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 66 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW

4 1 4 - J U N E 27,

1952

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mation media, who seeks to enter the United States solely to engage in such vocation, and the spouse and children of such a representative, if accompanying or following to join him, (16) The term "immigrant visa" means an immigrant visa required by this Act and properly issued by a consular officer at his office outside of the United States to an eligible immigrant under the provisions of this Act. (17) The term "immigration laws" includes this Act and all laws, conventions, and treaties of the United States relating to the immigration, exclusion, deportation, or expulsion of aliens. (18) The term "immigration officer" means any employee or class of employees of the Service or of the United States designated by the Attorney General, individually or by regulation, to perform the functions of an immigration officer specified by this Act or any section thereof. (19) The term "ineligible to citizenship," when used in reference to any individual, means, notwithstanding the provisions of any treaty relating to military service, an individual who is, or was at any time, permanently debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States under section o (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended (54 Stat. 885: 55 Stat. 844), or under section 4(a) of the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 605; 65 Stat. ^gSo uscapp.303, 76), or under any section of this Act, or any other Act, or under any law amendatory of, supplementary to, or in substitution for, any of such sections or Acts. (20) The term "lawfully admitted for permanent residence" means the status of having been law fully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such status not having changed. (21) The term "national" means a person owing permanent alle- "National." giance to a state. (22) The term "national of the United States" means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. (23) The term "naturalization" means the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth, by any means whatsoever. (24) The term "naturalization court", unless otherwise particularly described, means a court authorized by section 310(a) of title III to exercise naturalization jurisdiction. (25) The term "noncombatant service" shall not include service in which the individual is not subject to military discipline, court martial, or does not wear the uniform of any branch of the armed forces. (26) The term "nonimmigrant visa" means a visa properly issued to an alien as an eligible nonimmigrant by a competent officer as provided in this Act. (27) The term "nonquota immigrant" means— (A) an immigrant who is the child or the spouse of a citizen of the United States; (B) an immigrant, lawfully admitted for permanent residence, who is returning from a temporary visit abroad; (C) an immigrant who was born in Canada, the Republic of Mexico, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Haiti, the Dominican Republic, the Canal Zone, or an independent country of Central or South America, and the spouse or the child of any such immigrant, if accompanying or following to join him; (D) an immigrant who was a citizen of the United States and may, under section 324(a) or 327 of title III, apply for reacquisition of citizenship;

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