8 U.S.C. § 1437

Section 1437 · Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements

This is § 326 of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (McCarran-Walter)

Amended 2 times on record

Applied in 1 court decisions — leading case Gonzales v. Barber (1953)

Most recently applied in Gonzales v. Barber (September 1953)

Any person who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on July 2, 1946, (2) entered the United States prior to May 1, 1934, and (3) has, since such entry, resided continuously in the United States shall be regarded as having been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence for the purpose of applying for naturalization under this subchapter.

Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel

Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applying” for “petitioning”.

Cross References

Definition of the term—

Entry, see section 1101(a)(13) of this title.

Lawfully admitted for permanent residence, see section 1101(a)(20) of this title.

Naturalization, see section 1101(a)(23) of this title.

Residence, see section 1101(a)(33) of this title.

United States, see section 1101(a)(38) of this title.