In re Yee Shee Dong

LEVIN, District Judge.

Petitioner came to the United States in 1937 as the China born wife of a Chinese treaty merchant who entered this country in 1923 under the terms of the Treaty between the United States and China of November 17, 1880, Art. 2, 22 Stat. 826. The petition for naturalization was filed in 1949 after petitioner’s husband was admitted to citizenship.

The only issue to- be determined is whether or not the petitioner’s entrance into this country was for permanent residence so that her continuous stay in this country from that time is compliance with the residence requirement of…