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[CITE: 8USC1302]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                    Part VII--Registration of Aliens
 
Sec. 1302. Registration of aliens

    (a) 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.
    (b) 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.
    (c) 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) of 
this section in the case of any nonimmigrant.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, Sec. 262, 66 Stat. 224; Pub. 
L. 99-653, Sec. 9, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3657; Pub. L. 100-525, 
Sec. 8(h), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617; Pub. L. 103-416, title II, 
Sec. 219(n), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4317.)

                       References in Text

    The Alien Registration Act, 1940, referred to in subsecs. (a) and 
(b), is act June 28, 1940, ch. 439, 54 Stat. 670, as amended. Sections 
30 and 31 of that act were classified to sections 451 and 452 of this 
title and were repealed by section 403(a)(39) of act June 27, 1952.


                               Amendments

    1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-416 substituted ``subsections (a) and 
(b)'' for ``subsection (a) and (b)''.
    1988--Pub. L. 100-525 amended Pub. L. 99-653. See 1986 Amendment 
note below.
    1986--Pub. L. 99-653, Sec. 9, as amended by Pub. L. 100-525, added 
subsec. (c). As originally enacted, Pub. L. 99-653, Sec. 9, amended 
subsec. (a) of this section by striking out ``section 1201(b) of this 
title or'' after ``registered and fingerprinted under''. Pub. L. 100-525 
revised Pub. L. 99-653, Sec. 9, so as to add subsec. (c) and eliminate 
the original amendment of subsec. (a), thereby restoring the words 
``section 1201(b) of this title or''. See Effective Date of 1988 
Amendment note below.


                    Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 103-416 effective as if included in the 
enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub. L. 101-649, see section 
219(dd) of Pub. L. 103-416, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.


                    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.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective 180 days after June 27, 1952, see section 407 of 
act June 27, 1952, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

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