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[CITE: 8USC1444]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION
 
               Part II--Nationality Through Naturalization
 
Sec. 1444. Photographs; number

    (a) Three identical photographs of the applicant shall be signed by 
and furnished by each applicant for naturalization or citizenship. One 
of such photographs shall be affixed by the Attorney General to the 
original certificate of naturalization issued to the naturalized citizen 
and one to the duplicate certificate of naturalization required to be 
forwarded to the Service.
    (b) Three identical photographs of the applicant shall be furnished 
by each applicant for--
        (1) a record of lawful admission for permanent residence to be 
    made under section 1259 of this title;
        (2) a certificate of derivative citizenship;
        (3) a certificate of naturalization or of citizenship;
        (4) a special certificate of naturalization;
        (5) a certificate of naturalization or of citizenship, in lieu 
    of one lost, mutilated, or destroyed;
        (6) a new certificate of citizenship in the new name of any 
    naturalized citizen who, subsequent to naturalization, has had his 
    name changed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction or by 
    marriage; and
        (7) a declaration of intention.

    One such photograph shall be affixed to each such certificate issued 
by the Attorney General and one shall be affixed to the copy of such 
certificate retained by the Service.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, Sec. 333, 66 Stat. 253; Pub. 
L. 101-649, title IV, Sec. 407(c)(14), (d)(11), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 
5041, 5042; Pub. L. 103-416, title II, Sec. 219(w), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 
Stat. 4318.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 103-416 substituted ``1259'' for 
``1259(a)''.
    1990--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101-649 substituted ``applicant'' for 
``petitioner'' after ``by each'', and ``Attorney General'' for ``clerk 
of the court''.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-416 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-649, see section 
219(dd) of Pub. L. 103-416, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.

  Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of 
                                Functions

    For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of 
functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under 
section 1551 of this title.