The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-14
A new ALIEN Law
Several Changes Made in Nat
uralizatiOn Act Last Month.
American Women who Marry
Aliens Won't Lose Citizenship.

Alien women who are the wives Of
allen men will no longer automatically
become citizens of the United States
when their husbands are naturaiized.
according to the provisions of new
naturalization act enacted by congress
September 22, 1922. copies of which
have been received by Frank l.
Campbell, clerk of the federal court
here.
Nor will American women who
marry alien men lose their American
citizenship. provided their husbands
are eligible for naturalization. unless
they formally renounce such citizen
ship before a court having jurisdiction
over the naturalization of aliens. But
an American woman who marrtes a
foreigner not eligible to citizenship
shall cease to be citizen OF the
United States.
An alien woman marrying an Amer
lean citizen after the passage of the
act, or any woman whose husband be-
comes naturalized, may become nat
uralized by filing the usual petition
for naturalization and complying with
all requirements of the naturalization
laws with the following EXCEPTIONS
No declaration of intention is re-
quired, and only one years continuous
residence in the United States.
mediately preceding the filing Of her
petition required.
May Be Naturalized.
A woman who, before the passags
of the act, was an American citizens
but lost her citizenship thru marriage
! to an alien, may become naturalized
! by filing the usual petition ana corn
plying with ell requirements, except
that no declaration of intention is re-
| quired and only one years residences
| in the United States, Hawaii, Alaska
or Porto Rico Immediately prior to
| the filing of the petition is required.
| No certificate OF arrival required e
| during the marital status she shal1
have resided within the United States.
| An alien woman married to an alien
at the time of the passage of the act
or who thereafter marrtes an alien,
may become naturalized by complying
| with all requirements including dec
! laration, five years continuous resi-
| dence in the United States, one year
| continuous state residence, Certificates
of arrival If her entry dates from June
! 20, 1905, ability to speak English and
sign her name in her own handwrit-
| ing.
The status Of single alien women 10
| not affected by the act and women OF
this class may continue as in the past
| to file declarations and petitions foS
| the purpose of becoming naturalized.
Must Pronounce Citizenship
The act further provides that no
married woman whose husband is not
eligible to citizenship shall be natur-
allied during the continuance of the
| marital status. and that she herself
must be eligible to citizenship. 1t is
further provi1 ed that a woman citizen
| of the United States shall not cease
to be a citizen by reason of her mar
riage after The passage of the act.
unless she makes formal renuncia-
ton of her citizenship before a court
having jurisdiction over naturalization
of aliens, but that any woman citizen
who marrios an alien ineligible to
citizenship shall cease to be a citizen
of the United States.
The petition of a married woman
will show the date and place of her
marriage as we'll as the name, date
and place of birth of her husband.