8 C.F.R. PART 306—SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE NATURALIZED: VIRGIN ISLANDERS
Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality
Authority: Secs. 103, 306, 332, 66 Stat. 173, 237, 252; 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1406, 1443.
Source: 22 FR 9812, Dec. 6, 1957, unless otherwise noted.
Any Danish citizen who resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States on January 17, 1917, and in those Islands, Puerto Rico, or the United States on February 25, 1927, and who had preserved his Danish citizenship by making the declaration prescribed by Article VI of the treaty entered into between the United States and Denmark on August 4, 1916, and proclaimed January 25, 1917, may renounce his Danish citizenship before any court of record in the United States irrespective of his place of residence, in accordance with the provisions of this part. Immediately upon making the declaration of renunciation as described in §306.12 the declarant shall be deemed to be a citizen of the United States. No certificate of naturalization or of citizenship shall be issued by the clerk of court to any person obtaining, or who has obtained citizenship solely under section 306(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act or under section 1 of the act of February 25, 1927. A person of the class described in §306.1 shall submit to the Service on Form N–350 preliminary application to renounce Danish citizenship, in accordance with the instructions contained therein. The applicant shall be notified in writing when and where to appear before a representative of the Service for examination as to his eligibility to renounce Danish citizenship and for assistance in filing the renunciation. The renunciation shall be made and executed by the applicant under oath, in duplicate, on Form N–351 and filed in the office of the clerk of court. The usual procedural requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not apply to proceedings under this part. The fee shall be fixed by the court or the clerk thereof in accordance with the law and rules of the court, and no accounting therefor shall be required to be made to the Service. The clerk shall retain the original of Form N–351 as the court record and forward the duplicate to the district director exercising administrative naturalization jurisdiction over the area in which the court is located.
Title 8: Aliens and Nationality
PART 306—SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE NATURALIZED: VIRGIN ISLANDERS
Section Contents
§ 306.1 Persons eligible.
§ 306.2 United States citizenship; when acquired.
§ 306.11 Preliminary application form; filing; examination.
§ 306.12 Renunciation forms; disposition.
§ 306.1 Persons eligible.
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§ 306.2 United States citizenship; when acquired.
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§ 306.11 Preliminary application form; filing; examination.
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§ 306.12 Renunciation forms; disposition.
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