[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: 8CFR335.1]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 335_EXAMINATION ON APPLICATION FOR NATURALIZATION--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 335.1  Investigation of applicant.

Sec.
335.1 Investigation of applicant.
335.2 Examination of applicant.
335.3 Determination on application; continuance of examination.
335.4 Use of record of examination.
335.5 Receipt of derogatory information after grant.
335.6 Failure to appear for examination.
335.7 Failure to prosecute application after initial examination.
335.8 [Reserved]
335.9 Transfer of application.
335.10 Withdrawal of application.
335.11 Preliminary examinations on petitions for naturalization filed 
          prior to October 1, 1991.
335.12 Recommendations on petitions for naturalization of the designated 
          examiner and regional administrator; notice.
335.13 Notice of recommendation on petitions for naturalization of 
          designated examiner.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1443, 1447.


    Subsequent to the filing of an application for naturalization, the 
Service shall conduct an investigation of the applicant. The 
investigation shall consist, at a minimum, of a review of all pertinent 
records, police department checks, and a neighborhood investigation in 
the vicinities where the applicant has resided and has been employed, or 
engaged in business, for at least the five years immediately preceding 
the filing of the application. The district director may waive the 
neighborhood investigation of the applicant provided for in this 
paragraph.

[56 FR 50497, Oct. 7, 1991]