8 USC § 1301 - Alien seeking entry; contents

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identifier: "/us/usc/t8/s1301"
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title: "8 USC § 1301 - Alien seeking entry; contents"
title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
section_number: "1301"
section_name: "Alien seeking entry; contents"
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "IMMIGRATION"
part_number: "VII"
part_name: "Registration of Aliens"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 261, 66 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 99–653, § 8, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3657; Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(g), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617.)"
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# § 1301. Alien seeking entry; contents

section 1201(b) of this title

No visa shall be issued to any alien seeking to enter the United States until such alien has been registered in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 261, 66 Stat. 223; Pub. L. 99–653, § 8, Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3657; Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(g), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1988— made technical correction to . See 1986 Amendment note below.

1986—, as amended by , amended section generally, striking out “and fingerprinted” after “has been registered” and substituting “” for “, unless such alien has been exempted from being fingerprinted as provided in that section”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by  effective as if included in the enactment of the Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1986, , see , set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendments note under .

### Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

Amendment by  applicable to applications for immigrant visas made, and visas issued, on or after , see , set out as a note under .