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In the interview, you may be asked to explain your
answers. It is very important to understand the
meaning and the vocabulary in the N-400 questions.
Learn more about the N-400 form here:
https://www.uscis.gov/n-400
For more information on some of the questions,
watch some of our videos on the N-400 form:
https://bit.ly/ILCcitapply
The N-400 form is the application for naturalization.
Naturalization is the process of becoming a U.S. citizen
if you were born outside of the United States.
This study guide will help you understand the
questions in part 12 of the application form.
y
question as it appears on the N-400 form.
y The column on the right repeats the question in
simple English (highlighted in yellow) or gives
examples of possible answers.
Edition 09/17/19
Study Guide for Form N-400,
Part 12, Application for Naturalization
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Part 12. Additional Information About You (Person Applying for Naturalization)
Answer Item Numbers 1.-21. If you answer “Yes” to any of these questions, include a
typed or printed explanation on additional sheets of paper.
Answer “Yes” or “No
box (
Example:
Yes No
Your answer is "Yes."
Yes No
Your answer is "No."
For any questions you answer “Yes” to, make sure to
include an explanation for your answer on another sheet
of paper.
1.
Have you EVER claimed to be a U.S. citizen (in writing or
any other way)?
Yes No
Did you ever say you were a U.S. citizen?
2.
Have you EVER registered to vote in any Federal, state, or
local election in the United States?
Yes No
Did you ever sign up to vote in the United States?
3.
Have you EVER voted in any Federal, state or local election
in the United States?
Yes No
Did you ever choose a new leader in a U.S. election?
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4.
A. Do you now have, or did you EVER have, a hereditary
title or an order of nobility in any foreign country?
Yes No
Do you have a title, like a prince or princess?
B. If you answered “Yes,” are you willing to give up any
inherited titles or orders of nobility that you have in a
foreign country at your naturalization ceremony?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 4.A. above, will you give
up your title forever when you become a U.S. citizen?
At your naturalization ceremony, you will need to say one
of these phrases:
y "I further renounce the title of [your title(s)]
which I have heretofore held."
y "I further renounce the order of nobility,
[your order(s) of nobility], to which I have
heretofore belonged."
5.
Have you EVER been declared legally incompetent or been
conned to a mental institution?
Yes No
Were you ever legally insane?
Were you ever forced to stay in a hospital because of a
mental illness?
6.
Do you owe any overdue Federal, state or local taxes?
Yes No
Do you owe late taxes?
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7.
A. Have you EVER not led a Federal, state or local tax
return since you became a lawful permanent resident?
Yes No
You became a lawful permanent resident when you
y
y
choose “Yes”. You can say, for example:
y I work and I pay taxes.
y I don’t work. My wife pays taxes.
y I don’t work. My daughter supports me and pays
taxes.
y My husband and I pay taxes together.
B. If you answered “Yes,” did you consider yourself to be a
“non-U.S. resident”?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 7.A. above, you must
these questions.
During the year you were a non-resident:
1. Where did you live during that year?
2. How long did you live there?
3. Why did you live there?
8.
Have you called yourself a “non-U.S. resident” on a Federal,
state or local tax return since you became a lawful permanent
resident?
Yes No
said you did not live in the
United States?
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9.
A. Have you EVER been a member of, involved in, or in
any way associated with, any organization, association,
fund, foundation, party, club or similar group in the United
States or in any other location in the world?
Yes No
Are you a member of an organized group of people?
Were you ever a member of any organized group of
people?
For example:
y Member of a political party
y
y Labor union member
y Rotary club member
B. If you answered “Yes,” provide the information below. If you need extra space,
attach the names of the other groups on additional sheets of paper and provide
evidence to support your answers.
Name
of the
Group
Purpose
of the
Group
Dates of Membership
From
(mm/dd/yyyy)
To
(mm/dd/yyyy)
chart.
y Name of the Group: What was the name of the
group that you were a member of?
y Purpose of the Group: What did the group do?
y Dates of Membership: When did you join the group?
Write the date under the “From” column, with the
When did you leave the group? Write the date under
the “To
year last.
If you were a member of more than four groups, you will
need to write the names of those groups on a blank sheet
of paper and include proof you were in these groups.
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10.
Have you EVER been a member of, or in any way associated (either directly or
indirectly) with:
A. The Communist Party?
Yes No
Are you a member of the Communist Party?
Were you a member of the Communist Party before?
Are you connected to the Communist Party?
Were you connected to the Communist Party before?
You may be asked: “What is communism?”
Example answers:
y No freedom
y No democracy
y For example, Cuba or North Korea
B. Any other totalitarian party?
Yes No
Are you a member of a totalitarian party?
Were you a member of a totalitarian party before?
Are you connected to a totalitarian party?
Were you connected to a totalitarian party before?
You may be asked: “What is totalitarian?”
Example answer: A totalitarian government controls
everything people do.
C. A terrorist organization?
Yes No
Are you a member of a terrorist organization?
Were you a member of a terrorist organization before?
Are you connected to a terrorist organization?
Were you connected to a terrorist organization before?
You may be asked: “What is terrorism?”
Example answer: Terrorists kill many people, like on
September 11, 2001.
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11.
Have you EVER advocated (either directly or indirectly) the
overthrow of any government by force or violence?
Yes No
Did you ever tell people to use force to change a
government?
12.
Have you EVER persecuted (either directly or indirectly) any
person because of race, religion, national origin, membership
in a particular social group, or political opinion?
Yes No
Did you ever discriminate against people because you
didn’t like their race, religion, country of origin, social or
political group?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to persecute or
discriminate?”
Example answer: Be bad to people because you don’t
like their race or religion.
You may be asked: “What is race?”
Example answers:
y Black people
y White people
y Asian people
You may be asked: “What is a social group?”
Example answers:
y Poor people
y Rich people
y Educated people
y Farmers
You may be asked: “What is a political group?”
Example answers:
y Democratic
y Republican
y Communist
You may be asked: “What is national origin?”
Example answer: The country where you were born
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13.
Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945, did you work for or associate in any
way (either directly or indirectly) with:
A. The Nazi government of Germany?
Yes No
Did you help or work for the Nazi government of
Germany?
You may be asked: “What is the Nazi government of
Germany?”
Example answer: The Nazi government of Germany
killed many people because of their religion or political
group between 1933 and 1945. They started World War II.
B. Any government in any area occupied by, allied with,
or established with the help of the Nazi government of
Germany?
Yes No
Between March 23, 1933 and May 8, 1945, did you help
or work for a government that worked with the Nazi
government of Germany?
C. Any German, Nazi, or S.S. military unit, paramilitary
unit, self-defense unit, vigilante unit, citizen unit, police
unit, government agency or oce, extermination camp,
concentration camp, prison, labor camp, or transit camp?
Yes No
Did you help or work for a German, Nazi, or S.S. military
unit, paramilitary unit, self-defense unit, vigilante unit,
extermination camp, concentration camp, prison, labor
camp, or transit camp?
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14.
Were you EVER involved in any way with any of the following:
A. Genocide?
Yes No
Did you ever try to kill all the people of the same group?
B. Torture?
Yes No
Did you ever make another person feel terrible pain?
C. Killing, or trying to kill, someone?
Yes No
Did you ever kill or try to kill someone?
You may be asked: “What is to kill?”
Example answer: Kill means make someone die.
D. Badly hurting, or trying to hurt, a person on purpose?
Yes No
Did you ever hurt someone very much because you
wanted to?
E. Forcing, or trying to force, someone to have any kind of
sexual contact or relations?
Yes No
Did you ever force someone to have sex?
F. Not letting someone practice his or her religion?
Yes No
Did you ever stop someone from practicing their religion?
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15.
Were you EVER a member of, or did you EVER serve in, help, or otherwise
participate in, any of the following groups:
A. Military unit?
Yes No
Did you ever work for the military in any country?
You may be asked: “What is a military?”
Example answer: People who protect the country, like
an army.
B. Paramilitary unit (a group of people who act like a military
group but are not part of the ocial military)?
Yes No
Did you ever use weapons and act like the military but you
were not in the military?
C. Police unit?
Yes No
Were you a in any country?
You may be asked: “What are the police?”
Example answer: People who stop crime
D. Self-defense unit?
Yes No
Did you and your neighbors ever come together to protect
your community from crime or violence?
E. Vigilante unit (a group of people who act like the police,
but are not part of the ocial police)?
Yes No
Did you ever act like the police but you were not the
police?
F. Rebel group?
Yes No
government?
G. Guerrilla group (a group of people who use weapons
against or otherwise physically attack the military, police,
government, or other people)?
Yes No
government?
H. Militia (an army of people, not part of the ocial
military)?
Yes No
Were you ever a member of a group of people who
illegally fought with weapons?
I. Insurgent organization (a group that uses weapons and
ghts against a government)?
Yes No
government?
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16.
Were you EVER a worker, volunteer, or soldier, or did you otherwise EVER serve
in any of the following:
A. Prison or jail?
Yes No
Were you ever a soldier, worker or helper in a prison or
jail?
You may be asked: “What is a jail?”
Example answer: A place for people who are arrested for
a crime
You may be asked: “What is a prison?”
Example answer: A place for people who are convicted
of a crime
B. Prison camp?
Yes No
Were you ever a soldier, worker or helper in a prison for
enemy soldiers?
C. Detention facility (a place where people are forced to
stay)?
Yes No
Were you ever a soldier, worker or helper in a place where
people were not free to leave?
D. Labor camp (a place where people are forced to work)?
Yes No
Were you ever a soldier, worker or helper in a place where
people were forced to work?
E. Any other place where people are forced to stay?
Yes No
Were you ever a soldier, worker or helper in any place
where people were not free to leave?
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17.
Were you EVER a part of any group, or did you EVER help
any group, unit or organization that used a weapon against any
person, or threatened to do so?
Yes No
Were you ever a member of a gang or group of people
with weapons, and did these people use weapons to hurt
other people or threaten other people?
You may be asked: “What is a gang?”
Example answer: A group of bad people who have
weapons and commit crimes
You may be asked: “What is to threaten?”
Example answer: To tell a person you will hurt them if
they don’t do what you want
A. If you answered “Yes,” when you were part of this group,
or when you helped this group, did you ever use a weapon
against another person?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 17, did you hurt
someone with a weapon at that time?
B. If you answered “Yes,” when you were part of this group,
or when you helped this group) did you ever tell another
person that you would use a weapon against that person?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 17, did you tell another
person you would hurt them with a weapon?
18.
Did you EVER sell, give or provide weapons to any person,
or help another person sell, give, or provide weapons to any
person?
Yes No
Did you ever sell, give or help someone get weapons?
A. If you answered “Yes,” did you know that this person was
going to use the weapons against another person?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 18, did you know this
person would hurt someone with the weapons?
B. If you answered “Yes,” did you know that this person was
going to sell or give the weapons to someone who was
going to use them against another person?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 18, did you know this
person would sell or give the weapons to another person
who would hurt someone with the weapons?
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19.
Did you EVER receive any type of military, paramilitary (a
group of people who act like a military group but are not part
of the ocial military), or weapons training?
Yes No
Did people ever train you to be a soldier, to do the same
thing as a soldier or to use weapons?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to receive
training?”
Example answer: To learn how to do something
You may be asked: “What is paramilitary?”
Example answer: A group of people who act like a
military group but these people are not part of the
You may be asked: “What does it mean to act like the
military?”
Example answer: To do the same things as the military
You may be asked: “What are weapons?”
Example answer: Guns, bombs, knives, tanks, and other
things that kill or destroy
You may be asked: “What does it mean to receive
military training?”
Example answer: To learn how to be a soldier
You may be asked: “What does it mean to receive
paramiltary training?”
Example answer: To learn how to do the same things as
a soldier
You may be asked: “What does it mean to receive
weapons training?”
Example answer: To learn how to use guns, bombs,
knives, tanks, and other things that kill or destroy
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20.
Did you EVER recruit (ask), enlist (sign up), conscript
(require), or use any person under 15 years of age to serve in
or help an armed force or group?
Yes No
Did you ever ask or force a child to join a group of people
with weapons?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to recruit a
person under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed
force or group?”
Example answer: To ask or tell a child to work for or help
people with weapons
You may be asked: “What does it mean to enlist a person
under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed force
or group?”
Example answer: To sign up a child to work for or help
people with weapons
You may be asked: “What does it mean to conscript a
person under 15 years of age to serve in or help an armed
force or group?”
Example answer: To force a child to work for or help
people with weapons
You may be asked: “What is a group?”
Example answer: Many people together
You may be asked: “What is an armed group?”
Example answer: A group of people with weapons
You may be asked: “What is an armed force?”
Example answer:
weapons
You may be asked: “What does it mean to serve in an
armed force or armed group?”
Example answer: To be part of a group of people who
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21.
Did you EVER use any person under 15 years of age to do
anything that helped or supported people in combat?
Yes No
You may be asked: “What is combat?”
Example answer: Fighting with weapons
If any of Item Numbers 22. - 28. apply to you, you must answer “Yes” even if your
records have been sealed, expunged, or otherwise cleared. You must disclose this
information even if someone, including a judge, law enforcement ocer, or attorney, told
you that it no longer constitutes a record or told you that you do not have to disclose the
information.
22.
Have you EVER committed, assisted in committing, or
attempted to commit, a crime or oense for which you were
NOT arrested?
Yes No
Did you ever break the law, help someone break the law,
or try to break the law but you were not arrested?
23.
Have you EVER been arrested, cited, or detained by any law
enforcement ocer (including immigration ocial or any
ocial of the U.S. armed forces) for any reason?
Yes No
Did police ever take you to jail or ?
Did immigration police ever take you to a place like a
prison?
Did military police or soldiers ever take you to a place like
a prison?
24.
Have you EVER been charged with committing, attempting to
commit, or assisting in committing any crime or oense?
Yes No
Did you ever have to go to court for breaking the law,
trying to break the law or helping someone break the law?
25.
Have you EVER been convicted of a crime or oense?
Yes No
Did a jury ever say you were guilty of a crime?
26.
Have you EVER been placed in an alternative sentencing
or rehabilitative program (for example, diversion, deferred
prosecution, withheld adjudication, deferred adjudication)?
Yes No
Did a judge ever tell you to participate in a program to
make you a better person?
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27.
A. Have you EVER received a suspended sentence, been
placed on probation, or been paroled?
Yes No
Were you ever convicted of a crime and the court
supervised you for many months or years?
B. If you answered “Yes,” have you completed the probation
or parole?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 27.A.
probation or parole?
28.
A. Have you EVER been in jail or prison?
Yes No
Did you go to jail or prison?
B. If you answered “Yes,” how long were you in jail or prison?
Years Months Days
If you answered “Yes” to question 28.A., for how long did
you go to jail or prison? Write down the number of years,
months and days in the boxes.
29.
If you answered “No” to ALL questions in Item Numbers 23. - 28., then skip this
item and go to Item Number 30
If you answered “Yes” to any question in Item Numbers 23. - 28., then complete
this table. If you need extra space, use additional sheets of paper and provide any
evidence to support your answers.
Why were you
arrested, cited,
detained, or
charged?
Date arrested,
cited, detained,
or charged.
(mm/dd/yyyy)
Where were you
arrested, cited,
detained, or
charged?
(City or Town,
State, Country)
Outcome or
disposition of the
arrest, citation,
detention, or charge
(no charges led,
charges dismissed,
jail, probation, etc.)
If you answered “No” to questions 23. - 28., answer
question 30. next.
If you answered “Yes” to any question between questions
23. - 28., ll in this table.
y Why were you arrested, cited, detained, or
charged?: Explain why you were arrested, cited,
detained, or charged.
y Date arrested, cited, detained, or charged: Write
the month, day and year of when you were arrested,
cited, detained, or charged.
y Where were you arrested, cited, detained, or
charged?: Write the city or town, state and country
where you were arrested, cited, detained, or charged.
y Outcome or disposition of the arrest, citation,
detention, or charge
arrested, cited, detained, or charged? For example,
Did you go to jail? Were you put on probation?
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Answer Item Numbers 30. - 46. If you answer “Yes” to any of these questions, except
Item Numbers 37. and 38., include a typed or printed explanation on additional sheets of
paper and provide evidence to support your answers.
Answer questions 30. to 44. If any of your answers for
questions 30., 31., 32., 33., 34., 35., 36., 39., 40., 41., 42.,
43. or 44. are “Yes”, write down an explanation for your
answer on another sheet of paper and include evidence
for your explanation.
30.
Have you EVER:
A. Been a habitual drunkard?
Yes No
Did you ever drink too much alcohol every day?
B. Been a prostitute, or procured anyone for prostitution?
Yes No
Did you ever have sex for money, pay for sex or help
someone get sex for money?
C. Sold or smuggled controlled substances, illegal drugs, or
narcotics?
Yes No
Did you ever sell or transport drugs, for example cocaine
or marijuana?
D. Been married to more than one person at the same time?
Yes No
Did you ever have more than one wife or more than one
husband at the same time?
E. Married someone in order to obtain an immigration
benet?
Yes No
Did you ever marry someone to get a green card or
citizenship?
F. Helped anyone to enter, or try to enter, the United States
illegally?
Yes No
Did you ever break the law to help someone come across
the border into the U.S.?
G. Gambled illegally or received income from illegal
gambling?
Yes No
Did you ever play games for money outside a legal casino
or racetrack?
H. Failed to support your dependents or to pay alimony?
Yes No
Did you ever refuse to support or give money to your
children or your divorced spouse?
I. Made any misrepresentation to obtain any public benet in
the United States?
Yes No
Did you ever lie to the government to get food stamps or
other help?
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31.
Have you EVER given any U.S. Government ocials any
information or documentation that was false, fraudulent or
misleading?
Yes No
that was not true?
You may be asked: “What is false?”
Example answer: Not true
You may be asked: “What is fraudulent?”
Example answer: Not true
You may be asked: “What is misleading?”
Example answer: Not true
You may be asked: “What is a lie?”
Example answer: Something that is not true
You may be asked: “What is a ?”
Example answer: Someone who works for the U.S.
Government
32.
Have you EVER lied to any U.S. Government ocials to
gain entry or admission into the United States or to gain
immigration benets while in the United States?
Yes No
Did you ever lie to the U.S. Government to come into the
U.S. or to ? For example, using a
fake name, submitting fake documents or saying that you
were persecuted in your country if you were not.
You may be asked: “What does it mean to gain?”
Example answer: To get
You may be asked: “What does it mean to gain entry or
admission to the United States?”
Example answer: To come into the United States
You may be asked: “What does it mean to gain
?”
Example answer:
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33.
Have you EVER been removed, excluded or deported from
the United States?
Yes No
Were you ever forced to leave the United States or
stopped from coming into the United States?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to leave the
United States?”
Example answer: To go away
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be removed
from the United States?”
Example answer: To be forced to leave the United States
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be deported
from the United States?”
Example answer: To be forced to go back to your country
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be excluded
from the United States?”
Example answer: To be stopped from coming into the
United States
34.
Have you EVER been ordered removed, excluded or deported
from the United States?
Yes No
Did the Government ever tell you to leave the U.S., not
come to the U.S. or go back to your country?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be ordered
removed?”
Example answer: Told to go away
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be ordered
excluded?”
Example answer: Told not to come to a place
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be ordered
deported?”
Example answer: Told to go back to your country
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35.
Have you EVER been placed in removal, exclusion, rescission
or deportation proceedings?
Yes No
Did the U.S. Government ever begin the process to make
you leave the U.S., stop you from coming to the U.S., cancel
your legal immigration status or make you go back to your
country?
You may be asked: “What are removal proceedings?”
Example answer: Legal process to make you leave the U.S.
You may be asked: “What are exclusion proceedings?”
Example answer: Legal process to stop you from coming
to the U.S.
You may be asked: “What are rescission proceedings?”
Example answer: Legal process to cancel your
immigration status (for example, your green card)
You may be asked: “What are deportation proceedings?”
Example answer: Legal process to send you back to your
country
36.
Are removal, exclusion, rescission or deportation proceedings
(including administratively closed proceedings) currently
pending against you?
Yes No
Is the U.S. Government now trying to make you leave the
U.S., stop you from coming to the U.S., cancel your legal
immigration status or send you back to your country?
37.
Have you EVER served in the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
Did you ever work for the U.S. military?
38.
A. Are you currently a member of the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
Do you work for the U.S. military now?
B. If you answered “Yes,” are you scheduled to deploy
overseas, including to a vessel, within the next three
months? (Refer to the Address Change section in the
Instructions on how to notify USCIS if you learn of your
deployment plans after you le your Form N-400.)
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 38.A., is the military
sending you outside the U.S. before three months from
now?
C. If you answered “Yes,” are you currently stationed
overseas?
Yes No
If you answered “Yes” to question 38.A., are you outside
the country now?
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39.
Have you EVER been court-martialed, administratively
separated, or disciplined, or have you received an other than
honorable discharge, while in the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
40.
Have you EVER been discharged from training or service in
the U.S. armed forces because you were an alien?
Yes No
were from another country?
41.
Have you EVER left the United States to avoid being drafted
in the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
Did you ever go away from the United States because you
didn’t want to work for the U.S. military?
42.
Have you EVER applied for any kind of exemption from
military service in the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
Did you ever apply to be excused from working for the U.S.
military?
43.
Have you EVER deserted from the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
Did you ever run away from your job in the U.S. military?
44.
A. Are you a male who lived in the United States at any
time between your 18th and 26th birthdays? (This
does not include living in the United States as a lawful
nonimmigrant.)
Yes No
Are you a man? Did you live in the U.S. when you were
from 18 to 26 years old?
B. If you answered “Yes,” when did you register for the Selective Service? Provide
information below.
Date Registered
(mm/dd/yyyy)
Selective Service
Number
If you answered “Yes” to question 44., when did you
register for the Selective Service?
C. If you answered “Yes,” but you did not register with the Selective Service
System and you are:
A. Still under 26 years of age, you must register before you apply for
naturalization, and complete the Selective Service information above; OR
B. Now 26 to 31 years of age (29 years of age if you are ling under INA
section 319(a)), but you did not register with the Selective Service, you
must attach a statement explaining why you did not register, and provide a
status information letter from the Selective Service.
If you answered “Yes” to question 44., but you did not
register for the Selective Service and you are under 26
years old, you must register for the Selective Service.
If you answered “Yes” to question 44. and are 26 - 31 years
old, write why you did not register on another sheet of
paper and attach a letter from the Selective Service about
your status.
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Answer Item Numbers 45. - 50. If you answer “No” to any of these questions, include
a typed or printed explanation on additional sheets of paper and provide any evidence to
support your answers.
45.
Do you support the Constitution and form of Government of
the United States?
Yes No
Do you accept the Constitution and Government of the
United States?
46.
Do you understand the full Oath of Allegiance to the United
States?
Yes No
Do you understand the promises you will make in the
You may be asked: “What is an oath?”
Example answer: A promise
You may be asked: “What is an oath of allegiance?”
Example answer: A promise to be loyal
47.
Are you willing to take the full Oath of Allegiance to the
United States?
Yes No
Will you promise to be loyal to the United States?
48.
If the law requires it, are you willing to bear arms on behalf of
the United States?
Yes No
If the Government needs your help, will you use weapons
?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to bear arms?”
Example answer: To use weapons
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be required by
law?”
Example answer: The Government says you must do it.
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49.
If the law requires it, are you willing to perform noncombatant
services in the U.S. armed forces?
Yes No
If the Government needs your help, will you help the U.S.
military?
You may be asked: “What is noncombatant work?”
Example answer:
You may be asked: “What does it mean to perform
noncombatant work?”
Example answer: To work for the military but you don’t
50.
If the law requires it, are you willing to perform work of
national importance under civilian direction?
Yes No
If the government needs your help, will you do important
work for the United States?
You may be asked: “What does it mean to be under
civilian direction?”
Example answer: Directed by the police or government,
