Oath Ceremony in Miami

[mimi]

just received my invite to oath ceremony, to be held in a couple weeks.

does anyone know, are these held fairly regularly or is it a once-a-week
affair or similar?

scanning the invitation letter, it appears there is no other requirement
than to answer the questions on the back, sign, date and fill in name,
address and turn in the alien card (aka. green card). the letter does not
have a requirement to sign the invitation in the presence of a USCIS officer
so I plan on having it filled out completely before the ceremony.

how long are the proceedings? one hour?

now, I've been told to immediately go ahead and get a US passport so I
planned on getting Sears photos taken and with me so that I can simply drop
the Nat Cert in the mail at any local US Post Office that processes passport
applications. of course the danger is that my newly minted Nat Cert will
disappear in the process but once issues it should be no big deal to get a
duplicate copy should the passport application process not return it to me.

[A Ala-Mönkäre]

> does anyone know, are these held fairly regularly or is it a once-a-week
> affair or similar?

they normally hold at least one each week, depending on location

> scanning the invitation letter, it appears there is no other requirement

that is fine, you can pre-prepare it as you simply hand over your
Alien Card and the letter when you arrive at the location of the oath
ceremony.

> how long are the proceedings? one hour?

reserve a couple hours just in case there are several thousand people
there, waiting in line to receive your nat.cert after the ceremony
etc.

> now, I've been told to immediately go ahead and get a US passport

that is a good suggestion.