8 CFR § 306.2 - United States citizenship; when acquired.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t8/s306.2"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "8 CFR § 306.2 - United States citizenship; when acquired."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "306.2"
section_name: "United States citizenship; when acquired."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "306"
part_name: "SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE NATURALIZED: VIRGIN ISLANDERS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 103, 306, 332, 66 Stat. 173, 237, 252; 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1406, 1443."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 9812, Dec. 6, 1957, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "306"
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# 306.2 United States citizenship; when acquired.

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.