Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 8 - Aliens and Nationality last revised: Oct 07, 2024
§ 315.4 - Exemption treaties.

(a) The following countries currently have effective treaties providing reciprocal exemption of aliens from military service:

Argentina (Art. X, 10 Stat. 1005, 1009, effective 1853) Austria (Art. VI, 47 Stat. 1876, 1880, effective 1928) China (Art. XIV, 63 Stat. 1299, 1311, effective 1946) Costa Rica (Art. IX, 10 Stat. 916, 921, effective 1851) Estonia (Art. VI, 44 Stat. 2379, 2381, effective 1925) Honduras (Art. VI, 45 Stat. 2618, 2622, effective 1927) Ireland (Art. III, 1 US 785, 789, effective 1950) Italy (Art. XIII, 63 Stat. 2255, 2272, effective 1948) Latvia (Art. VI, 45 Stat. 2641, 2643, effective 1928) Liberia (Art. VI, 54 Stat. 1739, 1742, effective 1938) Norway (Art. VI, 47 Stat. 2135, 2139, effective 1928) Paraguay (Art. XI, 12 Stat. 1091, 1096, effective 1859) Spain (Art. V, 33 Stat. 2105, 2108, effective 1902) Switzerland (Art. II, 11 Stat. 587, 589, effective 1850) Yugoslavia (Serbia) (Art. IV, 22 Stat. 963, 964, effective 1881)

(b) The following countries previously had treaties providing for reciprocal exemption of aliens from military service:

El Salvador (Art. VI, 46 Stat. 2817, 2821, effective 1926 to February 8, 1958) Germany (Art. VI, 44 Stat. 2132, 2136, effective 1923 to June 2, 1954) Hungary (Art. VI, 44 Stat, 2441, 2445, effective 1925 to July 5, 1952) Thailand (Siam) (Art. 1, 53 Stat. 1731, 1732, effective 1937 to June 8, 1968)
authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103,1443
source: 56 FR 50483, Oct. 7, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 8 CFR 315.4