I do have my oath ceremony scheduled for February 27th,2020 early morning I know that I will surrender my green card and get my naturalization certificate. my problem is next day on 28th i am scheduled to travel to Spain . I will use my Peruvian passport as identification will my naturalization certificate can help to enter to USA
2,085 8 8 gold badges 42 42 silver badges 81 81 bronze badges asked Feb 24, 2020 at 14:48 Joseph Fernandini Joseph Fernandini 61 1 1 gold badge 1 1 silver badge 2 2 bronze badges Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 15:55what "oath ceremony"? are you becoming a US citizen? Is the question that you won't have a passport the next day but you won't have your green card either? This is not clear at the moment.
Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 16:06I suspect this plan won’t work. Advice on uscis.gov/us-citizenship/naturalization-ceremonies states ‘please allow sufficient time between your naturalization ceremony and any planned travel to receive your passport’. Your problem could be that the airline may not accept your Peruvian passport plus certificate as sufficient to allow you to board. It would be worth contacting the airline you’re travelling with to check.
Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 17:20They won’t allow you to board your return trip in Spain. Although not recommended, of course you could get a US passport at the USA embassy in Spain. Don’t know how long it will take though and I bet they won’t like your modus operandi however they will have no choice. Carry your Naturalization Certificate along.
Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 17:40@C'estMoi it's quite well established that the oath does not actually require people naturalizing in the US to renounce any other citizenship. See for example Afroyim v. Rusk.
Commented Feb 24, 2020 at 21:49You cannot fly back to the US with your naturalisation certificate.
The only solution is getting an emergency passport at the US embassy in Madrid.
answered Feb 24, 2020 at 20:43 79.3k 16 16 gold badges 161 161 silver badges 345 345 bronze badgesAre you applying for dual citizenship? Are you renouncing your Peruvian citizenship once you take the oath for US citizenship? What is the exact scenario with your citizenship. If I am understanding your question, your current passport will become null and void. If you are not a citizen of Peru, you can not travel on a Peruvian passport.
You can, however, apply for an emergency US passport. Since you are a new citizen, I do not know how long it will take. As a born-citizen, my emergency passport took less than 8 hours. You will have to go to the passport office in person, as soon as they open for the day. That may mean delaying your flight.
answered Feb 25, 2020 at 21:14 1,151 5 5 silver badges 9 9 bronze badges Where on Earth is it implied that OP's renouncing their Peruvian citizenship. Commented Feb 26, 2020 at 17:41@Crazydre - The first two sentences in the answer address this. There are question marks at the end of each sentence. Dual citizenship or renouncing their Peruvian citizenship would be the only options that I know of when taking the oath of US citizenship. My in-laws and numerous friends have gone through the US naturalization process. And I’m related to an immigration attorney. I’ll ask them about another option. Do you know of a third option? Otherwise, why on Earth would you assume the OP has not followed one of the two options mentioned above?
Commented Feb 26, 2020 at 19:38I don’t know where the OP lives. But, if I were a betting man, I would wager that it would be worth the hassle to call the nearest official passport office to him and ask about the process to get an emergency passport before he leaves the states. P.S. I call it an emergency passport. In my case, it was an absolutely real and permanent passport done on an emergency, expedited basis. I walked in in the morning with my paperwork, pictures and processing fee (plus a very reasonable, nominal expediting fee). And, walked out in the afternoon with a very real ten year passport.