your records with SSA as soon
Allegiance. Applicants are
with SSA. In order to update
as possible.
not required to provide any
your citizenship status in your
evidence or testimony to
SSA record, you will need
Apply for a U.S. Passport. We
support a request for this type to present your Certificate of
strongly recommend that you
of modification. See 8 CFR
Naturalization or your U.S.
apply for a U.S. passport soon
337.1(b).
passport to the SSA.
after your oath. You will not be
able to travel abroad until you
• USCIS can waive the Oath of
To Change your Name in SSA’s have your U.S. passport. Please
Allegiance when it is shown
Records. If at the oath ceremony allow sufficient time between
that the person’s physical or
you also changed your name
your ceremony and any planned
developmental disability, or
from that shown in your SSA
travel to receive your passport.
mental impairments, makes
record, and your Certificate of
them unable to understand,
Naturalization does not show
• In addition to your Certificate
or to communicate an
your old and new names, you
of Naturalization, a passport
understanding of, the meaning will also need to present:
serves as evidence of
of the oath. See 8 USC 337.
citizenship. If you lose your
• A State driver’s license or
Certificate of Naturalization,
Hereditary Titles. If you have
other acceptable form of
you may request a replacement
any hereditary titles or positions
identification in your old name
by filing an “Application for
of nobility, you must renounce at
as shown in your SSA record.
Replacement Naturalization/
the oath ceremony.
This identity document in your
Citizenship Document” (Form
former name can be unexpired
N-565).