Discrepancy on Naturalization Certificate
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It depends if you noticed it early enough or later on. In general if you discover the mistake at the ceremony they should have a person to take care of it. If you discover it later you might try an Infopass, if not too many days have elapsed since you got the certificate they might still take care there and then. Otherwise you have to apply N-565 and get it replaced (takes four months or so), it will be free if the mistake was done by USCIS, otherwise you'll have to pay whatever the current fee is. It seems you still haven't had your oath, so if there is a mistake your best approach is to try to get it fixed at the oath ceremony.
If you discover error at the ceremony, do you think you should remain silent
and point it out only after taking oath? Thus it is only an issue of correcting
certificate. if you point out the mistake before taking the oath, they may request
you not to take oath that day and instead to reschedule another oath date later.
That may not be good if you are in a mood that you just want to become citizen first
whatever
Al Southner
Registered Users (C)
I remember while attending a swearing in ceremony for all new USC, and the official explicitly telling all soon-to-be-citizens, "please review the certificate throughly and make sure your name, date of birth, city of birth and full name is correct". Do look at this certificate about three times, and if you don't see well, use glasses or magnifying glass to ensure all is correct. If something is incorrect, please come to the desk and the clerk will take care of it.
I wonder what possess the OP NOT to see this discrepancy. I can imagine the excitement of being a citizen and a police officer in LA?
If you can make an info pass, do so immediately and request a change, but I am sure the IO will chew you a little bit, because they make sure that all new USC have correct information. I assume you need to do this like yesterday, cause the Sheriff might decide to do more background checks, so you need a correct document...
Al Southner
Registered Users (C)
Incorrect, people are sworn in even though there is a mistake in the certificate. The USCIS official at the ceremony make notation on the mistake and the candidate is mailed a new corrected certificate within 30 days. So, they don't postpone the oath of a candidate, because the certificate is different from oath which a person swear to uphold.
Thanks for the replies. I haven't had my oath ceremony yet. I was just wondering what the procedure is for correcting a mistake on a nat cert. Believe me, I'm definitely going to make sure everything is correct on that paper. I didn't pay over $700 for all this to let a clerical error go over my head.
It depends what kind of error there is and when you notice it. For example, if you notice a few weeks after oath they didn't add your middle name since you omitted it on N-400, then you'd have to file for a replacement certificate and pay the fee. However, if you notice at oath they mistyped your name and it appears differently from N-400, then you can have DO change it at no cost.
Hi,
I had a mistake on my naturalization certificate. I did not even notice it when I got it. First of all, you will get the certificate only AFTER the swear-in ceremony and when you are walking out. If you notice the error, you can tell them on the spot and they will make arrangements for fixing it. Otherwise, I think you have 2 business days to get it fixed with a infopass. I realized the mistake (half spelled middlename) and I called to get an info pass. I got the infopass on the 3rd business day. But, I did not have any issues. This was in Boston. I went to the Boston office and gave my certificate to be fixed. They fixed the name and gave it back to me in 45 minutes. So, if you identify the error, you can get it fixed within 2 days.
Regards,
Shaji.
I had a mistake on my naturalization certificate. I did not even notice it when I got it. First of all, you will get the certificate only AFTER the swear-in ceremony and when you are walking out. If you notice the error, you can tell them on the spot and they will make arrangements for fixing it. Otherwise, I think you have 2 business days to get it fixed with a infopass. I realized the mistake (half spelled middlename) and I called to get an info pass. I got the infopass on the 3rd business day. But, I did not have any issues. This was in Boston. I went to the Boston office and gave my certificate to be fixed. They fixed the name and gave it back to me in 45 minutes. So, if you identify the error, you can get it fixed within 2 days.
Regards,
Shaji.