Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Part II · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality
§ 1436. Nationals but not citizens; residence within outlying possessions
Statutory text
A person not a citizen who owes permanent allegiance to the United States, and who is otherwise qualified, may, if he becomes a resident of any State, be naturalized upon compliance with the applicable requirements of this subchapter, except that in applications for naturalization filed under the provisions of this section residence and physical presence within the United States within the meaning of this subchapter shall include residence and physical presence within any of the outlying possessions of the United States.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1436
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 325, 66 Stat. 248
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 325, 66 Stat. 248Immigration Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–649 title IV § 407(c)(8) · 104 Stat. 4978
Substituted · 8 U.S.C. § 1436
Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applications” for “petitions”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applications” for “petitions”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(8) Section 325 (8 U.S.C. 1436).
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applications” for “petitions”.
Credits
1952–1990 · 2 acts
- 1952June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 325, 66 Stat. 248
- 1990Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(8), , 104 Stat. 5041.
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(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 325, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(8), , 104 Stat. 5041.)