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Kevinf2349 wrote:Arghhhhh!

OK...so I was sworn in as US citizen on June 10th after having had several FBI checks and my fingerprint taken more times than I care to count.

We (the good lady wife) went to see her family in TN immediately after the ceremony. I got back and flipped the DPS an email on 23rd June asking if they needed to see a copy of my Natuarlization certificate.....nothing. So I called them and spoke to a helpful young lady who told me the as they have a copy of my green card and proof of residency in TX that they had all they needed. Cool!

Fast forward to yesterday (6th July) I decide (on my day off work) that it is time to apply for my US passport, so away I go to the USPS and file for a passprt (6 week wait), they take my Naturalization Certificate to send to the passport office (understandably).

I return to work today and see an email in my inbox from the DPS saying....fax a copy of your Naturalization certificate please! Erm.....it is on the way to The Lord only know where. So I call the DPS up the conversation goes something like this

"I got an email asked me to fax my Naturalization certificate. I was told you didn't need it and it has been sent to the passport office and will be gone 6 weeks, can I send you a scanned copy of it as a jpg?"
"Sorry sir, we need to see the certificate. Can't you fax it?"
"I don't have it, it is at the passport office, can I send a scanned copy of it to you an attachment?"
"can't you fax it?"
"Fax what? a jpeg?"
"Yep"
"It is a picture file, a jpg, no I can't fax it. Can you not accept it"
"a picture of it? No you need to fax it"
"But it is a scanned image of it just like a fax, but in full living color"
"Yes that will be fine. Can you fax a copy?!"
"Can't I just send it as an email attachment?"
"The scanned copy? Yes, but not a picture"

Exasperated I emailed the file and haven't heard anything back yet. Hopefully I won't have to wait 6 weeks before the passport office send it back, but if they refuse to accprt the scan I may be delayed 6 weeks at least.