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[CITE: 8USC1301]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                    Part VII--Registration of Aliens
 
Sec. 1301. Alien seeking entry; contents

    No visa shall be issued to any alien seeking to enter the United 
States until such alien has been registered in accordance with section 
1201(b) of this title.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, Sec. 261, 66 Stat. 223; Pub. 
L. 99-653, Sec. 8, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3657; Pub. L. 100-525, 
Sec. 8(g), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-525 made technical correction to Pub. L. 99-653. 
See 1986 Amendment note below.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-653, as amended by Pub. L. 100-525, amended section 
generally, striking out ``and fingerprinted'' after ``has been 
registered'' and substituting ``section 1201(b) of this title'' for 
``section 1201(b) of this title, unless such alien has been exempted 
from being fingerprinted as provided in that section''.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-525 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, 
Pub. L. 99-653, see section 309(b)(15) of Pub. L. 102-232, set out as an 
Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendments note under section 
1101 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 99-653 applicable to applications for immigrant 
visas made, and visas issued, on or after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 
23(b) of Pub. L. 99-653, set out as a note under section 1201 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1303, 1304 of this title.
