Chapter 683. Relating to declarations of intention in naturalization proceedings
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Chap. 683: Relating to declarations of intention in naturalization proceedings. 1929-03-04 683 Chapter 45 Stat. 1545 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public Chapter 683.— An Act Relating to declarations of intention in naturalization proceedings. March 4, 1929.[[H. R. 16440](/us/bill/70/hr/16440).][[Public, No. 1011](/us/pl/70/1011).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the first subdivisionNaturalization of aliens.Declaration of intention.Vol. 34, p. 596, amended.[U.
S. Code, p. 158](/us/usc/p158). of section 4 of the Act entitled “An Act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and provide for a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States,” approved June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended to read as follows: " “First. He shall declare on oath before the clerk of any courtDeclaration on oath. authorized by this Act to naturalize aliens, or his authorized deputy, in the district in which such alien resides, two years at least priorQualifications, etc. to his admission, and after he has reached the age of eighteen years, that it is bona fide his intention to become a citizen of the United States and to reside permanently therein, and that he will, beforeTo reside permanently. being admitted to citizenship, renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, State, or sovereignty, and particularly, by name, to the prince, potentate, State, or sovereignty of which the alien may be at the time of admission a citizen or subject.
Such declaration shall set forth the name, age, occupation, personalPersonal description, etc. description, place of birth, last foreign residence, the date of arrival, the name of the vessel, if any, in which he came to the United States, and the present place of residence in the United States of said alien. No declaration of intention or petition for naturalization shall beDeclarations, etc., not to be made outside office of court. made outside of the office of the clerk of court.
” " Sec. 2. Section 1 of this Act shall take effect sixty days after itsEffective in 60 days. enactment. A declaration of intention made before the expirationProvision for erroneous statement of allegiance. of such sixty-day period, whether before or after the enactment of this Act, in which appears an erroneous statement of allegiance, shall not be held invalid for such cause if the error was due to a 1546change of political boundaries, or the creation of new countries, or New petition to be made.the transfer of territory from one country to another.
Nothing in this section shall permit the reinstatement of a petition for naturalization dismissed for such cause, but in such a case the benefits of this section may be obtained by filing a new petition before the expiration of the period of validity of the declaration of intention. Sec. 3. Alien veterans.If residents, entitled, within two years, to naturalization, upon terms, etc., as if petitioned before the armistice. An alien veteran, as defined in sec. 1 of the Act of May 26, 1926 (c. 398, 44 Stat. 654, title 8, sec. 241, U.
S. Code Sup. 1), shall, if residing in the United States, be entitled, at any. time within two years after the enactment of this Act, to naturalization upon the same terms, conditions, and exemptions which would have, been accorded to such alien if he had petitioned before the armistice of the World War, except that such alien shall be required to appear Vol. 44, p. 654.and file his petition in person and to take the prescribed oath of [U. S. Code, Supp. I, p. 28](/us/usc/p28).allegiance in open court.
Approved, March 4, 1929.
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