U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has
created a new and improved Genealogy website including a page called the “Genealogy Notebook” -- a
gateway to the history of the service, research guidance, records requests and
much more.
Besides reformatting the “old site” to be more
useful, the USCIS has also added some resources to help you as you request
records:
- Avoid Common
Errors – helps requestors avoid mistakes that could cost them
extra time and money.
- Does My Request
Qualify -- ensures that requesters are able to easily identify which
Genealogy Program service would be the most beneficial to them
- Research Guide -- provides information pertaining to Arrival and Nationality records
organized by date, and provides valuable information about Historical
USCIS topics and events.
Not familiar with immigration documents? Besides reading the aforementioned
Research Guide, check out the new “Image Galleries” so that you can see what
the most common file types might include.
If you are researching an immigrant ancestor
and are seeking their A-Files (Alien registration), C-Files, Registry Files
and/or Visa Files, this is a great place to get started.
Even if you don’t know which of these files are
relevant to your immigrant ancestor, the website will tell you all about what
these files are, what research value they have and how to request.
Did you find the website helpful or
interesting? If so, please share what you found most helpful.
If you have done a lot of
immigrant/emigrant research, what advice would you share with someone just
starting out who is seeking documents from USCIS?
Editor's Note: USCIS was formed in 2003 when the old Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) was dismantled. Just in case those who have been doing immigration research for a while wondered.
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