Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Part VII · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality
§ 1305. Notices of change of address
Statutory text
Notification of change
Each alien required to be registered under this subchapter who is within the United States shall notify the Attorney General in writing of each change of address and new address within ten days from the date of such change and furnish with such notice such additional information as the Attorney General may require by regulation.
Current address of natives of any one or more foreign states
The 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.
Notice to parent or legal guardian
In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal guardian is required to apply for registration, the notice required by this section shall be given to such parent or legal guardian.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1305
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 265, 66 Stat. 225
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 265, 66 Stat. 225Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1981
Pub. L. 97–116 § 11 · 95 Stat. 1611
Struck and inserted · 8 U.S.C. § 1305
Pub. L. 97–116 amended section generally and in adding subsection designations struck out the annual registration requirement for permanent resident aliens and the registration requirement for those aliens in a lawful temporary residence who were to notify the Attorney General in writing of an address every three months while residing in the United States and inserted provision authorizing the Attorney General, in his discretion and upon ten days notice, to require the natives of any one or more foreign states who are in the United States and required to be registered under this subchapter, to notify the Attorney General of their current addresses and furnish such additional information as required
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 97–116 amended section generally and in adding subsection designations struck out the annual registration requirement for permanent resident aliens and the registration requirement for those aliens in a lawful temporary residence who were to notify the Attorney General in writing of an address every three months while residing in the United States and inserted provision authorizing the Attorney General, in his discretion and upon ten days notice, to require the natives of any one or more foreign states who are in the United States and required to be registered under this subchapter, to notify the Attorney General of their current addresses and furnish such additional information as required.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 11. Section 265 (8 U.S.C. 1305) is amended to read as follows: Alien registration and address changes. “Sec. 265. (a) Each alien required to be registered under this title who is within the United States shall notify the Attorney General in writing of each change of address and new address within ten days from the date of such change and furnish with such notice such additional information as the Attorney General may require by regulation. “(b) The 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 title, to notify the Attorney General of their current addresses and furnish such additional information as the Attorney General may require. “(c) In the case of an alien for whom a parent or legal guardian is required to apply for registration, the notice required by this section shall be given to such parent or legal guardian.”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–116 effective Dec. 29, 1981, see section 21(a) of Pub. L. 97–116, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.Immigration Technical Corrections Act of 1988
Pub. L. 100–525 § 9 · 102 Stat. 2609
Inserted · 8 U.S.C. § 1305
Pub. L. 100–525 inserted “Notices of change of address” as section catchline
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 100–525 inserted “Notices of change of address” as section catchline.Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 9. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (a) Section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(15)(J), by striking “Secretary of State” and inserting “Director of the United States Information Agency”, (2) by striking the second sentence of subsection (a)(38), and (3) by striking subsection (d). (b) Section 102(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1102(2)) is amended by striking “documentaion” and inserting “documentation”. (c) Section 103 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1103) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by striking “infractions” and inserting “instructions”, and (B) by amending the fourth sentence to read as follows: “He may require or authorize any employee of the Service or the Department of Justice to perform or exercise any of the powers, privileges, or duties conferred or imposed by this Act or regulations issued thereunder upon any other employee of the Service.”; and (2) in subsection (b), by striking “, and shall receive compensation at the rate of $17,500 per annum”. (d) Section 104 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1104) is amended by striking “security and” in the heading, and the item in the table of contents relating to section 104 is amended by striking “Security and”. (e) Section 106(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1105a) is amended— (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking “the Act of December 29, 1950, as amended (64 Stat 1129; 68 Stat. 961; 5 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.)” and inserting “chapter 158 of title 28, United States Code”, and (2) in paragraph (1), by striking “or from the effective date of this section, whichever is the later”. (f) Section 202 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking “section 202(a)” and inserting “subsection (a)”, and (2) in subsection (e), by striking “section 202” and inserting “this section”. (g) Section 204 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking “a nonquota” and inserting “an immediate relative”, and (2) in subsection (g)(3)(A), by striking “ (C)(i) of paragraph 2” and inserting “(C)(ii) of paragraph (2)”. (h) Section 207(c)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by striking “otherwide” and inserting “otherwise”. (i) Section 212 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)(32), by striking “Commissioner of Education” and “Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare” and inserting “Secretary of Education” and “Secretary of Health and Human Services”, respectively; (2) in subsection (e)— (A) by striking “Secretary of State” the first place it appears and inserting “Director of the United States Information Agency”, and (B) by striking “Secretary of State” each subsequent place it appears and inserting “Director”; (3) in subsection (g), by striking “Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary of Health and Human Services”; and (4) in subsection (h), by striking “paragraphs” and inserting “paragraph”. (j) Section 222(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(a)) is amended by striking “whether or not be intends” and inserting “whether or not he intends”. (k) Section 234 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1224) is amended by striking “Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service” each place it appears and inserting “Secretary of Health and Human”. (l) Section 237(b)(5) of such Act (8 U5.C. 1227(b)(5)) is amended by striking “to be kept” and inserting “to be kept”. (m) Section 241(a)(17) of such Act (8 U.S.C1251(a)(17)) is amended by striking “amendment thereof, the Trading” and inserting “amendment, thereof, known as the Trading”. (n) Section 242(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(e)) is amended by striking “or from the date of the enactment of the Subversive Activities Control Act of 1950, whichever is the later,”. (o) Section 265 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1305) is amended by inserting above the text the following heading: (p) Section 283 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1353) is amended by striking “the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat. 806; 5 U.S.C., sec. 73b–1)” and inserting “subchapter II of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code”. (q) Section 290(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1360(c)) is amended by striking “Federal Security Administrator” and “The Administrator” and inserting “Secretary of Health and Human Services” “Secretary respectively (r) Section 309 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1409) is amended— (1) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking “prior to the effective date of this Act” and inserting “before December 24, 1952”, and (B) by striking “before or after the effective date of this Act and” and inserting “at any time”; and (2) in subsection (c), by striking “on or after the effective date of this Act” and inserting “after December 23, 1952”. (s) Section 310 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1421) is amended by striking subsection (e). (t) Section 311 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1422) is amended by striking the last sentence. (u) Section 313(a)(2)(D) of such Act (8 U.S.C.. 1424(a)(2)(D)) is amended by striking “totalitarian party or” and inserting “totalitarian party of”. (v) Section 315(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1426(b)) is amended by striking “National Military Establishment” and inserting “Department of Defense”. (w) Section 320(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1431(b)) is amended by striking “(a)(1)” and inserting “(a)”. (x) Section 324(a)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1435(a)(4)) is amended by striking “and the witnesses have” and inserting “has”. (y) Section 329 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1440) is amended by striking subsection (d). (z) Section 330 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1441) is amended by striking subsection (b), paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a), and “(a)(1). (aa) Section 335(d) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1446(d)) is amended by striking “approve” in the fourth sentence and inserting “approves”. (bb) Section 335(f)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1446(f)(2)) is amended by striking “, except that” and all that follows through “date of such transfer”. (cc) Section 336 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1447) is amended by striking “and witnesses” in the heading. (dd) Section 340 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1451) is amended— (1) in subsection (c), by striking “the effective date of this Act” and inserting “December 24, 1952”, (2) by striking subsection (e), and (3) by redesignating subsections (f) through (j) as subsections (e) through (i), respectively. (ee) Section 343 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1454) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a), and (2) by redesignating subsections (b) through (e) as subsections (a) through (d), respectively. (ff) Section 344(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1455(a)) is amended by striking “title V of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1952 (65 Stat 290)” and inserting “section 9701 of title 31, United States Code”. (gg) Section 348 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1459) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a), and (2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively. (hh) Section 349(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1481(a)) is amended by striking “From and after the effective date of this Act a” and inserting “A”. (ii) Section 357 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1489) is amended by striking “upon the effective date of this title” and inserting “before December 25, 1952”. (jj) Section 413 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1523) is amended— (1) by striking subsections (b), (c), and (d), and (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as clauses (A) and (B), respectively, (B) in paragraph (2), by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (H) as paragraphs (1) through (8), respectively, (C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as subsection (b), and (D) in paragraph (1), by striking “(a)(1)” and inserting “(a)”. (kk) Section 13(b) of the Act of September 11, 1957 (8 U.S.C. 1255b(b)) is amended by striking “of” after “as of the date”.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1981–1988 · 2 rounds
1988
Pub. L. 100–525 inserted “Notices of change of address” as section catchline.
1981
Pub. L. 97–116 amended section generally and in adding subsection designations struck out the annual registration requirement for permanent resident aliens and the registration requirement for those aliens in a lawful temporary residence who were to notify the Attorney General in writing of an address every three months while residing in the United States and inserted provision authorizing the Attorney General, in his discretion and upon ten days notice, to require the natives of any one or more foreign states who are in the United States and required to be registered under this subchapter, to notify the Attorney General of their current addresses and furnish such additional information as required.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1981 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 97–116 effective , see section 21(a) of Pub. L. 97–116, 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.
Credits
1952–1988 · 3 acts
- 1952June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 265, 66 Stat. 225
- 1981Pub. L. 97–116, § 11, , 95 Stat. 1617
- 1988Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(o), , 102 Stat. 2620.
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(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 7, § 265, 66 Stat. 225; Pub. L. 97–116, § 11, , 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(o), , 102 Stat. 2620.)