8 CFR 338.3

§ 338.3 Delivery of certificates.

United States · 8 CFR — Aliens and Nationality · Status: effective

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Citation: 8 CFR 338.3, § 338.3 Delivery of certificates, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/32499
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No Certificate of Naturalization will be delivered in any case in which the naturalized person has not surrendered his or her Permanent Resident Card to USCIS. Upon a finding that the card is destroyed or otherwise unavailable, USCIS may waive the surrender of the card and the Certificate of Naturalization shall then be delivered to the naturalized person.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.