How to sign Naturalization Certificate?

[rajkumar_cool 0]

Hi all,

I just pass my citizenship interview and got oath ceremony same day. The Interview lady was very nice. She went over the N-400 application and and took civics and history test I answer all of them and she took english speaking and writing test. which is very easy she asked me to read and write simple english sentence. anyway I am very happy that I pass the interview and got my naturalization certificate.

My Question is about signing the Naturalization Certificate. Instrustion page says sign in cursive .. no initials and must match as it is printed on the Certificate. My understanding is we have to write name in cursive letter. but it also says signature. I am kinda confused .. is anybody just got naturalized and got US Passport. I went to Post Office to get application and asked the person at the desk he said I have to sign my usual signature. I am just confused. I will be very thankful for all the help.

Thanks

[KyngSilva 0]

Hi all,

I just pass my citizenship interview and got oath ceremony same day. The Interview lady was very nice. She went over the N-400 application and and took civics and history test I answer all of them and she took english speaking and writing test. which is very easy she asked me to read and write simple english sentence. anyway I am very happy that I pass the interview and got my naturalization certificate.

My Question is about signing the Naturalization Certificate. Instrustion page says sign in cursive .. no initials and must match as it is printed on the Certificate. My understanding is we have to write name in cursive letter. but it also says signature. I am kinda confused .. is anybody just got naturalized and got US Passport. I went to Post Office to get application and asked the person at the desk he said I have to sign my usual signature. I am just confused. I will be very thankful for all the help.

Thanks

You have to sign your entire name out. If you certificate reads " Mary Jane Doe" you need to sign it with all those names. Examples of how not to sign

Do not sign like when you sign a check

Do not sign with Initals Mary J Doe

Hope that helps

[Cdnwmn 0]

Hi all,

I just pass my citizenship interview and got oath ceremony same day. The Interview lady was very nice. She went over the N-400 application and and took civics and history test I answer all of them and she took english speaking and writing test. which is very easy she asked me to read and write simple english sentence. anyway I am very happy that I pass the interview and got my naturalization certificate.

My Question is about signing the Naturalization Certificate. Instrustion page says sign in cursive .. no initials and must match as it is printed on the Certificate. My understanding is we have to write name in cursive letter. but it also says signature. I am kinda confused .. is anybody just got naturalized and got US Passport. I went to Post Office to get application and asked the person at the desk he said I have to sign my usual signature. I am just confused. I will be very thankful for all the help.

Thanks

I "wrote" my name out just as it appeared on the certificate. Got the passport no problem. I just got naturalized on October 23rd.

[NickD 203]

Hi all,

I just pass my citizenship interview and got oath ceremony same day. The Interview lady was very nice. She went over the N-400 application and and took civics and history test I answer all of them and she took english speaking and writing test. which is very easy she asked me to read and write simple english sentence. anyway I am very happy that I pass the interview and got my naturalization certificate.

My Question is about signing the Naturalization Certificate. Instrustion page says sign in cursive .. no initials and must match as it is printed on the Certificate. My understanding is we have to write name in cursive letter. but it also says signature. I am kinda confused .. is anybody just got naturalized and got US Passport. I went to Post Office to get application and asked the person at the desk he said I have to sign my usual signature. I am just confused. I will be very thankful for all the help.

Thanks

I "wrote" my name out just as it appeared on the certificate. Got the passport no problem. I just got naturalized on October 23rd.

Ironically, my wife objected to that, has her real fancy artistic way of writing her signature and says it's perfectly legal in Venezuela, but she practiced writing her name like it appeared on the certificate and also that way on her passport plus any other legal documents. It's just a small thing, showed her my part of these forms, with the full first middle and last name, like they ask you to do. Why make problems with such a small thing?

The only forms I recall her signing at the USCIS was the rear of her oath letter and the N-400 in person, also was our marriage license and certificate in person, all full names, everything else, like her certificate of naturalization, passport, SS card was signed her at home. I tend to scribble my full name, but have to control myself when signing important documents, surprise her that I can actually write neat.

[T and M 1]

Hi all,

I just pass my citizenship interview and got oath ceremony same day. The Interview lady was very nice. She went over the N-400 application and and took civics and history test I answer all of them and she took english speaking and writing test. which is very easy she asked me to read and write simple english sentence. anyway I am very happy that I pass the interview and got my naturalization certificate.

My Question is about signing the Naturalization Certificate. Instrustion page says sign in cursive .. no initials and must match as it is printed on the Certificate. My understanding is we have to write name in cursive letter. but it also says signature. I am kinda confused .. is anybody just got naturalized and got US Passport. I went to Post Office to get application and asked the person at the desk he said I have to sign my usual signature. I am just confused. I will be very thankful for all the help.

Thanks

I "wrote" my name out just as it appeared on the certificate. Got the passport no problem. I just got naturalized on October 23rd.

Ironically, my wife objected to that, has her real fancy artistic way of writing her signature and says it's perfectly legal in Venezuela, but she practiced writing her name like it appeared on the certificate and also that way on her passport plus any other legal documents. It's just a small thing, showed her my part of these forms, with the full first middle and last name, like they ask you to do. Why make problems with such a small thing?

The only forms I recall her signing at the USCIS was the rear of her oath letter and the N-400 in person, also was our marriage license and certificate in person, all full names, everything else, like her certificate of naturalization, passport, SS card was signed her at home. I tend to scribble my full name, but have to control myself when signing important documents, surprise her that I can actually write neat.

The Latino thing is funny, b/c my Bolivian wife always has a fancy way of signing things that isn't so much a signature as a "mark." It's much more secure, b/c it's much harder to forge. But it sounds like the Naturalization Certificate requires the full names, written out...in cursive. (For non-natives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cursive . Which is called "joint writing" or "joined writing" in the UK, and "running writing" or "handwriting" in Australia.) Anyway, a "cursively-written name" is not a "signature," especially if it's not the same thing you sign on checks! Just another silly thing we have to go through!

Edited November 13, 2008 by Thomas F