Norwich bulletin., 1911-07-22
PROCUREMENT OF ALIENS
 IN BEING NATURALIZED.
Certificate of Their Arrival Must Be
 Filled Out.

A trifie over five year has elapsed since June 29, 1906, when the new naturalization law passed by congress became effective, ana the division of naturalization of the United States department of commerce and labor has, under the law, imposed an ad- dltlonal requirement on all aliens who want to be naturalized and who have come to this country since June %, 1906, the lapsing of five years since the law became effective making the aCdltional requirement. necessary ,1n- der the terms of the act The new requirement. is that all aliens coming to .tnis country since June 29, 1906 Will have to furnish a certificate of arrival in this country before they can make petition for natura liZation
 Five years residence in this coun- try has always been a requirement b=- fore a petition for naturalization could De filed, and as the petition has to be posted 90 days in addition to the five years consequently none coming to tn1s country since the law became ef- fectIve in June, 1906, have as yet been naturallzed under the new law A man may declare his intention the day he arrives in this country, but he has all
 
 he could make petition for naturaliza- ton, or two years between his declara- t1on and the filing of his petition for naturalization, irrespective of whether he had been in the country for a dozen years or more.
 to this country since June 29, 1906. who have already declared their intentions, but before they can make petition for naturalization they must make request for the certificate of arrival and after that is made and forwarded to Wash lhgton the statements are investiga ted by the division of naturalization and the certificate is returned to the clerk or the United States court in this city, Then the applicant can appear with witnesses and make his petition for naturaGza tien- It will be useless for aliens who want to be naturaIzed to appear in court with witnesses to make a petition for naturalization until after they have got the certificate of arrival provided they did not reach this coun- try until after June 29 1906, Hereto fore it has been the custom for a man who had been in this country five wears and who wanted to be naturalized TO appear in court with his witnesses and make petition and at the endo of 90 days he was admitted. provided he had what Judge James P. Platt thought was reasonable knowledge of the
 
 States government, no certificate of arrival being required from him.
 The new regulation not only applies here but throughout the country, in the state courts hat do naturalization as we'll as in the United States courts
 It will save a. lot of annoyance to those who came to this country after June 29. 1906, and their friends, if they observe what the requirements are. The alien himself is to go to the office of the clerk of the court in which he wants to be naturalized, and make rekuest for form on which to make out his request for certificate of arrival After the alien makes olut the form, he personally is to send it addressed to the "Chief Devision of Naturalization. Depart ment of Commerce and Labor, Wash ington, D. e. The statements con- tained in the request for a certificate of arrival are investigated at Wash ington, and if they are found to be true, the certificate of arrival is for warded to the clerk of the court the applicant designates in his written statment and then the applicant will be notified by the clerk that he can appear with his witnesses and make petition for naturalization.
 The paper which the man has to make out for a certificate of arrival contaons about all that it is possible for man to disclose about himself. He ha sto give his age, occupation, birthplace, residence, color of his hair and eyes, the port in the foreign country from which he embarked, the name of the vessel and the port it arrived at in this country and he also has to disclose who accompan- jed him to this country. If the petitioner is married, he is required to give the name of his wife, but. should he be a widower, he is SUD- poses to give the name of his wife, when living. If he ris the fathe of children he is to gives the names of them, as well as their ages and their places of residence, but in this con- nection, it is likely that some appli- cants will have to do some crowding, as there are spaces for the names of only seven children in the forms pre- pared for applicants to fill out. About the only questions that are omitted are what a mans religious. moral and financial status might be, but one of the things he will have to do be- fore he receives his full naturalization certificate is to make oath that he is not an anarchist that he does not believe in the overthrow of legally organized governments and that he is not a polygamist or a believer in poe 1ygamy.