In re Schwarz

The petition of Hans Schwarz for admission to citizenship in the United States was submitted, after a hearing in open court, upon a stipulation of facts.

The agreed and material facts are as follows: Petitioner, a native of Austria, came to the United States and was lawfully admitted for permanent residence on October 20, 1933. He filed his declaration of intention on April 14, 1934. On December 18, 1935, the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization granted petitioner a re-entry permit for one year, and on January 15, 1936, petitioner departed for England. He was then under contract as a motion picture director with the United Artists Corporation of Hollywood and was going abroad solely in the employ of that corporation. This corporation was then engaged in the production and distribution of motion pictures in the United States and abroad.

On May 12, 1936, petitioner wrote from London to the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization, stating that he must, in order not to lose the benefits accruing to him under his declaration of intention, return to the United States before June 18, 1936, but that he would be unable to complete work on the picture he was directing…