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[CITE: 8USC1436]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
             SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION
 
               Part II--Nationality Through Naturalization
 
Sec. 1436. Nationals but not citizens; residence within outlying 
        possessions
        
    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.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, Sec. 325, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. 
L. 101-649, title IV, Sec. 407(c)(8), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041.)


                               Amendments

    1990--Pub. L. 101-649 substituted ``applications'' for 
``petitions''.
