8 CFR § 315.3 - Evidence.

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title: "8 CFR § 315.3 - Evidence."
title_number: 8
title_name: "Aliens and Nationality"
section_number: "315.3"
section_name: "Evidence."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "NATIONALITY REGULATIONS"
part_number: "315"
part_name: "PERSONS INELIGIBLE TO CITIZENSHIP: EXEMPTION FROM MILITARY SERVICE"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1103, 1443."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 50483, Oct. 7, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 315.3 Evidence.

(a) The records of the Selective Service System and the military department under which the alien served shall be conclusive evidence of whether the alien was relieved or discharged from liability for military service because he or she was an alien.

(b) The regulations of the Selective Service Administration and its predecessors will be controlling with respect to the requirement to register for, and liability for, service in the Armed Forces of the United States.