Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Part II · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality
§ 1437. Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements
Statutory text
Any person who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on , (2) entered the United States prior to , and (3) has, since such entry, resided continuously in the United States shall be regarded as having been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence for the purpose of applying for naturalization under this subchapter.
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. § 1437
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248Immigration Act of 1990
Pub. L. 101–649 title IV § 407(c)(9) · 104 Stat. 4978
Substituted · 8 U.S.C. § 1437
Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applying” for “petitioning”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applying” for “petitioning”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(9) Section 326 (8 U.S.C. 1437).
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applying” for “petitioning”.
Credits
1952–1990 · 2 acts
- 1952June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248
- 1990Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(9), , 104 Stat. 5041.
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(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(9), , 104 Stat. 5041.)