From Blacks 1. Pay attention to the phrase "domicile determines his civil status." |
(1)
obtaining naturalization in a foreign
state upon his own application or upon an application filed by a duly
authorized agent, after having attained the age of eighteen years; or
(2)
taking an oath or making an affirmation
or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state or a
political subdivision thereof, after having attained the age of eighteen
years; or
(4)
(A)
accepting, serving in, or
performing the duties of any office, post, or employment under the
government of a foreign state or a political subdivision thereof, after
attaining the age of eighteen years if he has or acquires the
nationality of such foreign state; or
(B)
accepting, serving in, or
performing the duties of any office, post, or employment under the
government of a foreign state or a political subdivision thereof, after
attaining the age of eighteen years for which office, post, or
employment an oath, affirmation, or declaration of allegiance is
required; or
(5)
making a formal renunciation of
nationality before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States
in a foreign state, in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary
of State; or
(6)
making in the United States a formal
written renunciation of nationality in such form as may be prescribed
by, and before such officer as may be designated by, the Attorney
General, whenever the United States shall be in a state of war and the
Attorney General shall approve such renunciation as not contrary to the
interests of national defense; or
(7)
committing any act of treason against,
or attempting by force to overthrow, or bearing arms against, the United
States, violating or conspiring to violate any of the provisions of
section
2383 of title
18, or willfully performing any act in violation of section
2385 of title
18, or violating section
2384 of title
18
by engaging in a conspiracy to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by
force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them,
if and when he is convicted thereof by a court martial or by a court of
competent jurisdiction.
(b)
Whenever the loss of United States
nationality is put in issue in any action or proceeding commenced on or
after September 26, 1961 under, or by virtue of, the provisions of this
chapter or any other Act, the burden shall be upon the person or party
claiming that such loss occurred, to establish such claim by a
preponderance of the evidence. Any person who commits or performs, or
who has committed or performed, any act of expatriation under the
provisions of this chapter or any other Act shall be presumed to have
done so voluntarily, but such presumption may be rebutted upon a
showing, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the act or acts
committed or performed were not done voluntarily.
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