We had our oath ceremony on July 31,08 and applied for US passport book and passport cards the same day. As required by the process, we had to send our original naturalization certificates along with the application.
We got back our passport books super fast ... on August 9th (even though we had chosen regular processing, not expedited). However, so far we have not received our original naturalization certificates.
Fortunately we kept copies of the certificates before we sent the original ones.
I have already called the passport dept and they said that the verification of documents and processing of passports happen at separate agencies - hence the passport books and proof of citizenship (i.e. the natz certs) are sent back by separate mails. However, since it has been well over two weeks, she sent a message to the agency to look into this.
Does anyone else here have any experience like this ? How quickly do people here get back their natz certificates ?
Anything else I should pursue ? If our natz certificates were really sent and got lost in mail, is there a chance it can be misused (for identity theft or immigration fraud) ? If so, is it recommended that I file a case with the police or somehow report the case to USCIS to cancel our original natz certificates and issue new ones ?
Any info will be much appreciated !!
We got back our passport books super fast ... on August 9th (even though we had chosen regular processing, not expedited). However, so far we have not received our original naturalization certificates.
Fortunately we kept copies of the certificates before we sent the original ones.
I have already called the passport dept and they said that the verification of documents and processing of passports happen at separate agencies - hence the passport books and proof of citizenship (i.e. the natz certs) are sent back by separate mails. However, since it has been well over two weeks, she sent a message to the agency to look into this.
Does anyone else here have any experience like this ? How quickly do people here get back their natz certificates ?
Anything else I should pursue ? If our natz certificates were really sent and got lost in mail, is there a chance it can be misused (for identity theft or immigration fraud) ? If so, is it recommended that I file a case with the police or somehow report the case to USCIS to cancel our original natz certificates and issue new ones ?
Any info will be much appreciated !!