need to bring your passport.
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    Expiring Green-Card days before the oath!

    Go to the oath with your expired green card, surrender it, get sworn in, get your naturalization certificate and apply for a US passport. End of the story.
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    Faisal Shahzad

    I think the proposed legislations are totally ineffective. Actually, Sen. Graham is quite right. At least if someone is a US citizen, you can try him/her for treason and sentence him/her to death. It's all smoke. I don't think the American Taliban (Adam Gadahn, or similar) gives a cr@p if they...
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    Faisal Shahzad

    Let's not forget that many of Sen Lieberman's voters (and maybe himself, too) are dual citizens (US/Israel). Again, if this guy renounced to his Pakistani citizenship, he would have done it anyways.
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    Faisal Shahzad

    I'm all in favor of extra checks and everything to make this country safer. However, this man was in the US legally, and had he not applied for naturalization, he would have been able to commit the same crime, absolutely no difference. And I doubt they would have deported him after...lol...
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    old passport after citizenship

    1- No 2- They don't officially recognize it, but they do allow you to keep your former citizenship. They also acknowledge the fact that you might be considered solely a citizen of your other country in the other country. Your only legal requirement is to use a US passport when leaving/entering...
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    Do they write CITY of birth on passport/ card?

    Only country of birth, even though you put the city in the application...
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    US Citizen Rights at US Border

    Yes. And my wife's US passport has always been stamped.
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    US Citizen Rights at US Border

    I actually got back to the US today instead of Sunday. I had a stampless US passport, as I entered Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Italy using my italian passport. At immigration I presented my US passport and my customs declaration. The young and good looking (for once) officer swiped my passport...
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    US Citizen Rights at US Border

    Next sunday should be interesting then. First trip as a US citizen. I'll be back (one week after my wife) with a blank US passport, as I got my egyptian, israeli and jordanian stamps on my italian passport and I'll use it also to enter italy of course. Funny thing, the usual interrogation at...
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    Traveling after Oath Ceremony

    Guys, Airline employees have nothing to do with immigration and CBP. And getting a passport at a US Embassy or Consulate abroad is perfectly legal. A friend of mine did it and I asked the US Consulate in Milan and they said it could be done, but it takes 2 weeks. So let's stop freaking out.
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    Traveling after Oath Ceremony

    Australia (and many other countries) allows dual citizenship.
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    Foreign passport and US passport

    I'm in Egypt right now and I used my italian passport to enter. I will use my italian passport to enter Israel as well (since it has israeli stamps already). I actually wrote the US Consulate in Milan to inquire about using my italian passport abroad and my US passport to enter the US (I use...
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    Bring spouse to interview?

    They just make her wait. Don't take him/her!
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    Traveling after Oath Ceremony

    First of all, I wish I could go to Australia (even though I'm writing you from an egyptian beach right now so I can't complain, lol). You can definitely make it. I obtained my passport the next day in NYC (and I could have obtained one same day if I were to travel sooner - I was traveling in 4...
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    speeding ticket, and N400

    Don't disclose it. They're interested only in arrests or misdemeanors, which isn't your case.
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