Which signature format on the certificate of naturalization?

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sangk76

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Hello,
I am sure somebody might have asked this question already. I just went to apply for passport and while there, I signed my certificate of naturalization with my regular signature that I use with driver's license etc. I did this only after asking the passport acceptance agent there. In particular I even asked if I dont have to sign completely as in N-400 form, she said not necessarily. But I am still paranoid if this will cause any problem for my passport issuance.

Anybody with similar experience ? And please let me know if you got your passport successfully.!!


Thanks,
Sang:confused:
 
Oops, you screwed up. The written instructions given out during your oath ceremony specifically say you must sign it long-form, preferably in cursive, but otherwise with printed letters. Either way, your name needs to be legible.

Most likely this is not going to cause you any problem whatsoever, but its definitely not what you were asked to do by USCIS.
 
No matter how you sign it has to match the way you signed across the picture on the certificate. As long as those two match you should be fine.

-KM
 
thanks for your replies. hmmm. my signature though was not in full form, is completely legible, in cursive , except I sign using my lastinitial.firstname. i think i will have to cross my fingers to see what happens..

thanks
 
I will go to the oath ceremony on Fri and will sign the cert the same way as I did in photo. I will also sign the passport application in front of post office agent the same way. However, my signature on my ID (scribble) does not look at all like the nat cert and application.

Will it be a problem? My passport application experience needs to be glitch free as I have to leave the country 2nd week of Sep.
 
We were asked to write our names in cursive on the oath certf like we did on the photos. There was even a sample sign in the instructions that came with the certf.
The signature on the passport appl is not important imo.
 
Okay, I just called the National Passport Information Center number 4 times and spoke to 4 different representatives - who all gave me the same answer - The signature on the nat certificate doesnt hold importance "with respect to passport issuance" (though it still is important that I correct it as per the rules put by uscis for - future purposes).

thanks,
 
sangk76 said:
Hello,
I am sure somebody might have asked this question already. I just went to apply for passport and while there, I signed my certificate of naturalization with my regular signature that I use with driver's license etc. I did this only after asking the passport acceptance agent there. In particular I even asked if I dont have to sign completely as in N-400 form, she said not necessarily. But I am still paranoid if this will cause any problem for my passport issuance.

Anybody with similar experience ? And please let me know if you got your passport successfully.!!


Thanks,
Sang:confused:
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I had signed my Naturalization certificate, just as you did, and I got my US Passport without any problems whatsoever.
 
I signed it out of habit the way I always do my signature (even though I knew I was supposed to sign it the other way). When I realized this, I then wrote above it the legible signature. I didn't have any issues getting my US passport or SSN changed. So as long as the legible one is on there that's all that matters...
 
Here is the new twist, my photographs is signed with my signature which I use everywhere and I also wrote my full name below the signature, and I signed my Naturalization Certificate with my signature I use everywhere (not the full name). I guess in my case both are valid because my photograph have both.

At my interview, the officer asked me to put down both, so I guess they are aware of this problem and now they make you sign both, atleast in my case.
 
At the oath ceremony they told to sign the same way you signed your pictures. My husband put his full name first and then signed it.Don't worry I don't think it's a big issue
 
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