# 8 CFR § 306.1: Persons eligible

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-306.1

## Section

- **Citation:** 8 CFR § 306.1
- **Heading:** Persons eligible
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 8—Aliens and Nationality > CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER C—NATIONALITY REGULATIONS > PART 306—SPECIAL CLASSES OF PERSONS WHO MAY BE NATURALIZED: VIRGIN ISLANDERS

## Text

Any Danish citizen who resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States on January 17, 1917, and in those Islands, Puerto Rico, or the United States on February 25, 1927, and who had preserved his Danish citizenship by making the declaration prescribed by Article VI of the treaty entered into between the United States and Denmark on August 4, 1916, and proclaimed January 25, 1917, may renounce his Danish citizenship before any court of record in the United States irrespective of his place of residence, in accordance with the provisions of this part.

## Nearby sections

- [8 CFR § 301.1 § 301.1 Procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-301.1.md)
- [8 CFR § 306.1 § 306.1 Persons eligible.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-306.1.md)
- [8 CFR § 306.2 § 306.2 United States citizenship; when acquired.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-306.2.md)
- [8 CFR § 306.11 § 306.11 Preliminary application form; filing; examination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-306.11.md)
- [8 CFR § 306.12 § 306.12 Renunciation forms; disposition.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-306.12.md)
- [8 CFR § 310.1 § 310.1 Administrative naturalization authority.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-310.1.md)
- [8 CFR § 310.2 § 310.2 Jurisdiction to accept applications for naturalization.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-310.2.md)
- [8 CFR § 310.3 § 310.3 Administration of the oath of allegiance.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-310.3.md)
- [8 CFR § 310.4 § 310.4 Judicial naturalization authority and withdrawal of petitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-310.4.md)
- [8 CFR § 310.5 § 310.5 Judicial review.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-310.5.md)
- [8 CFR § 312.1 § 312.1 Literacy requirements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-312.1.md)
- [8 CFR § 312.2 § 312.2 Knowledge of history and government of the United States.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-312.2.md)
- [8 CFR § 312.3 § 312.3 Testing of applicants who obtained permanent residence pursuant to section 245A of the Act.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-312.3.md)
- [8 CFR § 312.4 § 312.4 Selection of interpreter.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-8-312.4.md)

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