8 U.S.C. § 1437 — Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements

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A person meeting the listed Philippine citizenship, entry, and continuous-residence conditions is treated as lawfully admitted for permanent residence. This treatment is only for applying for naturalization under this subchapter.

Any person who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on July 2, 1946 , (2) entered the United States before May 1, 1934 , and (3) has, since such entry, resided continuously in the United States must be regarded as having been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence for the purpose of applying for naturalization under this subchapter.

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Any person who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on July 2, 1946, (2) entered the United States prior to May 1, 1934, 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.

Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(9), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 248
1990Amended · Pub. L. 101-649 · 104 Stat. 5041

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