341
(d) NAME CHANGES.—On petition of an individual applying for natu-
ralization, the court may order a change in the name of the individual as
part of the administration of the oath by the court. The certificate of natu-
ralization shall be issued with the new name.
§ 20512. Duties of Attorney General when court is to admin-
ister oath
(a) GENERAL.—When a court is to administer the oath to an individual
applying for naturalization, the Attorney General shall—
(1) provide the court with information necessary to administer the
oath to the individual, and if the court has exclusive authority under
section 20511(c) of this title, provide the information not later than 10
days after approving the application for naturalization; and
(2) promptly provide the court a certificate of naturalization pre-
pared by the Attorney General for the individual.
(b) NOTICE TO APPLICANTS OF COURT’S EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY.—(1)
If a court has exclusive authority to administer the oath, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall inform the applicant, at the time of approval of the application
for naturalization, of—
(A) the court’s exclusive authority to administer the oath during the
period specified in section 20511(c)(2)(A) of this title; and
(B) the dates when oath administration ceremonies by the court are
scheduled.
(2) If more than one court in an area has exclusive authority to admin-
ister the oath, the Attorney General shall allow the applicant, at the time
of approval, to choose the court to administer the oath.
§ 20513. Forms and records
(a) FORMS.—The Attorney General shall prescribe and provide forms to
carry out this chapter and sections 20901 and 20902 of this title. Only
those forms are lawful. Certificates of naturalization and certificates of citi-
zenship shall be printed on safety paper and numbered consecutively in sep-
arate series.
(b) DECLARATIONS OF INTENTION AND APPLICATIONS FOR NATURALIZA-
TION.—Each district office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service
in the United States shall maintain, in chronological order, consecutively
numbered, and indexed, as a permanent record, all declarations of intention
and applications for naturalization filed in that office.
(c) DUTIES OF CLERKS OF COURTS.—The clerk of a court administering
oaths to applicants for naturalization shall—
(1) take responsibility for all blank certificates of naturalization re-
ceived from the Attorney General;
342
(2) return to the Attorney General any certificate of naturalization
that is unusable because damaged;
(3) account to the Attorney General for blank certificates of natu-
ralization when required by the Attorney General;
(4) give a certificate of naturalization prepared by the Attorney Gen-
eral under section 20512 of this title to each individual administered
the oath by the court;
(5) provide the Attorney General with a list of individuals taking the
oath at each scheduled ceremony, and information about each of those
individuals, not later than 30 days after the end of the month in which
the oath was administered; and
(6) provide the Attorney General with a certified copy of other pro-
ceedings in, and orders by, the court related to the naturalization of
individuals, when required by the Attorney General.
(d) COPIES OF OATHS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST CITIZENSHIP BY EN-
TERING ARMED FORCES OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES.—When an individual de-
scribed in section 20315 of this title is naturalized, a certified copy of the
oath taken by the individual shall be provided by—
(1) the Attorney General to the Secretary of State if the oath was
administered by the Attorney General; and
(2) the clerk of the court to the Attorney General and the Secretary
of State if the oath was administered by a court.
§ 20514. Fees
(a) GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall charge, collect, and account
for fees prescribed by the Attorney General under section 9701 of title 31
for—
(1) filing a declaration of intention and issuing a duplicate declara-
tion; and
(2) filing an application for naturalization, holding a hearing on the
application, and issuing a certificate of naturalization.
(b) SUBPENA AND WITNESS FEES.—When filing an application for natu-
ralization, an individual requesting the issuance of a subpena under section
20507(b) of this title shall deposit with the Attorney General an amount
sufficient to cover the cost of subpenaing each witness and paying the wit-
ness the usual witness fee. On final discharge of the witness and demand
for payment, the Attorney General shall pay the witness the usual witness
fee from the amount deposited. The Attorney General shall return any re-
maining amount to the individual.
(c) EXEMPTION FOR INDIVIDUALS SERVING IN ARMED FORCES DURING
WAR OR MILITARY OPERATIONS.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2)
of this subsection, an individual serving in the armed forces of the United
343
States may not be charged a fee for filing an application for naturalization
or for issuance of a certificate of naturalization when the United States is
at war or engaged in military operations involving armed conflict with a
hostile foreign force as designated by the President by executive order.
(2) If a State law requires a fee to be charged, the clerk of a State court
may charge that part of the fee required to be paid to the State.
(3) The clerk of a court shall report all transactions made under this sub-
section to the Attorney General not later than 30 days after the end of the
month in which the transaction was made.
(d) EXEMPTION FROM REPLACEMENT FEES
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO
SERVED IN ARMED FORCES.—An individual may not be charged a fee for
filing an application to replace a declaration of intention or a certificate of
naturalization that is lost, destroyed, or mutilated if the individual served
in the armed forces of the United States after September 16, 1940, and
was not—
(1) discharged other than honorably;
(2) discharged because of alienage; or
(3) a conscientious objector who performed no military duty or re-
fused to wear the uniform.
(e) DISPOSITION OF FEES.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, the Attorney General shall deposit all fees collected by the Attorney
General under this subtitle in the ‘‘Immigration Examinations Fee Ac-
count’’ established under section 318(a) of this title.
(2) Fees collected by the Attorney General under this subtitle from resi-
dents of the Virgin Islands or Guam shall be paid to the treasury of the
Virgin Islands or Guam, respectively.
(3) A percentage of the fees described in subsection (a)(1) of this section
collected by the Attorney General shall be paid to courts administering
oaths under this chapter. In consultation with the courts, the Attorney Gen-
eral shall determine the percentage each year based on—
(A) the costs incurred by the courts for essential services directly re-
lated to the naturalization process; divided by
(B) the total of those costs incurred by the courts and the Immigra-
tion and Naturalization Service.
(f) REPORTS AND CONSULTATIONS.—The Attorney General shall—
(1) provide an annual report to the Committees on the Judiciary of
the Senate and House of Representatives on the use of the fees de-
scribed in subsection (e)(3) of this section; and
(2) consult with those committees before increasing those fees.