---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch12/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Nationality and Naturalization"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch12-schIII"
sections_count: 67
---

# Subchapter III — Nationality and Naturalization

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality › Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality

## Contents

- [Part I — Nationality at Birth and Collective Naturalization](/usc/8/ch12-schIII-ptI.md)
- [Part II — Nationality Through Naturalization](/usc/8/ch12-schIII-ptII.md)
- [Part III — Loss of Nationality](/usc/8/ch12-schIII-ptIII.md)
- [Part IV — Miscellaneous](/usc/8/ch12-schIII-ptIV.md)