8 USC § 1437 - Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements

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identifier: "/us/usc/t8/s1437"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "8 USC § 1437 - Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1437"
section_name: "Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Nationality Through Naturalization"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(9), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041.)"
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# § 1437. Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements

July 2, 1946May 1, 1934

Any person who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on , (2) entered the United States prior to , 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.

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(9), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— substituted “applying” for “petitioning”.