[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: 8CFR337.9]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 337_OATH OF ALLEGIANCE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 337.9  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 Sec. 337.8 of this chapter.
    (b) [Reserved]

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