8 U.S.C. § 1354
Applicability to members of the Armed Forces
United States · Title 8 — ALIENS AND NATIONALITY · Status: effective
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- 8 U.S.C. § 1354, Applicability to members of the Armed Forces, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/431906
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If a person lawfully admitted for permanent residence is the spouse or child of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, is authorized to accompany the member and reside abroad with the member pursuant to the member’s official orders, and is so accompanying and residing with the member (in marital union if a spouse), then the residence and physical presence of the person abroad shall not be treated as—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008