Our authority for collecting the information requested on
this form is contained in Sections 328 and 329 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1439
and 1440).
Paperwork Reduction Act Notice.
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Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
This collection of information is estimated to average 45
minutes per response, including the time for reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information.
Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any
other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden to U.S. Citizenship
and Immigration Services, Regulatory Management
Division, 111 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., 3rd Floor,
Suite 3008 Washington, D.C. 20529. Do not mail your
completed application to this address.
Form N-426 Instructions (Rev. 06/30/06)Y
NOTE: Please type or print in block letters with a ball-point pen, using black ink. Be sure this form and the complete
return address are legible. Do not leave any questions unanswered. When appropriate insert "none," "not applicable" or
"N/A."
The principal purpose of this form is to solicit
information to secure a duly authenticated certification of
honorable active duty service from the U.S. Government
Executive Department, under which you served or are
serving, to satisfy statutory requirements for
naturalization as a U.S. citizen.
Submission of the information is voluntary. If your U.S.
Social Security number requested on the form is not
provided, no right, benefit or privilege will be denied for
such failure. However, as military records are indexed
by such numbers, verification of your military service
may prove difficult.
If you are applying for naturalization under Sections 328
or 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, you
should submit this form and Form G-325B, Biographic
Information, with your Form N-400, Application for
Naturalization, to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services (USCIS).
All or part of the information solicited may as a matter
of routine use be disclosed to courts exercising
naturalization jurisdiction and to other Federal, state,
local and foreign law enforcement and regulatory
agencies, the Department of Defense, including any
component thereof, Selective Service System,
Department of State, Department of the Treasury,
Central Intelligence Agency, Interpol and individuals
and organizations that process the application for
naturalization, or during the courses of investigation, to
elicit further information required by USCIS to carry
out its functions.
Information solicited that indicates a violation or
potential violation of law, whether civil, criminal or
regulatory in nature, may be referred as a routine use to
the appropriate agency, whether Federal, state, local or
foreign, charged with the responsibility of investigating,
enforcing or prosecuting such violations.
An agency may not conduct or sponsor an information
collection and a person is not required to respond to a
collection of information unless it displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
Failure to provide any or all of the solicited information
may delay the naturalization process or result in a failure
to locate military records or prove qualifying military
service.
N-426, Request for Certification
of Military or Naval Service
(Please discard this sheet before submitting request. Submit in triplicate, that is, all six pages of the form.)
What Is the Purpose of This Form?
What Is Our Authority for
Collecting This Information?