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8 U.S.C. § 1449 — Certificate of naturalization; contents
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A person admitted to citizenship in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter shall be entitled upon such admission to receive from the Attorney General a certificate of naturalization, which shall contain substantially the following information: Number of application for naturalization; number of certificate of naturalization; date of naturalization; name, signature, place of residence, autographed photograph, and personal description of the naturalized person, including age, sex, marital status, and country of former nationality; location of the district office of the Service in which the application was filed and the title, authority, and location of the official or court administering the oath of allegiance; statement that the Attorney General, having found that the applicant had complied in all respects with all of the applicable provisions of the naturalization laws of the United States, and was entitled to be admitted a citizen of the United States of America, thereupon ordered that the applicant be admitted as a citizen of the United States of America; attestation of an immigration officer; and the seal of the Department of Justice.
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A person admitted to citizenship in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter shall be entitled upon such admission to receive from the Attorney General a certificate of naturalization, which shall contain substantially the following information: Number of application for naturalization; number of certificate of naturalization; date of naturalization; name, signature, place of residence, autographed photograph, and personal description of the naturalized person, including age, sex, marital status, and country of former nationality; location of the district office of the Service in which the application was filed and the title, authority, and location of the official or court administering the oath of allegiance; statement that the Attorney General, having found that the applicant had complied in all respects with all of the applicable provisions of the naturalization laws of the United States, and was entitled to be admitted a citizen of the United States of America, thereupon ordered that the applicant be admitted as a citizen of the United States of America; attestation of an immigration officer; and the seal of the Department of Justice.
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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### Statutory Notes
Section 728, act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subchap. III, § 328, 54 Stat. 1151, related to registration of aliens. See sections 1230 and 1259 of this title.
Section 729, acts Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subchap. III, § 329, 54 Stat. 1152; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 27, 64 Stat. 1015, related to certificate of arrival. See [section 1429 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1429&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 730, act Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subchap. III, § 330, 54 Stat. 1152, related to photographs. See [section 1444 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1444&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 731, acts Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subchap. III, § 331, 54 Stat. 1153; May 31, 1947, ch. 87, § 1, 61 Stat. 121, related to declaration of intention. See [section 1445(f) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1445/f&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 732, acts Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subchap. III, § 332, 54 Stat. 1154; May 31, 1947, ch. 87, § 2, 61 Stat. 122; June 25, 1948, ch. 656, 62 Stat. 1026, related to petition for naturalization. See section 1445(a)–(d) of this title.
Section 732a, act May 31, 1947, ch. 87, § 5, 61 Stat. 122, related to waiver of appearance or petition for naturalization. See [section 1445(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1445/e&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 733, acts Oct. 14, 1940, ch. 876, title I, subchap. III, § 333, 54 Stat. 1156; Sept. 23, 1950, ch. 1024, title I, § 28(a), 64 Stat. 1016, related to hearings on petitions. See section 1446(a)–(e) of this title.
Section 734, a
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1449
with jurisdiction under section 1421(b) of this title’’ for
‘‘in open court’’, ‘‘Attorney General’’ for ‘‘naturaliza-
tion court’’ wherever appearing in second and fourth
sentences, and ‘‘Attorney General’’ for ‘‘court’’ before
‘‘the child’’ in fourth sentence.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(18), (d)(15)(B), sub-
stituted ‘‘applying’’ for ‘‘petitioning’’, ‘‘applicant’’ for
‘‘petitioner’’, and ‘‘in the same public ceremony in
which the oath of allegiance is administered’’ for ‘‘in
open court in the court in which the petition for natu-
ralization is made’’, and struck out ‘‘in the court’’ after
‘‘shall be recorded’’.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(18), (d)(15)(C), sub-
stituted ‘‘applicant’’ for ‘‘petitioner’’, ‘‘attending a
public ceremony’’ for ‘‘being in open court’’, and ‘‘at
such place as the Attorney General may designate
under section 1445(e) of this title’’ for ‘‘a judge of the
court at such place as may be designated by the court’’.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(15)(D), added sub-
sec. (d).
1981—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 97–116 substituted ‘‘section
1433’’ for ‘‘section 1433 or 1434’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2000 AMENDMENT
Pub. L. 106–448, § 2, Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1939, pro-
vided that: ‘‘The amendment made by section 1
[amending this section] shall apply to persons applying
for naturalization before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Nov. 6, 2000].’’
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENT
Amendment by section 102(b)(2) of Pub. L. 102–232 ef-
fective 30 days after Dec. 12, 1991, see section 102(c) of
Pub. L. 102–232, set out as a note under section 1421 of
this title.
Amendment by section 305(i) of Pub. L. 102–232 effec-
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