Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration

What it does

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.

The Homeland Security Department's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What changed in the regulation

1 part of Title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

8 CFR 264

Wording on eCFR: the day before it took effect and from the day it took effect (first part listed).

Compared with

The Homeland Security Department has published 23 final rules in 2026 so far, compared with 16 in all of 2025.

Counted by the Tribune from Federal Register records since Jan. 1, 2025.

Before this

1 earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1615-AC96 since Jan. 1, 2025.

• March 12, 2025 Interim final rule ("IFR") with request for comments. Alien Registration Form and Evidence of Registration

What happens next and when

This final rule is effective on June 29, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket USCIS-2025-0004 on Regulations.gov
• Title 8 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register