Naturalization Amendments of 1986

Summary

Naturalization Amendments of 1986 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) establish an administrative naturalization procedure; and (2) make such procedure the sole procedure for naturalization. Authorizes the applicant to choose the forum for the swearing-in ceremony (before the Attorney General, or in U.S. district court or appropriate State court). Reduces State residency requirements from six months to three months. Provides for review of a denied application before the Board of Immigration Appeals and thereafter in U.S. district court. Sets forth related administrative and conforming provisions. Provides for the admission ("I" status) as special immigrants of: (1) retired officers or employees of certain international organizations and their spouses; (2) surviving spouses of such persons; and (3) unmarried sons and daughters of such persons. Sets forth U.S. residency requirements of such status. Grants nonimmigrant status to: (1) parents of children receiving "I" status while the children are minors; and (2) other children of such parents or a surviving "I" status spouse.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 September 1986

  Open at official source

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.