Hi I recently got my naturalization certificate and didn’t get around to apply for US passport before flying to visit family in Israel. I used my Israeli passport to travel to Israel but when I tried to come back home to my husband and family in California I was not allowed to go on the plane because I don’t have an American passport.
The options I was offered by the American embassy in Israeli is to wait 2 months for an appointment and apply for an American passport here in Israel. But rent is due and 2 months is too long for me to wait.
My question is, if I but a ticket to Mexico from Israel with a layover in America, would I be able to get through the immigration without and American passport? I have the naturalization certificate with me to prove citizenship.
Does anyone here have any information that could help me?
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