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Raw OLRC USLM XML zips @ release 119-100 (retrieved 2026-07-04 via Atlas depot), ingested with the standard pipeline: raw snapshot -> per-section OKF markdown -> manifest + checksums. Title 52 untouched. LegalText: 171 -> 11,221. Titles 12-54 await a clean OLRC retry. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "LegalText"
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title: "8 U.S.C. § 1437"
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description: "Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements"
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jurisdiction: "us"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 8
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title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
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chapter_number: "12"
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chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
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section: "1437"
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citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1437"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 8 U.S.C. § 1437 - Resident Philippine citizens excepted from certain requirements
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## Text
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Any person who (1) was a citizen of the Commonwealth of the Philippines on July 2, 1946, (2) entered the United States prior to May 1, 1934, and (3) has, since such entry, resided continuously in the United States shall be regarded as having been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence for the purpose of applying for naturalization under this subchapter.
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(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.)
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## Notes
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Editorial Notes
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Amendments1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “applying” for “petitioning”.
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