After I make the oath ceremony for naturalization, do they give me the certificate there or do they mail it?
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At the ceremony, you turn in your residence card (Green Card). You take your oath, and voila! you get your Nat Certificate. If I were you, I would go get a US Passport as quickly as I could! All US citizens will be required to travel with a Passport to any country (including Mexico and Canada) starting January 1,2007.
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go to your consulate or agency in charge of passport, amendment, renewal, etc
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Call the Office of Vital Statistics in California.  Tell then you want your birth certificate and they will guide you from there.
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Oh dear lord hun, let me tell ya. It was such a trial for me to get mine! You need to write a letter to the Dept of State (i just did this last year, I was born on a military base in the phillipines)  \nPassport Correspondence Branch, U.S. Department of State,\n1111 19th Street, NW, Suite 510,\nWashington, DC 20524. \n\nIt's 20.00 bucks too.  Find more info at.\nhttp://www4.army.mil/outreach/gQuestions/#06
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No Not in your case. they have lottery's but when you get married to a citizen especially a GI things are a little easier. You will become a naturalized citizen. The thing that's happened is a few have done fraudulent marriage for that purpose. So in turn INS has in some cases questioned the legitimacy of the marriage. Only in some cases. so they may tell you that after 2-3 yrs we will give you citizenship they have guidelines but I hope it goes well for you!!
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Birth Certificate can be requested by Capital of the State you were born in.  Write them an email from the state.gov website requesting form & where to send the money for a certified copy of the birth certificate if the original is gone.
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I can't tell you when you will get a reply from INS, I can tell you that I had a similar experience.  It took over two years (AFTER my interview that I passed) before I was contacted to attend a naturalization ceremony.  I am Moroccan and was told the same thing as you, that it was the FBI check they were waiting for.  I contacted ACLU and my local representatives who made contacts with INS and FBI on my behalf.  I don't really know whether it helped or not but I did finally swear in and get my citizenship.  There is hope, but you may need to push them.  INS is all politics, so get your representatives involved.  On the other hand, if  you know you have a criminal history anywhere in the world or have been suspected of any crime, you may wait for a very long time, much longer than you have already.  \nI say, contact outside organizations that are there to help you, like ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) or a State Rep., even an attorney (make sure you get a well known Immigration attorney if you do this).  But keep your hopes up and keep up the inquiries!
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What are some of the letters that are filled in and where are they?  I'll be waiting for answer.\n\nCould be naturalization.
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It does not delay the citizenship application.  When the judge swears you in as a citizen, you have the opportunity to change your name.  I believe this is done mainly because some names acquired from the original countries may be difficult to either pronounce or write or both, there by providing you the opportunity to change your original name.  Your new name will be in your naturalization paper.
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Depends on how many people are being naturalized at that time.  In some big cities where hundreds gather, just getting everyone seated takes almost as long as the ceremony itself.  Also depending on the no. of participants, sometimes each participant is sworn and given the certificate individually, or everything is done as a group.  Also if the judges are late, it would take longer.  The ceremony itself could take up to an hour.
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Typically you need to apply, pay a fee and take an oath. It varies by state. Check the links below for more detail.
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As regard the procedure, you should get it typed on a stamp paper and get it notarised (no need to paste postal stamps).  As far as the contents of the affidavits visit the following link :\n\nhttp://passport.bom.nic.in
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If you lost your naturalization certificate, you can get a new one here:\nhttp://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=a910cac09aa5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD&vgnextchannel=db029c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD\n\nIf you're applying for a first-time passport, you must apply in person with the original certificate.  They will not keep it:\nhttp://www.travel.state.gov/passport/get/first/first_830.html
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Yes.  You will receive it in the mail.
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It depends on how you become a citizen. Most citizens are born citizens, which happens to anyone born in the United States or US territory, unless they are born to a foreign diplomat and to anyone born to a US citizen as long as the parents lived in the US at some point.\n\nTo naturalize as a citizen, you must first somehow become a permanent resident, which can happen a large number of ways. You must then remain in the United States aside from short vacations for a particular number of years, depending on the basis for your permanent residence, apply for citizenship, and take a test.
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A copy of your birth certificate is available through the Department of State if you were born of a military service personnel.
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If you don't get that piece of paper from the German consulate - you will lose your German citizenship as a result of attaining the American citizenship. I didn't know it was that easy - now I have lost my German citizenship and cannot get it back.