INA Sec. 262, 8 U.S.C. 1302, enacted in 1952, reads in full:
Registration of aliens
(a) It shall be the obligation of each alien now or hereafter in the USA, who (1) is fourteen years of age or older, (2) has not been registered and fingerprinted beneath part 1201(b) of this title or part 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) stays in the USA for thirty days or longer, to use for registration and to be fingerprinted earlier than the expiration of such thirty days.
(b) It shall be the obligation of each mother or father or authorized guardian of any alien now or hereafter in the USA, who (1) is lower than fourteen years of age, (2) has not been registered beneath part 1201(b) of this title or part 30 or 31 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940, and (3) stays in the USA for thirty days or longer, to use for the registration of such alien earlier than the expiration of such thirty days. Each time any alien attains his fourteenth birthday in the USA he shall, inside thirty days thereafter, apply in individual for registration and to be fingerprinted.
(c) The Legal professional Normal could, in his discretion and on the idea of reciprocity pursuant to such laws as he could prescribe, waive the requirement of fingerprinting laid out in subsections (a) and (b) within the case of any nonimmigrant.
On Feb. 25, 2025 DHS posted this “Alien Registration Requirement” notice on-line. As of right this moment, Feb. 26, 2025, there isn’t any official type or methodology for registration.
Keep tuned!
