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MATTER or N-- In EXCLUSION Proceedings A-12473274 Deckled by Board October 17,1961 Expatriation—Five years' foreign residence by naturalized citizen—Section 352(a)(2), 1952 Act—Retroactive effect of 1959 amendment to section 354(5) of Act. Amendment of August 4, 1959 to section 354(5) of the Immigration and Na- tionality Act exempting from expatriation under section 352(a) (2) of the Act a naturalized citizen who has had not less than 15 years' residence in the United States subsequent to lawful admission for permanent residence and prior to age 21 is construed to operate retrospectively to…