Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration

Document type: Final rule with request for comments Publication date and effective date: 2026-06-29 · Citation: 91 FR 39248 Document number: 2026-13057 · RIN: 1615-AC96 Docket: DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0004 (CIS No. 2810-25) · Regulation: 8 CFR part 264 Agency: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security

Abstract

DHS’s own summary of the rule, as published in the Federal Register:

On March 12, 2025, DHS issued an interim final rule (IFR) with request for comments amending DHS regulations to designate a new registration form for aliens to comply with statutory alien registration and fingerprinting provisions. Unregistered aliens may use this general registration form to satisfy their statutory obligations. This final rule responds to public comments, amends DHS regulations to adjust the lists of forms and processes that may serve as registration forms and evidence of alien registration, and seeks comments on other potential changes to the regulations relating to alien registration and fingerprinting.

What the final rule does

These are the main changes DHS made in the final rule itself, summarised from the preamble section titled Summary of the Changes From the Interim Final Rule to the Final Rule. DHS states it is not seeking public comments on any of them.

  1. Adopts the interim rule as final, without change. The amendments the March 2025 IFR made to 8 CFR 264.1(a) and (b) are adopted as final without change — Form G-325R, Biographic Information (Registration), stays a prescribed registration form, and the USCIS Proof of Alien G-325R Registration stays listed as evidence of registration.
  2. Removes obsolete registration forms from the 8 CFR 264.1(a) table: I-67 (Inspection Record — Hungarian refugees, Act of July 25, 1958), I-691 (Notice of Approval for Status as a Temporary Resident) and I-700 (Application for Status as a Temporary Resident).
  3. Updates the arrival-departure record entry in both the 264.1(a) and 264.1(b) tables: Form I-94A/94W is added to the item for Form I-94, and the entry covering people whose claimed entry before July 1, 1924 could not be verified is removed.
  4. Updates several form titles and classes in the 264.1(a) table: the class for Form I-181; the title of Form I-485 to Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, or its predecessor or successor form; the title and class for Form I-590 (Registration for Classification as Refugee, for INA 207 applicants and refugee-escapees paroled under the Act of July 14, 1960); and the title only of Form I-817, now Application for Family Unity Benefits or its successor form, or its predecessor form.
  5. Replaces the old border crossing cards in the 264.1(b) table: Forms I-185 (Nonresident Alien Canadian Border Crossing Card) and I-186 (Nonresident Alien Mexican Border Crossing Card) are removed, and Form DSP-150, B-1/B-2 Visa and Border Crossing Card (or its successor or predecessor form) is added.
  6. Adds two enforcement documents as evidence of registration in the 264.1(b) table: Form I-860, Notice and Order of Expedited Removal, and Form I-871, Notice of Intent/Decision to Reinstate Prior Order — each for the class of people the form is issued to.
  7. Drops the word “Form” from the 264.1(b) entries for the I-862 (Notice to Appear) and the I-863 (Notice of Referral to Immigration Judge).
  8. Adds trusted-traveler documents to the 264.1(b) table: a CBP-approved document or its electronic equivalent for the Trusted Traveler Programs NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST and Global Entry, for people last admitted to the United States through that processing.
  9. Amends the fingerprint waiver at 8 CFR 264.1(e)(1) and restructures paragraph (e) so the three fingerprint waivers sit in three separate paragraphs.
  10. Amends 8 CFR 264.1(g) — adds “or by law” after “under the Act”, and updates the paragraph (g)(1) rules for a lawful permanent resident who turns 14 (a 30-day filing window, the fee set by 8 CFR 106.2, and no physical photograph required with the application).
  11. Amends 8 CFR 264.5(h) on temporary evidence of registration for permanent and conditional residents with a pending replacement-card, naturalization or Form I-751 filing, and makes technical edits to 8 CFR 264.6.
  12. No biometric services fee for now. DHS had asked for comment on a $30 biometric services fee per registrant; it decided not to impose one “at this time”, while saying it may impose an application or biometric services fee in the future.

What DHS asked for comment on — and that window is closed

The rule also opened a comment window on potential future changes to 8 CFR part 264, set out in section V of the preamble. Those comments had to be submitted on or before August 28, 2026, under DHS Docket No. USCIS-2025-0004 — that window is closed as of September 1, 2026, and nothing on this list is in effect. Any of it would take a further rulemaking. The topics were:

  • A. Prescribing additional registration forms, to align with DHS information collections and ensure screening and vetting to a uniform baseline.
  • B. Ensuring evidence of registration is provided to people who have registered and been screened and vetted to a uniform baseline — including (1) eliminating certain prescribed evidence-of-registration forms from 8 CFR 264.1(b), where DHS says it “is considering removing Form I-766, Employment Authorization Document, from the list of evidence of registration,” and (2) updating the classes of people for whom a Form I-94 counts as evidence of registration.
  • C. Issuing evidence of registration before a related benefit request is adjudicated.
  • D. Updating outdated waivers of the biometrics requirement for certain nonimmigrants, including clarifying “not previously fingerprinted” in 8 CFR 264.1(e)(2) and (3).
  • E. Updates to 8 CFR 264.1(g)(2), on surrendering prior evidence of registration.
  • F. The requirement to apply for a replacement Permanent Resident Card when the holder reaches 14 years old.

Who this rule concerns

The registration mandate itself applies to non-citizens in the United States who are 14 or older and were not previously registered and fingerprinted. This page describes the rule document only; the standing page Alien registration mandate (Form G-325R) tracks who the mandate reaches, the status of the litigation over it, and what has changed since. Nothing here is an assessment of any individual’s obligations — for that, see how to find an immigration attorney.

Official sources

Last verified: 2026-09-01. General procedural information — not legal advice. Federal Register rules change frequently; always verify the current version at the source URL.