8 CFR § 339.1 - Administration of oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization.
---
identifier: "/us/cfr/t8/s339.1"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "8 CFR § 339.1 - Administration of oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "339.1"
section_name: "Administration of oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "339"
part_name: "FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES OF CLERKS OF COURT REGARDING NATURALIZATION PROCEEDINGS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103, 1443, 1448."
cfr_part: "339"
---
# 339.1 Administration of oath of allegiance to applicants for naturalization.
It shall be the duty of a judge of a court that administers an oath of allegiance to ensure that such oath is administered to each applicant for naturalization who has chosen to appear before the court. The clerk of court shall issue to each person to whom such oath is administered the Certificate of Naturalization provided by USCIS in accordance with 8 CFR 338.1. The clerk of court shall provide to each person whose name was changed as part of the naturalization proceedings, pursuant to section 336(e) of the Act, certified evidence of such name change.
[58 FR 49916, Sept. 24, 1993, as amended at 76 FR 53804, Aug. 29, 2011]