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A 1962 guideline explained procedures under the Act: [29] The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 requires an alien to apply for a petition for naturalization. This form may be obtained from any office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, a division of the Department of Justice, or from any court authorized to naturalize aliens.
[91] The language has been codified in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, section 301(a). [92] Regardless of the status of the parent, unless they are in the employ of a foreign government, birth within the territory confers nationality.
Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1961 Pub. L. 87–301: 1962 Migration and Refugee Assistance Act: Pub. L. 87–510: 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act) Repealed the national-origin quotas. Initiated a visa system for family reunification and skills. Set a quota for Western Hemisphere immigration.
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 ...
This same provision (slightly reworded) is contained in present-day law as section 301(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (8 U.S.C. § 1401). This legislation was necessary to grant citizenship to members of U.S. tribal nations due to the ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Elk v.
The Immigration Act of 1990 included a Family Unity Program (Section 301 of the Act), effective October 1, 1991, [16] which legislatively superseded the Family Fairness Program. The Family Unity Program continues to be active, as of 2017. [4] [17] [16]
The U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act may refer to one of several acts including: Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952; Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965;
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.