Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants and Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, As Amended: Fingerprinting; Access to Criminal History Records; Conditions for Use of Criminal History Records

• Document number: 02-4541
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: February 25, 2002
• Effective: February 25, 2002
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

Recent legislation, commonly known as the USA Patriot Act, requires the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to give the Department access to certain of its criminal history record and other databases, conditioned in certain instances upon the Department providing an applicant's fingerprints to the FBI. This rule amends the Department's regulations pertaining to the fingerprinting of nonimmigrants and immigrants. It also establishes new regulations that set forth the conditions for the use, protection, dissemination and destruction of any criminal history or other records provided to the Department by the FBI.

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