---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch12/schIII/ptI"
level: "part"
label: "Part I"
heading: "Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch12-schIII-ptI"
sections_count: 11
---

# Part I — Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality › Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality › Subchapter III — Nationality and Naturalization

## Sections

- [§1401. Nationals and citizens of United States at birth](/usc/8/1401.md)
- [§1401a. Birth abroad before 1952 to service parent](/usc/8/1401a.md)
- [§1401b. Repealed.](/usc/8/1401b.md)
- [§1402. Persons born in Puerto Rico on or after](/usc/8/1402.md)
- [§1403. Persons born in the Canal Zone or Republic of Panama on or after](/usc/8/1403.md)
- [§1404. Persons born in Alaska on or after](/usc/8/1404.md)
- [§1405. Persons born in Hawaii](/usc/8/1405.md)
- [§1406. Persons living in and born in the Virgin Islands](/usc/8/1406.md)
- [§1407. Persons living in and born in Guam](/usc/8/1407.md)
- [§1408. Nationals but not citizens of the United States at birth](/usc/8/1408.md)
- [§1409. Children born out of wedlock](/usc/8/1409.md)