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The Nationality Act of 1940 (H.R. 9980; Pub.L. 76-853; 54 Stat. 1137) revised numerous provisions of law relating to American citizenship and naturalization.It was enacted by the 76th Congress of the United States and signed into law on October 14, 1940, a year after World War II had begun in Europe, but before the U.S. entered the war.
1940 Nationality Act of 1940: Pertains chiefly to "Nationality at Birth," Nationality through Naturalization," and "Loss of Nationality" Pub. L. 76–853: 1943 Chinese Exclusion Repeal Act of 1943 (Magnuson Act) Repealed the Chinese Exclusion Act and permitted Chinese nationals already in the country to become naturalized citizens.
The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (the McCarran–Walter Act) revised the National Origins Formula, again allotting quotas in proportion to the national origins of the population as of the 1920 census, but by a simplified calculation taking a flat one-sixth of 1 percent of the number of inhabitants of each nationality then residing in ...
The Nationality Act of 1940 was passed to create a unified code of United States naturalization law. [8] Following World War II, the War Brides Act allowed exemptions of immigration quotas for immediate relatives of American service-members. [9]
Amendments to the Cable Act and nationality laws continued until 1940, when married women were granted their own nationality without restriction. [58] That year, Congress amended the Nationality Act, distinguishing for the first time different rules for derivative nationality for legitimate and illegitimate children. [59]
The Nationality Act of 1940 codified into a single federal statute, all the various laws and decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States concerning nationality. It clarified the status of non-citizen nationals confirming that they owed allegiance to the United States but did not necessarily acquire all the rights and responsibilities of ...
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The Nationality Act of 1940 [19] provided for loss of citizenship based on foreign military or government service, when coupled with citizenship in that foreign country. This statute also mandated loss of citizenship for desertion from the U.S. armed forces, remaining outside the United States in order to evade military service during wartime ...