§1406 Persons Living in and Born in the Virgin Islands

Summary

Makes certain people tied to the U.S. Virgin Islands into U.S. citizens as of February 25, 1927, and explains who is a citizen at birth. People included are: 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); natives of the islands who lived there on January 17, 1917 and were in the islands, the United States, or Puerto Rico on February 25, 1927 and who were not citizens of any foreign country on that date; natives who lived in the United States on January 17, 1917 and were in the islands on February 25, 1927 and who were not foreign citizens then; and 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 on that date. 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 there on or after February 25, 1927 who are under U.S. authority are U.S. citizens at birth.