Thanks for the input, Patricia. I wondered if "ni" might be a legal term. A genealogist at a state archives in another state told me that she has seen exceptions to the three year span between declaration of intent and naturalization under special circumstances. Perhaps a shorter time was allowed when the individual had already been in the USA at least five years before filing the declaration of intent? Jean

I wondered if "ni" might be a legal term. Could be. If you google the word, you might find out more. I think you're right about a person being in the country a while before they file the declaration--if memory serves me, that's what the posting I read said. Patricia [email protected] wrote: Thanks for the input, Patricia. I wondered if "ni" might be a legal term. A genealogist at a state archives in another state told me that she has seen exceptions to the three year span between declaration of intent and naturalization under special circumstances. Perhaps a shorter time was allowed when the individual had already been in the USA at least five years before filing the declaration of intent? Jean ==== OHLORAIN Mailing List ==== Search the Archive of Messages for OHLORAIN Mailing List http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/OHLORAIN mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning born of the one light, eden saw play praise with elation, praise every morning god's recreation of the new day Morning has broken as sung by Cat Stevens