In re Naturalization of Halas

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

DAVIS, District Judge.

The Petitioner, a native of the Ukraine and a national of France, was lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence on September 7, 1955, together with his wife and three children. Subsequently, three more children were born. In 1959, however, the petitioner’s wife returned to France, with the children, ostensibly for failure to obtain adequate housing.

The petition for naturalization presently under consideration was filed on April 21,1964, in accordance with Section 316(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C.A. section…