The disability waiver. as newly formulated. is available to persons who are unable to take a particular test because of "physical or developmental disability or mental impairment." The new age based waiver of the Government and history test applies to persons who are over 65 and have lived in the United States for 20 or more years. Sections 4 and 5 address concerns raised with the Subcommittee by the World Federation of Americans Abroad and the Federated League of Americans Around the Globe. Working closely with the World Federation. the State Department and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. I believe we have developed a fair and workable solution to naturalization problems faced by U.S. citizen parents living abroad. U.S. citizen parents who adopt children abroad and continue to live abroad are unable to naturalize their adopted children under current law. Also. U.S. citizens who have not satisfied certain residency requirements and who are married to alien spouses cannot automatically transmit their U.S. citizenship to children born to them abroad. Section 4 provides a way to naturalize these children. Under this new provision. all administrative action should be able to be completed from abroad and a date set for the naturalization ceremony so that the parent and children can complete the naturalization on one trip to the United States. Section 5 addresses another inequity in the Immigration and Nationality Act. From 1934 through 1978. U.S. citizens who were born abroad to a U.S. citizen parent and an alien parent were required to be physically present in the United States for a specified period of time in order to retain their U.S. citizenship.
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