8 U.S.C. § 1407 — Persons living in and born in Guam

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The section declares specified Guam residents and people born in Guam to be United States citizens, subject to residence, jurisdiction, and foreign-nationality conditions. A person who wished to retain another political status had to make a sworn declaration before August 1, 1952.

(a) The following people, and their children born after April 11, 1899, are United States citizens as of August 1, 1950, if they lived on that date on Guam or another territory over which the United States exercises sovereignty: (1) all Guam inhabitants on April 11, 1899, including people temporarily absent then, who were Spanish subjects, continued after that date to live in Guam or another United States-sovereign territory, and took no affirmative step to preserve or acquire foreign nationality; and (2) all people born in Guam who lived there on April 11, 1899, including people temporarily absent then, continued after that date to live in Guam or another such territory, and took no affirmative step to preserve or acquire foreign nationality. (b) Every person born in Guam on or after April 11, 1899, whether before or after August 1, 1950, who was subject to United States jurisdiction is a United States citizen. A person born before August 1, 1950, must also have taken no affirmative step to preserve or acquire foreign nationality. (c) A person described above who was a citizen or national of another country and wanted to keep that political status had to make, before August 1, 1952, a sworn declaration of that desire, in the form and manner set by regulation. After making the declaration, the person is not considered a United States national by virtue of this chapter.

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(a)

The following persons, and their children born after April 11, 1899, are declared to be citizens of the United States as of August 1, 1950, if they were residing on August 1, 1950, on the island of Guam or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty:

(1)

All inhabitants of the island of Guam on April 11, 1899, including those temporarily absent from the island on that date, who were Spanish subjects, who after that date continued to reside in Guam or other territory over which the United States exercises sovereignty, and who have taken no affirmative steps to preserve or acquire foreign nationality; and

(2)

All persons born in the island of Guam who resided in Guam on April 11, 1899, including those temporarily absent from the island on that date, who after that date continued to reside in Guam or other territory over which the United States exercises sovereignty, and who have taken no affirmative steps to preserve or acquire foreign nationality.

(b)

All persons born in the island of Guam on or after April 11, 1899 (whether before or after August 1, 1950) subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are declared to be citizens of the United States: Provided, That in the case of any person born before August 1, 1950, he has taken no affirmative steps to preserve or acquire foreign nationality.

(c)

Any person hereinbefore described who is a citizen or national of a country other than the United States and desires to retain his present political status shall have made, prior to August 1, 1952, a declaration under oath of such desire, said declaration to be in form and executed in the manner prescribed by regulations. From and after the making of such a declaration any such person shall be held not to be a national of the United States by virtue of this chapter.

Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 1, § 307, 66 Stat. 237.)

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1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 237

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