8 CFR § 315.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t8/s315.1"
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title: "8 CFR § 315.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "315.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "315"
part_name: "PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO CITIZENSHIP: EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103, 1443."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 50483, Oct. 7, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "315"
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# 315.1 Definitions.

As used in this part:

*Exemption from military service* means either:

(1) A permanent exemption from induction into the Armed Forces or the National Security Training Corps of the United States for military training or military service; or

(2) The release or discharge from military training or military service in the Armed Forces or in the National Security Training Corps of the United States.

*Induction* means compulsory entrance into military service of the United States whether by conscription or, after being notified of a pending conscription, by enlistment.

*Treaty national* means an alien who is a national of a country with which the United States has a treaty relating to the reciprocal exemption of aliens from military training or military service.