TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

CHAPTER V - EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION REVIEW, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

SUBCHAPTER C - NATIONALITY REGULATIONS

PART 1337 - OATH OF ALLEGIANCE

1337.9 - Effective date of naturalization.

  (a) An applicant for naturalization shall be deemed a citizen of the United States as of the date on which the applicant takes the prescribed oath of allegiance, administered either by the Service or an Immigration Judge in an administrative ceremony or in a ceremony conducted by an appropriate court under 1337.8 of 8 CFR chapter I.

  (b) [Reserved] [56 FR 50500, Oct. 7, 1991, as amended at 60 FR 37804, July 24, 1995; 66 FR 32147, June 13, 2001]