IRAN, IRAQ, LIBYA, SUDAN, SYRIA
REGISTRATION PERIOD 11/15/2002 TO 12/16/2002
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SPECIAL CALL-IN REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
FOR CERTAIN NONIMMIGRANTS
(Call-In Group 1, Federal Register Notice – November 6, 2002)
THIS NOTICE IS FOR YOU
If you are a national or citizen of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, or Syria and were inspected by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant on or before September 10, 2002; and
If you are a male, born on or before November 15, 1986; and
If you did not apply for asylum on or before November 6, 2002, or if you are not otherwise exempt as described in the attached questions and answers; and
If you will be in the United States at least until December 16, 2002.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO
1. You must come to a designated INS office to be registered (photographed, fingerprinted, and interviewed under oath) between November 15 and December 16, 2002.
2. If you remain in the United States for more than 1 additional year, you must report back to a designated INS office within 10 days of the anniversary of the date on which you first registered. For example, if you were registered November 20, 2002, you would report back between November 10 and November 30, 2003.
3. If you change your address, employment, or educational institution, you must notify the INS in writing within 10 days of the change, using Form AR-11 SR.
4. If you leave the United States, you must appear in person before an INS inspecting officer at one of the designated ports and leave the United States from that port on the same day.
IT IS VITAL THAT YOU COMPLY
If you do not follow these procedures, you may be considered to be out of status and deportable. You may be subject to arrest, detention, fines and/or removal from the United States. Any future application for an immigration benefit from the United States may be adversely impacted. If you do not properly exit through a designated port, any future attempts to reenter the United States may be impacted. Decisions will be made on an individual basis, depending on the circumstances of each case.
November 26, 2002
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67766 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 6, 2002 / Notices ,
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
[AG Order No. 2626–2002]
Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant
Aliens From Designated Countries
AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization
Service, Justice.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: This Notice requires certain nonimmigrant aliens to appear before,register with, and provide requested
information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service on or before December 16, 2002. It applies to certain
nonimmigrant aliens from one of the countries designated in this Notice who were last admitted to the United States
on or before September 10, 2002, and who will remain in the United States until at least December 16, 2002. The
specific requirements are set forth in the Notice.
EFFECTIVE DATES: This Notice is effective on November 15, 2002. Aliens described in this Notice are required to register
and provide additional information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service on or before December 16, 2002.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Brown, Office of the General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service,
425 I Street, NW., Room 6100, Washington, DC 20536, telephone (202) 514–2895.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 265(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (‘‘Act’’), as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1305(b), provides that
[t]he 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. Additionally, section 263(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1303(a), provides that the Attorney General may ‘‘prescribe special regulations and forms for the
registration and fingerprinting of * * * aliens of any other class not lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence.’’
The Attorney General has previously exercised his authority under these and other provisions of the Act to establish
special registration procedures under 8 CFR 264.1(f). 67 FR 52584 (Aug. 12, 2002). These requirements are known as
the National Security Entry—Exit Registration System. In accordance with the authority set forth in 8 CFR
264.1(f)(4), the Attorney General has determined that certain nonimmigrant aliens specified in this Notice shall be
registered and required to provide specific information. The Attorney General has the sole discretion to make this determination.
In light of recent events, and based on intelligence information available to the Attorney General, the Attorney General has determined that the aliens described
in paragraph (a) of this Notice must appear before the Immigration and Naturalization Service (‘‘Service’’) and
provide certain information. This Notice applies only to certain nonimmigrant aliens from one of the countries
designated in this Notice who were last admitted to the United States on or before September 10, 2002, and who will remain until at least December 16, 2002. Based on intelligence information available to the Attorney General, the
Attorney General has determined that registering all nonimmigrant aliens from the covered countries would not
enhance national security. Moreover, the Attorney General has determined that it would not be administratively feasible at the present time to register all of the nonimmigrants from the specific countries covered by this Notice, and that the delay occasioned by registering all nonimmigrants from the countries
covered by this Notice would jeopardize the national security. Accordingly, the Attorney General has determined that
only males aged 16 years or older need to be registered at this time. Furthermore, the Attorney General has determined that aliens who have, prior to the date of publication of this Notice, applied for asylum, have already provided sufficient information in their applications for asylum, along with
their fingerprints, to warrant exclusion from this Notice.
Although section 265(b) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1305(b), provides a minimum period of 10 days notice for covered aliens to provide their current address and other required information, this Notice allows an alien described by the Notice a period of more than 30 days to register. The Attorney General has
determined that such additional time to register is in the best interests of the United States and has extended this
time to register solely as a matter of discretion.
Finally, until further notice, once enrolled within the National Security Entry—Exit Registration System by registration under this Notice, an alien described in paragraph (a) of the Notice is required to register annually with the
Service. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall comply with all other provisions of 8 CFR 264.1(f)(5) through (f)(9).
A willful failure to comply with the requirements of this Notice constitutes a failure to maintain nonimmigrant status
under section 237(a)(1)(C)(i) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(C)(i). See 8 CFR 214.1(f). Pursuant to section 237(a)(3)(A)
of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(A), an alien who fails to comply with the provisions of this Notice is deportable,
unless the alien establishes to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that such failure was reasonably excusable
or was not willful. Finally, if an alien subject to this Notice fails, without good cause, to comply with the requirement
in 8 CFR 264.1(f)(8) that the alien must report to an inspecting officer of the Service when departing the United
States, the alien shall thereafter be presumed to be inadmissible under, but not limited to, section 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)(ii). See 8 CFR 264.1(f)(8).
Notice of Requirements for Registration of Certain Nonimmigrant Aliens From Designated Countries
Pursuant to sections 261 through 266 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (‘‘Act’’), as amended, 8 U.S.C. 1302
through 1306, and particularly sections 263(a) and 265(b) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1303(a) and 8 U.S.C. 1305(b), and 8 CFR
264.1(f), I hereby order as follows:
(a) Scope. Except as provided in paragraph (g), an alien is required to register pursuant to this Notice if the alien:
(1) Is a male who was born on or before November 15, 1986;
(2) Is a national or citizen of one of the countries listed in paragraph (b) who was inspected by the Immigration
and Naturalization Service and was last admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant on or before the relevant date specified in paragraph (b); and
(3) Will remain in the United States at least until December 16, 2002.
(b) Designated countries. This Notice is applicable to nationals or citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, or Syria who
were inspected and last admitted to the United States on or before September 10, 2002. This Notice is applicable to
any alien who is a national or citizen of a designated country, notwithstanding any dual nationality or citizenship.
(c) Requirement to appear before an immigration officer. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall, on or before
December 16, 2002, appear before an immigration officer at any of the locations listed in the appendix to this Notice.
(d) Information to be provided. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall:
(1) Answer questions under oath before an immigration officer, which answers shall be recorded by the immigration officer;
(2) Present to such immigration officer:
(i) The alien’s travel documents, including passport and the Form I–94 issued upon admission, and any other forms of government-issued identification;
(ii) Proof of residence, such as, but not limited to, title to land or a lease or a rental agreement, proof of matriculation
at an educational institution, and proof of employment; nd
(iii) Such other information as is requested by the immigration officer;
and
(3) Shall be fingerprinted and photographed by the immigration
officer.
(e) Annual reporting obligations. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall appear, within 10 days of each
anniversary of the date on which they were registered under this Notice, before an immigration officer at any of the
locations listed in the appendix to this Notice and answer questions under oath. All aliens described in paragraph
(a) shall comply with all other provisions of 8 CFR 264.1(f)(5)–(9).
(f) Notice of Change of Address. All aliens described in paragraph (a) shall advise the Immigration and
Naturalization Service, through the filing of Form AR–11, of any change of address within 10 days of such change
of address. If an alien fails to notify the Immigration and Naturalization Service in writing of a change of address and the
new address, as required by section 265(a) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1305(a), the alien may be subject to prosecution
under section 266(b) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1306(b), and may be deportable as provided in section 237(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(A). If it becomes necessary to place the alien in removal proceedings, the Immigration and
Naturalization Service may use the most recent address provided by the alien for service of the Notice to Appear.
(g) Inapplicability. The requirements of this Notice do not apply to any alien who:
(1) Is presently in a nonimmigrant classification under section
101(a)(15)(A) or 101(a)(15)(G) of the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(A) or 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(G);
(2) Is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence; or
(3) Has applied for asylum on or before November 6, 2002, or has been granted asylum, under section 208 of
the Act, 8 U.S.C. 1158.
Dated: November 4, 2002.
John Ashcroft,
Attorney General.
Appendix
Designated INS Interviewing Offices for
Special Registration
ALASKA—Anchorage, 620 East 10th
Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska 99501
ARIZONA—Phoenix, 2035 North Central
Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004
ARIZONA—Tucson, 6431 South Country
Club Road, Tucson, Arizona 85706–5907
ARKANSAS—Fort Smith, 4991 Old
Greenwood Road, Fort Smith, Arkansas
72903
CALIFORNIA—Fresno, 865 Fulton Mall,
Fresno, California 93721
CALIFORNIA—Los Angeles, 300 North Los
Angeles Street, Room 2024, Los Angeles,
California 90012
CALIFORNIA—Sacramento, 650 Capitol
Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
CALIFORNIA—San Bernardino, 655 West
Rialto Avenue, San
Bernardino,California 92410
CALIFORNIA—San Diego, 880 Front Street,
Suite 1209, San Diego,California 92101
CALIFORNIA—San Francisco, 444
Washington Street, San
Francisco,California 94111
CALIFORNIA—San Jose, 1887 Monterey
Road, San Jose, California 95112
CALIFORNIA—Santa Ana, 34 Civic Center
Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92701
COLORADO—Denver, 4730 Paris Street,
Denver, CO 80239
CONNECTICUT—Hartford, 450 Main Street,
4th Floor, Hartford, Connecticut 06103
FLORIDA—Jacksonville, 4121 Southpoint
Boulevard, Jacksonville, Florida 32216
FLORIDA—Miami, 7880 Biscayne Boulevard,
Miami, Florida 33138
FLORIDA—Orlando, 9403 Tradeport Drive,
Orlando, Florida 32827
FLORIDA—Tampa, 5524 West Cypress
Street, Tampa, Florida 33607–1708
FLORIDA—West Palm Beach, 301 Broadway,
Riviera Beach, Florida 33401
GEORGIA—Atlanta, 77 Forsyth Street, SW.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30303
GUAM—Agana, Sirena Plaza, Suite 100, 108
Hernan Cortez Avenue,Hagatna, Guam
96910
HAWAII—Honolulu, 595 Ala Moana
Boulevard, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
IDAHO—Boise, 1185 South Vinnell Way,
Boise, Idaho 83709
ILLINOIS—Chicago, 230 South Dearborn,
2nd Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60604
INDIANA—Indianapolis, 950 N. Meridian
Street, Room 400, Indianapolis, Indiana
46204
IOWA—Des Moines, 210 Walnut Street,
Room 369, Des Moines, Iowa 50309
KANSAS—Wichita, 271 West 3rd Street
North, Suite 1050, Wichita, Kansas
67202–1212
KENTUCKY—Louisville, 601 West
Broadway, Room 390, Louisville,
Kentucky 40202
LOUISIANA—New Orleans, 701 Loyola
Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
MAINE—Portland, 176 Gannet Drive, South
Portland, Maine 04106
MARYLAND—Baltimore, 31 Hopkins Place,
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
MASSACHUSETTS—Boston, Government
Center, JFK Federal Building, Boston,
Massachusetts 02203
MICHIGAN—Detroit, 333 Mount Elliot
Street, Detroit, Michigan 48207–4381
MINNESOTA—Minneapolis, 2901 Metro
Drive, Suite 100, Bloomington,
Minnesota 55425
MISSOURI—Kansas City, 9747 Northwest
Conant Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri
64153
MISSOURI—St. Louis, 1222 Spruce Street,
St. Louis, Missouri 63103
MONTANA—Helena, 2800 Skyway Drive,
Helena, Montana 59601
NEBRASKA—Omaha, 3736 South 132nd
Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68144
NEVADA—Las Vegas, 3373 Pepper Lane, Las
Vegas, NV 89120–2739
NEVADA—Reno, 1352 Corporate Boulevard,
Reno, Nevada 85902
NEW HAMPSHIRE—Manchester, 803 Canal
Street, Manchester, New Hampshire
03101
NEW JERSEY—Cherry Hill, 1886 Greentree
Road, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003
NEW JERSEY—Newark, 970 Broad Street,
Newark, New Jersey 07102
NEW MEXICO—Albuquerque, 1720
Randolph Road SE, Albuquerque, New
Mexico 87106
NEW YORK—Albany, 1086 Troy-
Schenectady Road, Latham, New York
12110
NEW YORK—Buffalo, 130 Delaware Avenue,
Buffalo, New York 14202
NEW YORK—Garden City, 711 Stewart
Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530
NEW YORK—New York City, 26 Federal
Plaza, New York, New York 10278
NORTH CAROLINA—Charlotte, 210 E.
Woodlawn Road, Building 6, Suite 138,
Charlotte, North Carolina 28217
OHIO—Cincinnati, 550 Main Street, Room
4001, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
OHIO—Cleveland, 1240 East Ninth Street,
Cleveland, Ohio 44199
OHIO—Columbus, 50 West Broad Street,
Suite 304D, Columbus, Ohio 43215
OKLAHOMA—Oklahoma City, 4149
Highline Boulevard, Suite 300,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73108
OREGON—Portland, 511 Northwest
Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97209
PENNSYLVANIA—Philadelphia, 1600
Callowhill Street, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19130
PENNSYLVANIA—Pittsburgh, 1000 Liberty
Avenue, Room 214, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania 15222
PUERTO RICO—San Juan, 7 Tabonuco
Street, Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00968
RHODE ISLAND—Providence, 200 Dyer
Street, Providence, Rhode Island 02903
ST. CROIX—Christiansted, Sunny Isle
Shopping Center, Christiansted, St.
Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands 00820
ST. THOMAS—Charlotte Amalie, Nisky
Center, Suite 1A, First Floor South,
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S.
Virgin Islands 00802
SOUTH CAROLINA—Charleston, 170
Meeting Street, Fifth Floor, Charleston,
South Carolina 29401
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SOUTH CAROLINA—Greer, 142–D West
Philips Road, Greer, South Carolina
29650
TENNESSEE—Memphis, 1314 Sycamore
View Road, Suite 100, Memphis,
Tennessee 38134
TEXAS—Dallas, 8101 North Stemmons
Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75247
TEXAS—El Paso, 1545 Hawkins Boulevard,
El Paso, Texas 79925
TEXAS—Harlingen, 2102 Teege Avenue,
Harlingen, Texas 78550–4667
TEXAS—Houston 126 Northpoint Drive,
Houston, Texas 77060
TEXAS—San Antonio, 8904 Fourwinds
Drive, San Antonio, Texas 78239
UTAH—Salt Lake City, 5272 South College
Drive, #100, Murray, Utah 84123
VERMONT—St. Albans, 64 Gricebrook Road,
St. Albans, Vermont 05478
VIRGINIA—Norfolk, 5280 Henneman Drive,
Norfolk, Virginia 23513
WASHINGTON, D.C., 4420 North Fairfax
Drive, Arlington, Virginia 22203
WASHINGTON—Seattle, 815 Airport Way,
South Seattle, Washington 98134
WASHINGTON—Spokane, 920 W. Riverside
Room 691, Spokane, Washington 99201
WASHINGTON—Yakima, 417 E. Chestnut,
Yakima, Washington 98901
WEST VIRGINIA—Charleston, 210 Kanawha
Boulevard West, Charleston, West
Virginia 25302
WISCONSIN—Milwaukee, 310 East Knapp
Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
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