Reading Room Document

Personal Satisfaction of Immigration and Nationality Act Oath Requirement

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act does not require accommodation for persons unable to form the mental intent necessary to take the naturalization oath of allegiance prescribed by section 337 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The oath requirement of section 337 may not be fulfilled by a guardian or other legal proxy. The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at www.justice.gov/file/19831/download.

April 18, 1997