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<\/a><\/p>\nAbove:\u00a0 Helen and Kostanty Niedzialkowski<\/p>\n
Whether Kostanty had difficulty obtaining a Certificate of Arrival or just became too busy after marrying Helen Meleski (Chmielewski), raising a family, and earning a living, he failed to complete the naturalization process in a timely manner .\u00a0 The Declaration of Intention he filed in 1917 stated that the declaration was “Invalid for all purposes seven years after the date hereof”, and so he had to start the naturalization process all over again.<\/p>\n
On April 5, 1935, a Certificate of Arrival was issued to certify that Kostanty\u00c2\u00a0had been\u00c2\u00a0lawfully admitted to the United States of America .\u00a0 The Certificate states:<\/p>\n The upper edge of the Certificate\u00c2\u00a0appears to be\u00c2\u00a0perforated, suggesting that the Certificate was torn from a larger sheet.<\/p>\n The\u00c2\u00a0Passenger Arrival Manifest of Konstanti Niedzialkoski<\/a> included the annotation 1-151593- 4\/5\/35<\/em> in the Occupation\u00c2\u00a0column .\u00a0 The first number is the naturalization district number, the second number is the number of the Certificate of Arrival, and the date is the date of issuance of the Certificate .\u00a0 This annotation corresponds to the correponding number and date on the Certificate itself .\u00a0 The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website list several annotations<\/a> to the Passenger Arrival Manifests.<\/p>\n Because Kostanty’s Declaration of Intention had expired, he submitted a new Declaration on April 27, 1935 .\u00a0 The new Declaration of Intention of Kostanty Niedzialkowski<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0includes a wealth of information not included on the Declaration he made in 1917 .\u00a0 It includes:<\/p>\n Kostanty now had to wait another three years to file his Petition for Naturalization, and if he did not file within seven years, this Declaration of Intention, too, would become invalid.<\/p>\n Next:\u00a0 Kostanty files his Petition for Naturalization, obtains Affidavits of Witnesses, and signs an Oath of Allegiance.<\/p>\n Copyright \u00a9 2006 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My grandfather, Kostanty Niedzialkowski, filed\u00c2\u00a0his Declaration of Intention to become a citizen of the United States in 1917 .\u00a0 The Declaration was required by the Act of January 29, 1795. A few years before Kostanty arrived in the United States, … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n\n
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