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NatCert = Naturalization certificate (the original has to be mailed in with your passport application) PPC is passport card, the credit card sized ID card that can be used land travel to Canada I had tax transcripts with me but the officer did not want to see them. As far as I know USCIS would...

My experience goes back to Nov 09 - March 10. You can read all my details in this thread. All in all it moved very fast - application to interview in 2 1/2 months. Then the long wait for the oath. As far as I know they do not do same day oaths for civilians. They seem to do one oath in Richmond...

I would not think that anything from Turbo Tax would be considered an official transcript. Call the IRS (or got to www.irs.gov for more info) to request official transcripts for free. Return transcripts are usually available for the last 3 years and for anything older you can get account...

...or you can wait with the civics and history studying until you get the audio CD at fingerprinting. I found the CD to be the most helpful study tool as it most closely simulated the actual test. Either way - All the best!

I was overly paranoid on this myself before my interview/test since there is no clear guidance anywhere... If you want to be 100% safe, as others have said, learn all given possible answers for the questions that don't specifically say "name one of ....". What you will discover though is that...

My oath experience lasted from 9:30 until just after 12:00. The oath ceremony itself (at a federal court house, not DO or same day oath) was a little over an hour, then they handed out nat certs. I was in the third row so that did not take long. What took a long time was the registration/check...

Hang in there Dr Scifi! Hopefully you'll have a resolution to this soon.

I am not familiar with specific requirements for CA or for specifics of that person's case you refer to but per the standard national checklists of what to bring to the interview in terms of tax info, everything focuses on federal returns/transcripts. I took copies of my state returns but did...

why are you worried about your state tax returns?

The IO asked me to "write" my name on the pictures. When I asked how to write it (having read many of the threads here) he said to write it in my normal handwriting as I normally write spelling out all names (no initials). So I did that (in European style cursive). I signed my Nat Cert with my...

Since the question asks for any and all associations and memberships ever it is not easy to answer I think. In my interview, the IO reviewed this in detail with me drilling on political type associations contrary to what would be legal in the US/show good moral character. I listed my church...

I had to actually go the local office (could not be done online) to submit a form. You fill out the form to request a replacement social security card (form available on-line). I showed them my brand new US passport, old card, and state issued driver's license, the lady verified everything and...

It seems it would make more sense and maybe be cheaper if they would mail everything together but I guess they have different facilities processing applications and actually producing the documents. The way they are set up it must be easier to just send things from where they are located versus...

Got my Nat Cert back on 4/2 and my Passport Card arrived on 4/3 ...all done!

Passport received today - applied 3/5, arrived 4/1

If you are worried about needing to go back further ask for tax account transcripts (or order them through the automated system). The tax return transcripts are the ones they only issue for the last 3-4 years for free (unless they changed the rules from six months ago tax account transcripts are...

Status update on the Dept. of State website as of this morning - passport has been mailed along with del conf number. Estimated delivery per the site nlt 04/04/10 (which is a Sunday - gotta build in some smarts to recognize weekends!) Anyway, glad the thing is in the mail. If it gets to me by...

Applied 3/5 - routine processing at local Post Office. Dept. of State website status shows a locator number so I guess they have my application and it is referring me to the routine processing time lines...hopefully there will be some movement soon. I am at 3 weeks today

Congrats! Thinking back to my interview, it went well because I had a very nice and professional IO. Since I had spent a good amount of time outside of the US as a LPR as well, my case could have been twisted and turned into a denial situation as well if the IO would not have accepted my...

In my case, City and State were where the Oath took place, not one's hometown. This was not clear to me either but the USCIS officials at the oath ceremony explained that to us and many people (including me) had to scratch out what they had put down and write in the actual Oath city. I guess if...