Hi everyone,
Is it ok to apply for US passport right after the oath ceremony? Or should I wait until the next day?
Any experiences from others who have applied the same day?
(you can see that I am not impatient to get done with all this...
M92Denver
If you urgently need it you can apply same day.
Well, considering that they take away your green card I would say that everyone urgently needs a passport, right? How would you travel if an emergency comes up?
Many people don't need to travel outside the country urgently and therefore don't need a passport right away.
Some people are just not comfortable filling out the appl before the oath is done.
Why is that? Superstition?
Well that doesn't pertain to everyone since what are the chances of emergency travel coming up in the first few days after oath?I am talking about "emergency" travel. The ones you cannot predict.
Well that doesn't pertain to everyone since what are the chances of emergency travel coming up in the first few days after oath?
I applied for my passport the very next morning after I had my naturalization ceremony.
I applied at the national passport agency, and got my passport within a few hours since I had to travel almost immediately. So it's possible...
I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can do the same thing. Being that next week is a short holiday week, I booked a trip out of the country knowing I only had to use a few vacation days to get the whole week off. My oath is today at 3:00pm and I have an appointment at a passport agency office at 7:00am tomorrow, talk about cutting it close.
Here is what i am thinking about doing on day-before and on the day of Oath.
- Complete the PP application a day before the Oath.
- Take the PP application and necessary document needed for applying PP to oath ceremony
- Complete the oath and get the Naturalization certificate.
- Walk into Fedex Kinkos and make a color copy of Naturalization certificate.
- Run into Postoffice(which accept the passport) and submit the application for passport. I believe they accept application until 4:30 P.M., so i think we have plenty of time.
- Kris-colorado
Making a color copy of the Naturalization Certificate is a criminal crime. during Oath they willtell you that. Do not make that mistake.