[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR334.2]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 334_APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 334.2  Application for naturalization.

    (a) An applicant may file an application for naturalization by 
filing a completed Form N-400 signed in the applicant's own handwriting, 
if physically able to do so, and by including any other documents 
required by parts 316, 319, 324, 325, 327, 328, 329, and 330 of this 
chapter, as appropriate. An application prepared for a person physically 
unable to write shall be signed by the preparer, in the space marked 
``Preparer's signature.'' The applicant shall include the fee as 
required in Sec. 103.7 of chapter B of this title, and a photocopy of 
the applicant's Alien Registration Card (Form I-551).
    (b) An application for naturalization may be filed up to 90 days 
prior to the completion of the required period of residence, which may 
include the three-month period of residence required to establish 
jurisdiction under section 316(a) or 319(a) of the Act.

[56 FR 50496, Oct. 7, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 48780, Sept. 20, 1993; 
66 FR 32147, June 13, 2001]