(1) Renounce Foreign Allegiances. As
All applicants for naturalization must be
stated in the oath, you must renounce
willing to support and defend the United
all foreign allegiances to become a U.S.
States and our Constitution. You declare
citizen.
your “attachment” to the United States and
our Constitution when you take the Oath of (2) Support the Constitution. You must Allegiance. In fact, it is not until you take
also be willing to support and defend the
the Oath of Allegiance that you actually
principles of the Constitution and the laws
become a U.S. citizen. If you are unwilling of the United States.
or unable to take the Oath of Allegiance
in its entirety please see Page 38 for more
(3) Serve the United States. When
information.
required by law, you must be willing to
(a) fight in the U.S. Armed Forces, (b)
What does the Oath require? When you
perform noncombatant service in the
take the oath, you must promise to do
U.S. Armed Forces, and (c) perform
three things:
civilian service for the United States.
What else will USCIS consider about
my promise to serve the United States?
In addition to your promise to serve the