8 U.S.C. § 1436
Nationals but not citizens; residence within outlying possessions
United States · Title 8 — ALIENS AND NATIONALITY · Status: effective
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- 8 U.S.C. § 1436, Nationals but not citizens; residence within outlying possessions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/431973
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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.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Immigration Act of 1990