---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1437"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
number: "1437"
heading: "Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/1437"
units:
  - "Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality"
  - "Subchapter III — Nationality and Naturalization"
  - "Part II — Nationality Through Naturalization"
---

# §1437. Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements


Any [person](/usc/8/1101.md?p=b-3) who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on July 2, 1946, (2) entered the [United States](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-38) prior to May 1, 1934, and (3) has, since such entry, resided continuously in the [United States](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-38) shall be regarded as having been lawfully [admitted](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-13-A) to the [United States](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-38) for [permanent](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-31) [residence](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-33) for the purpose of applying for [naturalization](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-23) under this subchapter.


## Source credit

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title III, ch. 2, § 326, 66 Stat. 248; Pub. L. 101–649, title IV, § 407(c)(9), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5041.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applying” for “petitioning”.