It certainly does. One had to be resident for x number of years before naturalization. Arthur lied about the dates so as to imply he was resident a sufficient amount of time to be naturalized.
Please stop posting lies to FreeRepulic.com .
Lies? I note again that you don't provide specifics (e.g. names, dates, documents, etc.) I'll do it for you.
Here is what we know: Chester Arthur's father immigrated in 1818 or 1819. Arthur's "lie" (more likely an understandable mistake) was to say that he immigrated in 1814. Arthur said that his father was 33 at the time of his birth while he was actually 40.
Whether it was 1814 or the real date of 1818 or 1819 doesn't make any difference to the question of naturalization. Both periods (1814 or 1819) would offer plenty of time for a 33 year old man to become naturalized before Chester's birth in 1829. Here is a direct link to an article from 1880.
Ooops, at the beginning I mistakenly stated the Arthur said his father was 40 at the time of his birth while he was actually 33. As I note at the end, however, 33 years old was plenty of time to get naturalized for a man who had been in the U.S. at least ten years.