8 USC § 1489 - Application of treaties; exceptions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t8/s1489"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "8 USC § 1489 - Application of treaties; exceptions"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1489"
section_name: "Application of treaties; exceptions"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY AND NATURALIZATION"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "Loss of Nationality"
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. 3, § 357, 66 Stat. 272; Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(ii), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2622.)"
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# § 1489. Application of treaties; exceptions

December 25, 1952*Provided, however*September 22, 1922March 3, 1931

Nothing in this subchapter shall be applied in contravention of the provisions of any treaty or convention to which the United States is a party and which has been ratified by the Senate before : , That no woman who was a national of the United States shall be deemed to have lost her nationality solely by reason of her marriage to an alien on or after , or to an alien racially ineligible to citizenship on or after , or, in the case of a woman who was a United States citizen at birth, through residence abroad following such marriage, notwithstanding the provisions of any existing treaty or convention.

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 3, § 357, 66 Stat. 272; Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(ii), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2622.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988— substituted “before ” for “upon the effective date of this subchapter”.