In re Naturalization of Bronkovitch

THOMSEN, Chief Judge.

The question in this case is whether petitioner is barred from citizenship by sec. 315(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, 8 U.S.C.A. § 1426 (a), which provides that “any alien who applies or has applied for exemption or discharge from training or service in the Armed Forces or in the National Security Training Corps of the United States on the ground that he is an alien, and is or was relieved or discharged from such training or service on such ground, shall be permanently ineligible to become a citizen of the United States”.

Petitioner, a Serb, was born in…