[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: 8CFR343b.4]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 343b_SPECIAL CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION FOR RECOGNITION BY A FOREIGN STATE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 343b.4  Applicant outside of United States.

    If the application is received by a Service officer stationed 
outside the United States, he shall, when practicable, interrogate the 
applicant before the application is forwarded to the district director 
in the United States having jurisdiction over the applicant's place of 
residence for issuance of the certificate. When such interrogation is 
not practicable, or is not conducted because the application is 
submitted directly to the Commissioner or a district director of the 
Service in the United States, the certificate may nevertheless be issued 
and the recommendation conditioned upon satisfactory interrogation by a 
State Department representative. When forwarding the certificate in such 
a case, the Secretary of State shall be informed that the applicant has 
not been interviewed, and requested to have his representative abroad 
interview the applicant regarding identity and possible expatriation. If 
identity is not established or if expatriation has occurred,

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the request shall be made that the certificate be returned to the 
Service.

[37 FR 7584, Apr. 18, 1972]