1.   At the time of their enlistments, the Camachos fully expected to gain citizenship before their terms ended and continue on with their Air Force careers.

2.   A few months later, he bought the ticket for England, determined to gain British citizenship because, he said, his mother had been British.

3.   A Moroccan who lives in Ossining, N.Y., Khannouchi is trying to gain citizenship in order to compete for the United States in the Olympic Games in September.

4.   A senior Pakistani official said Khan had made up his story in order to gain American citizenship.

5.   But Sampson had one very strong supporter, the wiry forward Roy Wegerle, who was born in South Africa but gained American citizenship after marrying an American.

6.   Even if he gained American citizenship in time, however, Khannouchi would apparently have to receive permission from Morocco to compete for the United States.

7.   However, an athlete who has competed in the Games for one country must wait three years to compete for another country after gaining citizenship in the new nation.

8.   It took Li five years to gain Swiss citizenship.

9.   Like many thousands of people in this poverty- stricken country, including bin Laden, the Harazi family migrated to Saudi Arabia, where Harazi gained his citizenship.

10.   Non-citizens living in the United States cannot gain citizenship if they have not registered.