MONASTRA

Interim Decision #1309 MATTER OF MONABTRA In SECTION 241 Proceedings A-11079022 Decided by District Director Approved by Assistant Commissioner December 12,1963 (1) A naturalized citizen of the United States who by operation of law auto- matically reacquired Italian nationality in 1940 following 2 years' residence in Italy did not upon that basis lose his U.S. citizenship under section 401(a) of the Nationality Act of 1940 when he voted in a political election in Italy in 1946, loss under that section being limited to naturalization obtained "upon his own application," but expatriated by…