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[CITE: 8USC1305]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                    Part VII--Registration of Aliens
 
Sec. 1305. Notices of change of address


(a) Notification of change

    Each alien required to be registered under this subchapter who is 
within the United States shall notify the Attorney General in writing of 
each change of address and new address within ten days from the date of 
such change and furnish with such notice such additional information as 
the Attorney General may require by regulation.

(b) Current address of natives of any one or more foreign states

    The Attorney General may in his discretion, upon ten days notice, 
require the natives of any one or more foreign states, or any class or 
group thereof, who are within the United States and who are required to 
be registered under this subchapter, to notify the Attorney General of 
their current addresses and furnish such additional information as the 
Attorney General may require.

(c) Notice to parent or legal guardian

    In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal guardian is 
required to apply for registration, the notice required by this section 
shall be given to such parent or legal guardian.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, Sec. 265, 66 Stat. 225; Pub. 
L. 97-116, Sec. 11, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 100-525, 
Sec. 9(o), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2620.)


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-525 inserted ``Notices of change of address'' as 
section catchline.
    1981--Pub. L. 97-116 amended section generally and in adding 
subsection designations struck out the annual registration requirement 
for permanent resident aliens and the registration requirement for those 
aliens in a lawful temporary residence who were to notify the Attorney 
General in writing of an address every three months while residing in 
the United States and inserted provision authorizing the Attorney 
General, in his discretion and upon ten days notice, to require the 
natives of any one or more foreign states who are in the United States 
and required to be registered under this subchapter, to notify the 
Attorney General of their current addresses and furnish such additional 
information as required.


                    Effective Date of 1981 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 97-116 effective Dec. 29, 1981, see section 
21(a) of Pub. L. 97-116, set out as a note under section 1101 of this 
title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1227, 1306 of this title.
