---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 329.1"
title: "8"
number: "329.1"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/329.1"
---

# §329.1. Definitions.


As used in this part:

Honorable service and separation means service and separation from service which the executive department under which the applicant served determines to be honorable, including:

- (1) That such applicant had not been separated from service on account of alienage;
- (2) That such applicant was not a conscientious objector who performed no military, air or naval duty; and
- (3) **That such applicant did not refuse to wear a military uniform.** Service in an active duty status in the Armed Forces of the United States means active service in the following organizations:
- (1) United States Army, United States Navy, United States Marines, United States Air Force, United States Coast Guard; or
- (2) A National Guard unit during such time as the unit is Federally recognized as a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United States and that unit is called for active duty.

  World War I means the period beginning on April 6, 1917, and ending on November 11, 1918.


## Notes

### Amendments

[56 FR 50493, Oct. 7, 1991]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1440, 1443; 8 CFR part 2.

### Amendments

[56 FR 50493, Oct. 7, 1991]