Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-102
§1303 Registration of Special Groups
Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part VII — Registration of Aliens › § 1303
Summary
The Attorney General can make special rules and forms to register and fingerprint six groups of noncitizens, including crew members, border-crossing card holders, people held in U.S. institutions, those ordered removed, people on criminal probation or parole, and other non-permanent residents. Nonimmigrants under section 1101(a)(15)(A) or (a)(15)(G) are not covered while they keep that status.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1303
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(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1301 and 1302 of this title, the Attorney General is authorized to prescribe special regulations and forms for the registration and fingerprinting of (1) alien crewmen, (2) holders of border-crossing identification cards, (3) aliens confined in institutions within the United States, (4) aliens under order of removal, (5) aliens who are or have been on criminal probation or criminal parole within the United States, and (6) aliens of any other class not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
(b)The provisions of section 1302 of this title and of this section shall not be applicable to any alien who is in the United States as a nonimmigrant under section 1101(a)(15)(A) or (a)(15)(G) of this title until the alien ceases to be entitled to such a nonimmigrant status.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(e)(1)(J), substituted “removal” for “deportation”. Subsec. (a)(5), (6). Pub. L. 104–208, § 323, added cl. (5) and redesignated former cl. (5) as (6).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1996 AmendmentAmendment by section 308(e)(1)(J) of Pub. L. 104–208 effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title. Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Transfer of Functions
, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title. References to Order of Removal Deemed To Include Order of Exclusion and DeportationFor purposes of carrying out this chapter, any reference in law to an order of removal is deemed to include a reference to an order of exclusion and deportation or an order of deportation, see section 309(d)(2) of Pub. L. 104–208, set out in an
Effective Date
of 1996
Amendments
note under section 1101 of this title.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1303
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102