---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 42.23"
title: "22"
number: "42.23"
heading: "Certain former U.S. citizens."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/42.23"
---

# §42.23. Certain former U.S. citizens.

- (a) [Reserved]
- (b) **Military expatriates.** An alien shall be classifiable as a special immigrant under INA 101(a)(27)(B) if the consular officer is satisfied by appropriate evidence that the alien was formerly a U.S. citizen and that the alien lost citizenship under the circumstances set forth in INA 327.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 49676, Oct. 1, 1991, as amended at 85 FR 38322, June 26, 2020]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 49676, Oct. 1, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104 and 1182; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 108-449, 118 Stat. 3469; The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954 (Pub. L. 106-279, 114 Stat. 825); 8 U.S.C. 1101 (Pub L. 117-31, 135 Stat. 309); 8 U.S.C. 1154 (Pub. L. 109-162, 119 Stat. 2960); 8 U.S.C. 1201 (Pub. L. 114-70, 129 Stat. 561).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 42613, Nov. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[56 FR 49676, Oct. 1, 1991, as amended at 85 FR 38322, June 26, 2020]