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[172] [173] Special exceptions apply to women who lost citizenship under the Expatriation Act of 1907 by marrying a non-citizen, and to people who lost citizenship through service in Allied armed forces during World War II: such people can obtain special LPR status (under SC-1 and SC-2 visas) and apply for renaturalization without any required ...
Although renunciation may be the most commonly used term when referring to loss of US nationality, renunciation is only one of the seven expatriating acts that may be performed voluntarily and with the intent to relinquish US nationality stated in section 349 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. § 1481). [27]
Finally, citizenship can be lost through a variety of other grounds, that are often not clearly voluntary or involuntary. One action that is taken voluntarily (e.g. serving in a foreign military) can lead to a subsequent involuntary loss. [2] Some of these grounds include: Voluntary acquisition of another citizenship
But an expired green card does not mean your lawful permanent resident status expires, said Lazaro Salazar, an immigration attorney in Fresno. While the green card itself is expired, it is ...
Conversely, MacKenzie's act of marriage to an alien could not act as an implied voluntary renunciation of her birthright citizenship. [ 5 ] San Francisco City Attorney Percy V. Long cited the Napoleonic Code and laws of the Netherlands , Ottoman Empire , and Russian Empire to argue that treating marriage as a transfer of allegiance is a widely ...
Under Italian nationality law, she became an Italian citizen through the marriage. The two later tried to move to California at the invitation of an organisation there, but this was thwarted by Negrini's renunciation of U.S. citizenship, and they settled in Chihuahua, Mexico instead. [255] [256] [257] 1951: 1951: Too early Marshall Nicholson ...
She was able to repatriate upon termination of the marriage and resumption of residence in the United States. [23] While the 1855 Act specified that foreign wives gained U.S. nationality, the law created confusion as to whether it required American women who married aliens to take the nationality of the spouse. [ 24 ]
Had the Biden administration proposal been allowed to move forward, an estimated 500,000 spouses of U.S. citizens and 50,000 stepchildren would have been given three years of legal status.