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Original Date Announced
June 26, 2020DOS publishes a final rule removing a defunct regulation that had provided an immigrant visa classification to U.S. citizen women who lost their U.S. citizenship due to marriage to an alien, or to a U.S. citizen who acquired another citizenship, between 1907 and 1922. The Department notes that the last special immigrant visa in this category was issued in 1998, and "it is unlikely that any person eligible for this category is still living."
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DOS removes regulation related to defunct immigrant visa classificationsEffective Date
June 26, 2020Current Status
Fully in EffectOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Action: RuleSubject Matter: Immigrant Visas: Special Immigrant CitizenshipAgencies Affected: DOSPre Trump-Era Policies
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April 1, 2013
Under the prior regulation, 22 CFR 42.23(a), certain noncitizen women who lost U.S. citizenship between 1907 to 1922 due to marriage to a noncitizen or to a U.S. citizen who acquired another citizenship could be granted special immigrant visas under INA section 101(a)(27)(B), allowing them to apply for reacquisition of U.S. citizenship.
Certain former U.S. citizens