The Alaska daily empire., 1922-11-16
NEW PROCEDURE
 NECESSARY FOR
 NATURALIZATION
Recently Enacted Law Changes Naturalization
 Rules Applied to Women

New regulations governing tnc s acouisition of citizenship by alien :. women as well as changing the status of American women marrying aliens, under the so-called Cable Act passed by Congress September 22, last, have been received by tho Courts in Al aska. Under this act according to 7 statements issued by the Commission CT of Naturalization, the marriage of an alien woman to an American , citizen, or to an alien who may there
 after become a citizen, does not con , fer citizenship on her but she must be naturalized if eligible. American
 women marrying aliens eligible to citizenship do not lose their Amer- I can citizenship unless they formally
 renounce it.
 Requirements Are Gwen
 The following statement of the
 Naturalization Commissioner received by Court officials describe the steps
 necessary to be taken in order to acquire citizenship by tho two prin' cipal classes of women affected l. An alien woman marrying an |, American citizen after the passage
 of the above act, or any woman whose husband is naturalized after P said act.
 She may become naturalized by fil- , ing the usual petition for naturaliza- tion and complying with all require s ments of the naturalization laws, with the following exceptions; , (a) No declaration of intention re-
 quired
 (b) Only one years continuous e residence in the United States. Ha' f waii. Alaska, or Porto Rico imme- e diate1y preceding the filing of her l. petition required.
 s 2. A woman who before the pass }. age of the above act. was an Ameri- l. can citizen and lost her United r States citizenship by marriage to an
 alien.
 n She may become naturalized by n filing the usual petition for natural, i ization and complying with all re- e quirements of the naturalization laws, l. with the following executions e (a) No declaration of intention re J. quired
 ;el (b) Only one years continuous e residence in the United States, Ha ,- waii. Alaska, or Porto Rico imme d diately preceding the filling of her
 petition required
 Co No certificate of arrival re
 quired if during the continuance O
 tat, ~t c1,o rn
 sided within the United States.
 An alien woman married to ar alien at the time of the passage O the above act, or who thereafter mar ries an alien may become naturalizef
 by complying with all requirement.
 of the naturalization laws, including r declaration, five years continuou
 United States residence. one yea
 continuous state residence, cerufl
 cate of arrival if her entry date
 from June 29. 1906; ability to speal t. the English language and sign he al name in her own handwriting, etc. al Single Women Unaffected r. Tho status of single alien wome SC is not affected by this law, an T. women of this class may continue a a in the past to file declarations an Q. petitions for the purpose of becon s. ing naturalized.
 1t The act referred to further prt m vides that no married woman who's le husband is not eligible to citizenshi
 rhall be naturalized during the col lg tinuance of the marital status. an at that she herself must be eligibl S. to citizenship Eligibility for cit IT. zenship is determined almost entir' m ly by the question of whether tn lg persons concerned are white pc t. sons" or "persons of African nati al ity or African descent" as provide
 by Section 2169. Revised Statute IT, and whether the husband is debarrc i'll from citizenship, because of wit t. drawal of declaration of intention u he der the act of July 9, 1918. for tn
 purpose of securing immunity fro
 military service during the recel
 war.
 It is further provided by the a'
 in question that woman citizen e the United States shall not cease
 be a citizen by reason of her ma
 riage after the passage of said ac unless she makes a formal renunci IN ton of her citizenship before a cou oo having jurisdiction over naturaliz e' ton of aliens, but that any woma =, se citizen who marries an alien ineli '. ible to citizenship shall cease to It, a citizen of tho United States. 'i' PetitIon of married woman VI U show the date and place of her ma 'n' riage, as well as the name. date ar 'in place of birth of the husband. The' ny facts will be entered in the SIX