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    Default Conditional Citizenship Revocable Upon Felony Conviction

    Hi,

    Assume A is a legal immigrant of the United States and marries B, a United States citizen. Is A's citizenship (assuming citizenship is granted due to the marriage) in any way conditioned (for a certain period of time, i.e., a waiting period) upon him or her not being convicted of a crime (either misdemeanor or felony)? If so, what is the code citation?

    Thanks!

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    Default Re: Conditional Citizenship Revocable Upon Felony Conviction

    You are asking about criminal convictions which occur after naturalization? They should not affect the completed naturalization. Revocation of citizenship is governed primarily by 8 U.S.C. 1451.

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