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8 U.S. Code § 1427 - Requirements of naturalization | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
Requirements of naturalization
(b) AbsencesAbsence from the United States of more than six months but less than one year during the period for which continuous residence is required for admission to citizenship, immediately preceding the date of filing the application for naturalization, or during the period between the date of filing the application and the date of any hearing under section 1447(a) of this title, shall break the continuity of such residence, unless the applicant shall establish to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that he did not in fact abandon his residence in the United States during such period.Absence from the United States for a continuous period of one year or more during the period for which continuous residence is required for admission to citizenship (whether preceding or subsequent to the filing of the application for naturalization) shall break the continuity of such residence, except that in the case of a person who has been physically present and residing in the United States, after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, for an uninterrupted period of at least one year, and who thereafter is employed by or under contract with the Government of the United States or an American institution of research recognized as such by the Attorney General, or is employed by an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States, or a subsidiary thereof more than 50 per centum of whose stock is owned by an American firm or corporation, or is employed by a public international organization of which the United States is a member by treaty or statute and by which the alien was not employed until after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, no period of absence from the United States shall break the continuity of residence if—
In determining whether the applicant has sustained the burden of establishing good moral character and the other qualifications for citizenship specified in subsection (a) of this section, the Attorney General shall not be limited to the applicant’s conduct during the five years preceding the filing of the application, but may take into consideration as a basis for such determination the applicant’s conduct and acts at any time prior to that period.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 316, 66 Stat. 242; Pub. L. 97–116, § 14, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1619; Pub. L. 99–169, title VI, § 601, Dec. 4, 1985, 99 Stat. 1007; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, §§ 402, 407(c)(2), (d)(1), (e)(1), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5038, 5041, 5046; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(g)(7)(F), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–624; Pub. L. 109–149, title V, § 518, Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2882.)
2005—Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 109–149, § 518, temporarily added subsec. (g) reading as follows:
“(A) the applicant is the beneficiary of an approved petition for classification under section 1154(a)(1)(E) of this title;
“(B) the applicant has been approved for adjustment of status under section 1255(a) of this title; and
1996—Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 104–208 substituted “clauses (i) through (v) of section 1158(b)(2)(A) of this title” for “subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 1253(h)(2) of this title”.
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted references to applicant and application for references to petitioner and petition wherever appearing.
Pub. L. 101–649, § 402, substituted “and who has resided within the State or within the district of the Service in the United States in which the applicant filed the application for at least three months” for “and who has resided within the State in which the petitioner filed the petition for at least six months” in cl. (1).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(1)(A), (B), substituted “the Attorney General” for “the court” in first par. and subpar. (2) of second par., and “date of any hearing under section 1447(a) of this title” for “date of final hearing” in first par.
Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted references to applicant and application for references to petitioner and petition wherever appearing.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted references to applicant and application for references to petitioner and petition wherever appearing.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted reference to applicant for reference to petitioner.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(1)(C), substituted “the Attorney General” for “the court”.
Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted references to applicant, applicant’s, and application for references to petitioner, petitioner’s, and petition wherever appearing.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(e)(1), redesignated subsec. (g) as (f) and struck out former subsec. (f) which read as follows: “Naturalization shall not be granted to a petitioner by a naturalization court while registration proceedings or proceedings to require registration against an organization of which the petitioner is a member or affiliate are pending under section 792 or 793 of title 50.”
Subsec. (f)(1). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(1)(D), substituted “within a particular State or district of the Service in the United States” for “within the jurisdiction of the court”.
Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted references to applicant for references to petitioner wherever appearing.
Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(d)(1)(E), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “A petition for naturalization may be filed pursuant to this subsection in any district court of the United States, without regard to the residence of the petitioner.”
Subsec. (f)(3). Pub. L. 101–649, § 407(c)(2), substituted reference to application for reference to petition.
Pub. L. 109–149, title V, § 518(b), Dec. 30, 2005, 119 Stat. 2882, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] is repealed on January 1, 2006.”
Pub. L. 104–293, title III, § 305, Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3465, as amended by Pub. L. 106–120, title III, § 307, Dec. 3, 1999, 113 Stat. 1612, provided that:
With the approval of the Director of Central Intelligence, the Attorney General, and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, an applicant described in subsection (b) and otherwise eligible for naturalization may be naturalized without regard to the residence and physical presence requirements of section 316(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1427(a)], or to the prohibitions of section 313 of such Act [8 U.S.C. 1424], and no residence within a particular State or district of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the United States shall be required.
“(b)Eligible Applicant.—An applicant eligible for naturalization under this section is the spouse or child of a deceased alien whose death resulted from the intentional and unauthorized disclosure of classified information regarding the alien’s participation in the conduct of United States intelligence activities and who—
has resided continuously, after being lawfully admitted for permanent residence, within the United States for at least one year prior to naturalization; and
is not described in clauses (i) through (iv) of section 241(b)(3)(B) of such Act [8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B)].
“(c)Administration of Oath.—
An applicant for naturalization under this section may be administered the oath of allegiance under section 337(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1448(a)] by the Attorney General or any district court of the United States, without regard to the residence of the applicant. Proceedings under this subsection shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the protection of intelligence sources, methods, and activities.
the term ‘child’ means a child as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)], without regard to age or marital status; and
the term ‘spouse’ means the wife or husband of a deceased alien referred to in subsection (b) who was married to such alien during the time the alien participated in the conduct of United States intelligence activities.”