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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 536 . 1929 . 1513 29, 19 06 (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, part 1, page 596), as Aliens having no roc- ord of admission for amended, may be made as to any alien not ineligible to citizenship in permanent residence whose case there is no record of admission for permanent residence may be registered. , Vol.34,p. 596 . if such alien shall make a satisfactory showing to the Commissioner Genera l of I mmigra tion, in acc ordanc e with regula tions prescr ibed b y the Commissioner General of Immigration, with the approval of the Requirements. Secretary of Labor, that he- (1) Entered the United States prior to June 3, 1921 ; (2) Has resided in the United States continuously since such entry ; (3) Is a person of good moral character ; and (4) Is not subject to deportation. (b) For each such record of registry made as herein authorized Fee far registry. the alien shall pay to the Commissioner General of Immigration a fee of $20. All fees collected under this section shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. (c) The provisions of section 76 of the Act entitled "An Act to Punishment fo r false oaths, etc ., in citizen- codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States," shipapplications,made approved March 4, 1909, shall apply in respect of the record of regis- app Vol. s,ep .1102, try authorized by this section in the same manner and to the same extent, including penalties, as they apply in respect of the oaths, notices, affidavits, certificates, orders, records, signatures, and other instrume nts, pape rs, or pr oceedings specifi ed in suc h section 76. S EC. 2. Upon the making of a record of registry as authorized by Certificate of arrival to be issued when rec- section 1 of this Act, the certific ate of a rrival re quired by the four th ord of re gis tr y m ade. paragr aph of the s econd subdiv ision of sect ion 4 of suc h Act of Jun e Vol. 34, p. 597. 29, 1906, as amended, may be issued upon application to the Com- missioner of Naturalization, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Commissioner of Naturalization, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, and upon payment of the fee prescribed by Fee prescribed. section 5 of this Act. SEC. 3. For the of the im migrat ion la ws and the n atural i- Lawful ad mission pu rpose s deemed on record of zation laws an alien, in respect of whom a record of registry has been reg istry. made as authorized by section 1 of this Act, shall be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence as of the date of his entry. SEC. 4. No declaration of intention shall be made by any alien under Decl arati on o f int en- such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, or, if made, be valid, until the tion requi res perma- 7 7 7 > > nent residence estab- lawful entry for permanent residence of such alien shall have been lished, and arrival established, and a certificate showing the date, place, and manner of certificate. his arri val shall have bee n issued. SEC. 5. For any cert ificate o f arrival issued for natur alization pur- Fee for certi ficate. poses a fee of $5 shall be paid to the Commissioner of Naturalization, which fee shall be paid over to and deposited in the Treasury in the same m anner as oth er nat uraliz ation fees. SEC. 6. (a) The third paragraph of the second subdivision of section Vol. 34, p. 597, amend. 4 of such Act of June 29, 1906, as amended, is amended to read as ed. follows "As to each period of residence at any place in the county where Evidence as to resi- dence, etc ., from per- the petitioner resides at the time of filing his petition, there shall sonal witnesses . b e included in the petition the affidavits of at least two credible wit- nesses, citizens of the United States, stating that each has personally known the petitioner to have been a resident at such place for such period, and that the petitioner is and during all such period has been a person of good moral character ." (b) The fourth subdivision of section 4 of such Act of June 29, eVol. 34,p .598,amend. 1906, as amended, is amended to read as follows " Fourth. No alien shall be admitted to citizenship unless (1) imme- Evidence of continu- ous residence preceding diately preceding the date of his petition the alien has resided con- date of petition re- tinuously within the United States for at least five years and within q,,i red.

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