Hurrah for those jolly INS fellows!!!
I have just been sent my citizenship interview date (after 10 months of waiting) and am a bit confused.
If I make it through the interview, do they take my green card away?
I ask as I am planning a visit back to Blighty for just after my interview date?
Any help would be very much appreciated.
OK - first of all congratulations - I hope it goes smoothly for you!
Secondly - YES they will take away your green card but not until the citizenship ceremony if memory serves me right. Let's see what others have to say about that. My ceremony took place four months after the interview.
You will have to apply for a US passport immediately after getting your papers at the ceremony and use it every time you leave and enter the US.
Many thanks for your help in answering my question. I have been wading through the INS website for the past weekend trying to find any info on when they take the green card.
And thank you for you kind words and good wishes. Right now I am busy trying to learn "Who said 'Give me liberty or a Spangled Banner'?"
As you can see, I think I have a bit of reading to go smile
Congratulations quattromark
They take away your green card when you are sworn in as an American citizen, for me that was several months after my test,better buckle down and do your homework, and good luck......june smile
Thanks June,
It seems that I should be good to go on my trip home just after the interview - as long as I don't get sworn in on the same day.
And, yes, I am a bit of a sadster right now and am reading up on all kinds of American history. ???
Kindest regards
M.
Congratulations!!! As everyone else has said, the INS took my green card away at the swearing in ceremony, which for me was a couple of months after my interview. Good luck on the test, though it is not too difficult.
FYI...you will still be able to keep your British passport.
bvamin
Do they make americans take these tests? Id like to see the success rate then.
Yeah, I think the pass rate would be a little lower if Americans had to take the test.
Yesterday I was reading my "Passing the test" book at work and my fellow workers (who are mostly Americans) started a huge arguement about whether there are 52 or 53 states.
And, no, I am not making this up!!