Americanization; Civics; Immigrants -- United States; Naturalization -- United States; Noncitizens -- United States
The petition shall set forth that he is not a disbeliever in, or
opposed to, organized government, or a member of or affiliated
with any organization or body of persons teaching disbelief in,
or opposed to, organized government; a polygamist or believer
in the practice of polygamy; and that it is his intention to
become a citizen of the United States and to renounce absolutely
and forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince,
potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly by name to the
prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which he at the time
of filing of his petition may be a citizen or subject; and that it
is his intention to reside permanently within the United States;
and whether or not he has been denied admission as a citizen of
the United States, and, if denied, the ground or grounds of such
denial, the court or courts in which such decision was rendered,
and that the cause for such denial has since been cured or removed;
and every fact material to his naturalization and required to be
proved upon the final hearing of his application.
The petition shall also be verified by the affidavits of at least
two credible witnesses, who are citizens of the United States, and
who shall state in their affidavits that they have personally known
the applicant to be a resident of the United States for a period of
at least five years continuously, and of the State, Territory, or
the District of Columbia, in which the application is made, for a
period of at least one year immediately preceding the date of the
filing of his petition, and that they each have personal knowledge
that the petitioner is a person of good moral character, and that
he is in every way qualified, in their opinion, to be admitted as
a citizen of the United States.
At the time of filing his petition there shall be filed with the
clerk of the court a certificate from the Department of Labor,
if the petitioner arrives in the United States after the passage
of this Act, stating the date, place, and manner of his arrival
in the United States, and the declaration of intention of such
petitioner, which certificate and declaration shall be attached to
and be made a part of said petition.
Third. He shall, before he is admitted to citizenship, declare
on oath in open court that he will support the Constitution of
the United States, and that he absolutely and entirely renounces
and abjures all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince,
potentate, state, or sovereignty, and particularly by name to
the prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of which he was
before a citizen or subject; that he will support and defend the
Constitution and laws of the United States against all enemies,
foreign and domestic, and bear true faith and allegiance to the
same.[63]
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