§1406 Persons living in and born in the Virgin Islands

Summary

Declares that many people connected to the U.S. Virgin Islands became U.S. citizens on February 25, 1927 if they meet certain residency and nationality rules. It covers people and their children born after January 17, 1917 and before February 25, 1927, including four groups: former Danish citizens who lived in the islands on January 17, 1917 and were in the islands, the United States, or Puerto Rico on February 25, 1927 and who did not keep Danish citizenship under the 1916 treaty (or who later gave it up in court); island natives who met similar 1917/1927 residence rules and were not citizens of another country; island natives who lived in the United States in 1917 and were in the islands on February 25, 1927 and were not foreign citizens; and island natives who on June 28, 1932 lived in the continental United States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or another U.S. territory and were not foreign citizens, no matter where they lived in 1917. People born in the Virgin Islands between January 17, 1917 and February 25, 1927 who were under U.S. authority became U.S. citizens on February 25, 1927. People born in the islands on or after February 25, 1927 who are under U.S. authority are U.S. citizens at birth.