infopass & oath ...
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Oh, ok, now the problem exists. I think the best way is to follow the instructions on the letter on how to reschedule one of the oath. On the other hand, depending on how the ceremony is conducted you could ask a friend to mind your infant in the guest area while both of you get your oath.
Just send one of the letters back requesting to reschedule if you don't want the oath on same day. Keep in mind that rescheduling an oath can take up to 3 months, depending on DO.
Al Southner
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Lady,
Just hire a baby sitter for that particular day, she can come with you and the baby to the oath, which should take no more than 8 hours...
Remember that you can invite people to your oath ceremony, she can be your invitee, which will enable you to focus on the oath issues, be sworn in as a USC and enjoy the speech from Tom De Lay, he's the guest speaker in SFC on that oath day. Once the "festivas" is done, you go ahead and pick-up your child and both you and the baby sitter, husband head home. You pay the sitter and she goes home, both you and hubby, plus kids celebrate like it is December 31st, 1999.Rescheduling might take longer, as BSmyth suggested, 3 months at time. If you or hubby is willing to wait that long, go ahead and knock yourself out. However, a baby sitter or grandma or pa watching your infant could help you out...
I don't know why having a baby can prevent you and yoru husband from taking the oath on the same day. I can not say for all DOs, but in the DO
I went, teh oath ceremony is not like the picture in newspapers. It is perfectly OK if you just hold baby during the ceremony. If teh baby cries,
it may annoy some others and even USCIS Ios but I think they understand.
Remmeber the oath ceremony most of part deal with paperwork and it
does not have to be very neat. The oath itself only take maybe 30 seconds.
During that 30 seconds, you can put the baby down into a baby carrier
or you can even hold the baby with yoru left hand and raise your right hand
to take oath.
Oath ceremony is not like an team of guards of honor receiving the head of
state review.
fitness901
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Lady,
Just hire a baby sitter for that particular day, she can come with you and the baby to the oath, which should take no more than 8 hours...
Rescheduling might take longer, as BSmyth suggested, 3 months at time. If you or hubby is willing to wait that long, go ahead and knock yourself out. However, a baby sitter or grandma or pa watching your infant could help you out...
Thank you am with you and it is not big deal.......hire baby sitter or ask family member ........don't lost you oath date ,it might take long for other round oath day......... and are you new MUM ??????
Like most people had said, hiring a baby sitter is a small price to pay because you never know when they will schedule your hubby for oath if you have to request for a new oath date. Many had done that in the past for some reason they cannot control and still wishes they never did but in your own case, if the baby issue is the only issue to be considered, that is easily manageable for you I believe. From what I have been reading on here, the whole ceremony shouldnt take more than 3 hrs at maximum and the only time you may not be paying attension to you child is the actual oath ceremony which I leanrt is also about 10 mins maximum. That 10 mins maximum shouldnt be a big deal.
Best wishes!!!
richmondva
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Our DO allowed visitors for the oath ceremony. In fact there were 2 families where the parents actually took oath with infants in their laps. I am not sure whether your DO would allow that or not (since our Norfolk DO was small and friendly) but I thought I should at least mention that. As some others have recommended; if we were in your case postponing our oath would be our last resort and I suggest you avoid that as far as possible.