New York in 1911; that her father, a native of Norway, became a citizen of the United States by naturalization in 1912; that, in 1919, Miss Tobiassen was taken by her parents to Norway, where the latter had since resided; that, at the age of 18, she returned to the United States and took up her permanent residence in New Jersey. The question arose

when she asked for a return permit to visit her parents. The Department of State refused to issue a passport on the ground that Miss Tobiassen had acquired Norwegian nationality and had ceased to be an American citizen. The Attorney General's opinion approved that action.

His opinion quoted the provisions of the treaty with Sweden and Norway of 1869, [Footnote 30] and referred to the NorwegianNationality Law of August 8, 1924, and to the provisions of the Act of Congress of March 2, 1907. The opinion noted that the claim that Miss Tobiassen had ceased to be an American citizen did

"not rest upon the terms of the Naturalization Treaty with Norway, but upon a law of that country, as a result of the renunciation by her father, a native of Norway, of his American citizenship, and the resumption of his Norwegian nationality in pursuance of the terms of that treaty."

The law of Norway was deemed to be analogous to our statutes "by virtue of which foreign-born minor children of persons naturalized in the United States are declared to be citizens of this country," and hence the conclusion that Miss Tobiassen, having acquired Norwegian