8 CFR 325.3
§ 325.3 Residence.
United States · 8 CFR — Aliens and Nationality · Status: effective
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- 8 CFR 325.3, § 325.3 Residence, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/32431
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(a) For purposes of applying the residence and physical presence requirements in parts 316 and 319 of this chapter, except as they relate to the required three months' residence in a State or Service district, residence and physical presence in an outlying possession of the United States will count as residence and physical presence in the United States.
(b) An applicant who intends to resume residence in an outlying possession after naturalization will be regarded as having established that he or she intends to reside permanently in the United States.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.