8 CFR 1236.5
§ 1236.5 Fingerprints and photographs.
United States · 8 CFR — Aliens and Nationality · Status: effective
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- 8 CFR 1236.5, § 1236.5 Fingerprints and photographs, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/32737
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Every alien 14 years of age or older against whom proceedings based on deportability under section 237 of the Act are commenced under this part by service of a notice to appear shall be fingerprinted and photographed. Such fingerprints and photographs shall be made available to Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies upon request to the district director or chief patrol agent having jurisdiction over the alien's record. Any such alien, regardless of his or her age, shall be photographed and/or fingerprinted if required by any immigration officer authorized to issue a notice to appear. Every alien 14 years of age or older who is found to be inadmissible to the United States and ordered removed by an immigration judge shall be fingerprinted, unless during the preceding year he or she has been fingerprinted at an American consular office.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.