8 U.S.C. § 1302 — Registration of aliens
submitted 74 years ago by ch. 477 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 221 words · no verdicts yet
An alien age 14 or older who has not been registered and fingerprinted and remains in the United States for at least 30 days must apply to register and be fingerprinted before the 30 days end. Parents or legal guardians must register younger aliens under the stated conditions, and the Attorney General may waive fingerprinting for nonimmigrants based on reciprocity.
(a) Every alien* who is now or later in the United States must apply for registration and fingerprinting before 30 days end if the alien: (1) is at least 14; (2) has not been registered and fingerprinted under section 1201(b) of this title or sections 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940; and (3) remains in the United States for 30 days or more.
(b) A parent or legal guardian of an alien who is now or later in the United States must apply to register that alien before 30 days end if the alien: (1) is under 14; (2) has not been registered under section 1201(b) of this title or sections 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940; and (3) remains in the United States for 30 days or more. When an alien turns 14 while in the United States, the alien must, within the next 30 days, apply in person for registration and fingerprinting.
(c) The Attorney General* may, using discretion and reciprocal treatment under regulations the Attorney General issues, waive the fingerprinting requirement in subsections (a) and (b) for a nonimmigrant.
It shall be the duty of every alien* now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is fourteen years of age or older, (2) has not been registered and fingerprinted under section 1201(b) of this title or section 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for registration and to be fingerprinted before the expiration of such thirty days.
It shall be the duty of every parent or legal guardian of any alien now or hereafter in the United States, who (1) is less than fourteen years of age, (2) has not been registered under section 1201(b) of this title or section 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) remains in the United States for thirty days or longer, to apply for the registration of such alien before the expiration of such thirty days. Whenever any alien attains his fourteenth birthday in the United States he shall, within thirty days thereafter, apply in person for registration and to be fingerprinted.
The Attorney General* may, in his discretion and on the basis of reciprocity pursuant to such regulations as he may prescribe, waive the requirement of fingerprinting specified in subsections (a) and (b) in the case of any nonimmigrant.
Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 262, 66 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 99–653, § 9, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3657; Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(h), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 103–416, title II, § 219(n), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4317.)
- 1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 224
- 1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-653 · 100 Stat. 3657
- 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-525 · 102 Stat. 2617
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-416 · 108 Stat. 4317
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