Expedited Citizenship Through Military Service: Policy and Issues

Lee, Margaret Mikyung

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Immigration;    Military personnel;    Naturalization;    Citizenship;    Defense policy;   

RP-ID  :  RL31884
RP-ID  :  RL31884 2003-09-30

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the interest in legislation to expand the citizenship benefits of aliens serving in the military. Multiple bills provide for expedited or posthumous citizenship as the result of military service (H.R. 1275, H.R. 1588, H.R. 1685, H.R. 1691, H.R. 1714, H.R. 1799, H.R. 1806, H.R. 1814, H.R. 1850, H.R. 1953, H.R. 1954, H.R. 2887, S. 783, S. 789, S. 897, S. 922, and S. 940). Variously, these bills would, among other things, reduce or eliminate the 3-year requirement for peacetime service, permit proceedings to be conducted abroad, waive processing fees, modify posthumous citizenship procedures, and provide some type of immigration benefit to surviving immediate relatives of citizens (including posthumous citizens) who die as a result of serving in active duty or, more narrowly, in a combat zone during wartime.