EXCEPTIONS AS TO NATURE OF EVIDENCE OF QUALIFICATIONS DURING ABSENCE FROM UNITED STATES FOR UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AMERICAN INSTITUTION of research, OR AMERICAN FIRM OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN DEVELOPMENT OF FOREIGN TRADE AND COMMERCE OF UNITED STATES (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section the requirements of subsection (a) of section 307 as to the petitioner's residence, moral character, attachment to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and disposition toward the good order and happiness of the United States may be established by any evidence satisfactory to the naturalization court in those cases under subsection (b) of section 307 in which the alien declarant has been absent from the United States because of his employment by or contract with the Government of the United States or an American institution of research, recognized as such by the Attorney General, or employment by an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States or a subsidiary thereof. (54 Stat. 1144; 8 U. S. C. 709). SUBPENA FOR PETITIONER'S WITNESSES AT FINAL HEARING; SUBSTITUTION OF WITNESSES UNDER PRESCRIBED REGULATIONS (d) The clerk of court shall, if the petitioner requests it at the time of filing the petition for naturalízation, issue a subpena for the witnesses named by such petitioner to appear upon the day set for the final hearing, but in case such witnesses cannot be produced upon the final hearing other witnesses may be summoned upon notice to the Commissioner, in such manner and at such time as the Commissioner, with the approval of the Attorney General, may by regulation prescribe. If it should appear after the petition has been filed that any of the verifying witnesses thereto are not competent, and it further appears that the petitioner has acted in good faith in producing such witnesses found to be incompetent, other witnesses may be substituted in accordance with such regulations. (54 Stat. 1144; 8 U. S. C. 709.) MARRIED PERSONS SPOUSES OF CITIZENS BY MARRIAGES PRIOR TO MAY 24, 1984: REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS SEC. 310. (a) Any alien who, after September 21, 1922, and prior to May 24, 1934, has married a citizen of the United States, or any alien who married prior to May 24, 1934, a spouse who was naturalized during such period and during the existence of the marital relation may, if eligible to naturalization, be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: (1) No declaration of intention shall be required; (2) In lieu of the five-year period of residence within the United States, and the six months' period of residence in the State where the petitioner resided at the time of filing the petition, the petitioner shall have resided continuously in the United States for at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the petition. (54 Stat. 1144; 8 U. S. C. 710.) SPOUSES OF CITIZENS BY MARRIAGES ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 1934: (b) Any alien who, on or after May 24, 1934, has married or shall hereafter marry a citizen of the United States, or any alien whose husband or wife was naturalized on or after May 24, 1934, and during the existence of the marital relation or shall hereafter be so naturalized may, if eligible for naturalization, be naturalized upon full and complete compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: (1) No declaration of intention shall be required; 83 (2) In lieu of the five-year period of residence within the United States, and the six months' period of residence in the State where the petitioner resided at the time of filing the petition, the petitioner shall have resided continuously in the United States for at least three years immediately preceding the filing of the petition. (54 Stat. 1144; 8 U. S. C. 710.) VALIDATION OF NATURALIZATIONS ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 1934, OF CERTAIN WOMEN SPOUSES OF CITIZENS (c) The naturalization of any woman on or after May 24, 1984, by any naturalization court of competent jurisdiction, upon proof of marriage to a citizen or the naturalization of her husband and proof of but one year's residence in the United States is hereby validated only so far as relates to the period of residence required to be proved by such person under the naturalization laws. (54 Stat. 1144; 8 U.S. C. 710.) VALIDATION OF NATURALIZATIONS ON OR AFTER MAY 24, 1934, OF CERTAIN MEN SPOUSES OF CITIZENS (d) The naturalization of any male person on or after May 24, 1934, by any naturalization court of competent jurisdiction, upon proof of marriage to a citizen of the United States after September 21, 1922, and prior to May 24, 1934, or of the naturalization during such period of his wife, and upon proof of three years' residence in the United States, is hereby validated only so far as relates to the period of residence required to be proved by such person under the naturalization laws and the omission by such person to make a declaration of intention. (54 Stat. 1145; 8 U. Š. C. 710.) PERSONS WHO, ON JANUARY 13, 1941, ARE MARRIED TO, OR THEREAFTER MARRY CITIZENS, OR WHOSE SPOUSES ARE NATURALIZED AFTER JANUARY 13, 1941: REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS SEC. 311. A person who upon the effective date of this section. is married to or thereafter marries a citizen of the United States, or whose spouse is naturalized after the effective date of this section, if such person shall have resided in the United States in marital union with the United States citizen spouse for at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the petition for naturalization, may be naturalized after the effective date of this section upon compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws with the following exceptions: (a) No declaration of intention shall be required. (b) The petitioner shall have resided continuously in the United States for at least two years immediately preceding the filing of the petition in lieu of the five-year period of residence within the United States and the six months' period of residence within the State where the naturalization court is held. (54 Stat. 1145; 8 U.S. C. 711.) ALIEN SPOUSE OF CITIZEN IN EMPLOYMENT OF UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, RECOGNIZED AMERICAN INSTITUTION OF RESEARCH, OR AMERICAN FIRM OR CORPORATION ENGAGED IN DEVELOPMENT OF foreign trade and cOMMERCE OF UNITED STATES: REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS SEC. 812. An alien, whose spouse is (1) a citizen of the United States, (2) in the employment of the Government of the United States, or of an American institution of research recognized as such by the Attorney General, or an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States, or a subsidiary thereof, and (3) regularly stationed abroad in such employment, and who is (1) in the United States at the time of naturalization, and (2) declares before the naturalization court in good faith an intention to take up residence within the United States immediately upon the termination of such employment abroad of the citizen spouse, may be naturalized upon compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions: (a) No declaration of intention shall be required; and (b) No prior residence within the United States or within the jurisdiction of the naturalization court or proof thereof shall be required. (54 Stat. 1145; 8 U. S. C. 712.) CHILDREN CHILD BORN OUTSIDE OF UNITED STATES OF ONE ALIEN AND ONE CITIZEN PARENT AT TIME OF BIRTH: CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CITIZENSHIP AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRED SEC. 313. A child born outside of the United States, one of whose parents at the time of the child's birth was an alien and the other of whose parents then was and never thereafter ceased to be a citizen of the United States, shall, if such alien parent is naturalized, be deemed a citizen of the United States, when (a) Such naturalization takes place while such child is under the age of eighteen years; and (b) Such child is residing in the United States at the time of naturalization or thereafter and begins to reside permanently in the United States while under the age of eighteen years. (54 Stat. 1145; 8 U. S. C. 713.) CHILD BORN OUTSIDE OF UNITED STATES OF ALIEN PARENTS: CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CITIZENSHIP AUTOMATICALLY ACQUIRED SEC. 314. A child born outside of the United States of alien parents, or of an alien parent and a citizen parent who has subsequently lost citizenship of the United States, becomes a citizen of the United States upon fulfillment of the following conditions: (a) The naturalization of both parents; or (b) The naturalization of the surviving parent if one of the parents is deceased; or (c) The naturalization of the parent having legal custody of the child when there has been a legal separation of the parents; and if (d) Such naturalization takes place while such child is under the age of eighteen years; and (e) Such child is residing in the United States at the time of the naturalizaton of the parent last naturalized under subsection (a) of this section, or the parent naturalized under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, or thereafter begins to reside permanently in the United States while under the age of eighteen years. (54 Stat. 1145-1146; 8 U. S. C. 714.) CHILD BORN OUTSIDE OF UNITED STATES: NATURALIZATION ON PETITION OF CITIZEN PARENT; REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS SEC. 315. A child born outside of the United States, one of whose parents is at the time of petitioning for the naturalization of the child, a citizen of the United States, either by birth or naturalization, may be naturalized if under the age of eighteen years and not otherwise disqualified from becoming a citizen and is residing permanently in the United States with the citizen parent, on the petition of such citizen parent, without a declaration of intention, upon compliance with the applicable procedural provisions of the naturalization laws. (54 Stat. 1146; 8 U. S. C. 715.) ADOPTED CHILD: NATURALIZATION ON PETITION OF ADOPTIVE CITIZEN PARENT OR PARENTS; REQUIREMENTS SEO. 816. An adopted child may, if not otherwise disqualified from becoming a citizen, be naturalized before reaching the age of eighteen years upon the petition of the adoptive parent or parents if the child has resided continuously in the United States for at least two years immediately preceding the date of filing such petition, upon compliance with all the applicable procedural provisions of the naturalization laws, if the adoptive parent or parents are citizens of the United States, and the child was: (a) Lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; and (b) Adopted in the United States before reaching the age of sixteen years; and (c) Adopted and in the legal custody of the adoptive parent or parents for at least two years prior to the filing of the petition for the child's naturalization. (54 Stat. 1146; 8 U. S. C. 716.) FORMER CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES WOMEN WHO LOST CITIZENSHIP PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 22, 1922, THROUGH MARRIAGE TO ALIENS OR LOSS OF CITIZENSHIP BY HUSBANDS' NATURALIZATION: REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS; RESULTING CITIZENSHIP STATUS SEC. 317. (a) A person who was a citizen of the United States and who prior to September 22, 1922, lost United States citizenship by marriage to an alien or by the spouse's loss of United States citizenship, and any person who lost United States citizenship on or after September 22, 1922, by marriage to an alien ineligible to citizenship, may, if no other nationality was acquired by affirmative act other than such marriage, be naturalized upon compliance with all requirements of the naturalization laws with the following exceptions: (1) No declaration of intention and no certificate of arrival shall be required, and no period of residence within the United States or within the State where the petition is filed shall be required. (2) The petition need not set forth that it is the intention of the petitioner to reside permanently within the United States. (3) The petition may be filed in any court having naturalization jurisdiction, regardless of the residence of the petitioner. (4) The petition may be heard at any time after filing if there is attached to the petition at the time of filing a certificate from a naturalization examiner stating that the petitioner has appeared before such examiner for examination. Such person shall have, from and after the naturalization, the same citizenship status as that which existed immediately prior to its loss. (54 Stat. 1146; 8 U. S. C. 717.) WOMAN CITIZEN AT BIRTH WHO LOST OR IS BELIEVED TO HAVE LOST CITIZENSHIP THROUGH MARRIAGE TO AN ALIEN, AND WHOSE marriage has TERMINATED: DEEMED TO BE CITIZEN ON TAKING OATH OF ALLEGIANCE AS THOUGH HAD NOT LOST CITIZENSHIP; CERTIFIED COPY OF PROCEEDINGS AS EVIDENCE (b) (1) From and after the effective date of this Act, a woman, who was a citizen of the United States at birth, and who has or is believed to have lost her United States citizenship solely by reason of her marriage prior to September 22, 1922, to an alien, and whose marital status with such alien has or shall have terminated, if no other nationality was acquired by affirmative act other than such marriage, shall, from and after the taking of the oath of allegiance prescribed by subsection (b) of section 335 of this Act, be deemed to be a citizen of the United States to the same extent as though her marriage to said alien had taken place on or after September 22, 1922. (2) Such oath of allegiance may be taken abroad before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States, or in the United States before the judge or clerk of a naturalization court. (3) Such oath of allegiance shall be entered in the records of the appropriate embassy or legation or consulate or naturalization court, and upon demand, a certified copy of the proceedings, including a copy of the oath administered, under the seal of the embassy or legation or consulate or naturalization court, shall be delivered to such woman at a cost not exceeding $1, which certified copy shall be evidence of the facts stated therein before any court of record or judicial tribunal and in any department of the United States. (54 Stat. 1146-1147; 8 U. S. C. 717.) DUAL NATIONAL WHO HAS BEEN EXPATRIATED THROUGH ENTERING OR SERVING IN ARMED FORCES OF FOREIGN STATE: IMMIGRATION STATUS; NATURALIZATION REQUIREMENTS AND EXEMPTIONS (c) A person who shall have been a citizen of the United States and also a national of a foreign state, and who shall have lost his |