((a)) The following persons and their children born subsequent to , and prior to February 25,1927, are declared to be citizens of the United States as of :

((1)) All former Danish citizens who, on , resided in the Virgin Islands of the United States, and were residing in those islands or in the United States or Puerto Rico on , and who did not make the declaration required to preserve their Danish citizenship by article 6 of the treaty entered into on , between the United States and Denmark, or who, having made such a declaration have heretofore renounced or may hereafter renounce it by a declaration before a court of record;

((2)) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on , resided in those islands, and were residing in those islands or in the United States or Puerto Rico on , and who were not on , citizens or subjects of any foreign country;

((3)) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on , resided in the United States, and were residing in those islands on , and who were not on , citizens or subjects of any foreign country; and

((4)) All natives of the Virgin Islands of the United States who, on , were residing in continental United States, the Virgin Islands of the United States, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, or any other insular possession or territory of the United States, and who, on , were not citizens or subjects of any foreign country, regardless of their place of residence on .

((b)) All persons born in the Virgin Islands of the United States on or after , and prior to , and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States are declared to be citizens of the United States as of ; and all persons born in those islands on or after , and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, are declared to be citizens of the United States at birth.