{"data":{"id":"us/8-cfr-338.3","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"8 CFR 338.3","heading":"Delivery of certificates.","body":"No Certificate of Naturalization will be delivered in any case in which the naturalized person has not surrendered his or her Permanent Resident Card to USCIS. Upon a finding that the card is destroyed or otherwise unavailable, USCIS may waive the surrender of the card and the Certificate of Naturalization shall then be delivered to the naturalized person.","path":["Title 8—Aliens and Nationality","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY","SUBCHAPTER C—NATIONALITY REGULATIONS","PART 338—CERTIFICATE OF NATURALIZATION"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-8.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:01Z","sha256":"ef105b1a58ce3feff3fb090c7fecc8060cc5d72c8ac15e6dc5459768f0faf619","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/8-cfr-338.2","next":"us/8-cfr-338.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}