naturalization oath
Immigrant's loyalty promise
The naturalization oath is the pledge of allegiance recited by immigrants becoming citizens of a new country.
In the United States, it formally renounces loyalty to foreign powers and swears to support and defend the Constitution: After twenty years as a resident, she finally took the naturalization oath.
The ceremony marks the legal transformation from immigrant to citizen.
- applicationFormal request document
- voting rightsEntitlement to elect officials
- solemn promiseFormal binding commitment
- patriotismDevotion to one's homeland
- pledgeBinding promise given
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Leaving one's native country
denaturalization · statelessness · deportation order · exile · banishment
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Abandoning one's loyalty
treason · exile · sedition · banishment · disloyalty
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Request for travel authorization
temporary visa · undocumented status · illegal entry · visa denial · tourist visa
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