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The said King George the Third, his heirs and successors, and his Power, support, maintain and defend the said United States against Obedience to him and I do Swear that I will, to the utmost of my The UNITED STATES of AMERICA to be Free, IndependentĪnd Sovereign States, and declare that the people thereof owe noĪllegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Greatīritain and I renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or I James Glentworth, Lieut, of 6th Pennya. The requirement may also be waived for any person unable to understand or communicate an understanding of said Oath due to a physical disability or mental impairment.ĭuring the Revolutionary War, oaths of allegiance were administered to officers of the Continental Army, pursuant to a Congressional resolution of February 3, 1778. The requirement to take and subscribe to the Oath of Allegiance of the United States is waived for children under 14 years of age at the time of naturalization. I further renounce the title of (give title or titles) which I have heretofore held or I further renounce the order of nobility (give the order of nobility) to which I have heretofore belonged. New citizens who hold foreign titles must also renounce those titles by adding the following phrase: The applicant is not required to belong to a specific religious group, but must have 'a sincere and meaningful belief that has a place in the applicant's life that is equivalent to that of a religious belief.' Renunciation of title or order of nobility Qualifying for this modification may require supporting documentation from the applicant's religious organization. The term 'religious training and belief' as used in this section shall mean an individual's belief in a relation to a Supreme Being involving duties superior to those arising from any human relation, but does not include essentially political, sociological, or philosophical views, or a merely personal moral code. Congress, if the prospective citizen is unable or unwilling to promise to bear arms or perform noncombatant military service because of 'religious training and belief', he or she may request to leave out those clauses. regulations, the phrase 'so help me God' is optional and that the words on oath can be substituted with and solemnly affirm. I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by the law that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion so help me God. The current Oath of Allegiance of the United States is as follows: The oath may be administered by any immigration judge or any authorized officer of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), including by any eligible federal judge. The Oath of Allegiance of the United States is the official oath of allegiance that must be taken and subscribed by every immigrant who wishes to become a United States citizen. military personnel taking and subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2008

military personnel taking and subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, in 2010 Lawful immigrants taking and subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, in 2010 15 people from ten countries taking and subscribing to the Oath of Allegiance on World Refugee Day in Boise, Idaho, in 2015 U.S. servicemembers during a naturalization ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan U.S.

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986Ī USCIS official administering the Oath of Allegiance to a group of U.S.

Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 / 1965.

Deportation of Americans from the United States.

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From all enemies foreign and domestic