8 CFR 103.38
§ 103.38 Genealogy Program.
United States · 8 CFR — Aliens and Nationality · Status: effective
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- 8 CFR 103.38, § 103.38 Genealogy Program, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/31795
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(a) Purpose. The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Genealogy Program is a fee-for-service program designed to provide genealogical and historical records and reference services to genealogists, historians, and others seeking documents maintained within the historical record systems.
(b) Scope and limitations. Sections 103.38 through 103.41 comprise the regulations of the Genealogy Program. These regulations apply only to searches for and retrieval of records from the file series described as historical records in 8 CFR 103.39. These regulations set forth the procedures by which individuals may request searches for historical records and, if responsive records are located, obtain copies of those records.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.