---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 319.4"
title: "8"
number: "319.4"
heading: "Persons continuously employed for 5 years by United States organizations engaged in disseminating information."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/319.4"
---

# §319.4. Persons continuously employed for 5 years by United States organizations engaged in disseminating information.


To be eligible for naturalization under section 319(c) of the Act, an applicant must:

- (a) Establish that he or she is employed as required under section 319(c)(1) of the Act;
- (b) Reside in the United States pursuant to a lawful admission for permanent residence;
- (c) Establish that he or she has been employed as required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section continuously for a period of not less than five years after a lawful admission for permanent residence;
- (d) File his or her application for naturalization while employed as required under [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, or within six months following the termination of such employment;
- (e) Be present in the United States at the time of naturalization;
- (f) Declare in good faith, upon naturalization before the Service, an intention to take up residence within the United States immediately upon his or her termination of employment;
- (g) Be a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and favorably disposed toward the good order and happiness of the United States; and
- (h) Comply with all other requirements for naturalization as provided in [part 316](/cfr/8/part316.md) of this chapter, except for those contained in [§ 316.2(a)(3) through (a)(6)](/cfr/8/316.2.md?p=a-3..a-6) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 50489, Oct. 7, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1430, 1443.

### Amendments

[56 FR 50489, Oct. 7, 1991]