by Anura Guruge
on September 10, 2023
Last week, while I was in Maine (again), my Naturalization Certificate arrived — on September 5, 2023.
That was the last step in the process — start-to-finish, soup-to-nuts. I had got my U.S. Passport, U.S. Passport Card & my documentation. That was it. It was finally, ALL DONE.
It had taken 125 days from START-to-FINISH.
117 days since ‘they’ received my paperwork at the Texas facility, 8-days after I submitted it all at a large U.S. Post Office.
So, that is 4 MONTHS — BUT, I received my Passport & Passport Card within 3 months.
So, I was right SMACK in the 12-week WAIT they currently advertise.
Amusing that they wait EXACTLY a month after issuance of the Passport to start mailing back the documentation. Not sure why they wait a month. I guess they want to make sure the passport got delivered.
I am HAPPY. Got the Passport within the timeframe I had been told to expect. Wasn’t thrilled waiting 5 weeks to get back my documentation — BUT relieved that I am now all set.
Just thought that this timeline might help a few of you. Now you can work out where you are in the process. Hopefully things will get faster now that the Summer travel rush/bulge is history.
All the best.
