Petition for Naturalization - Dora Abromson
Source Notes
Following the Declaration of Intention and meeting the residency requirements an applicant then filed this petition for formal application for US citizenship. There was a 5 year residency requirement (in the US) to become naturalized (raised to 14 years in 1798, lowered back to 5 in 1802). Generally minor children (not born in the US) could derive citizenship from their father when their father naturalized.From 1855 to 1922 alien women became citizens automatically if they married an American citizen. Women could derive citizenship from their spouses until 1922 when the law was changed...After 22 Sept 1922 an alien woman who married a US citizen could skip the Declaration of Intention and file for a Naturalization Petition. But if an alien woman married an alien man (after 22 Sept 1922) she would have to start her Naturalization proceedings at the beginning with a Declaration of Intention.
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- Parent Source: Petition for Naturalization
- Individual: Dora Niselovich (Feinberg)