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United States Regulations Governing

Habitual Residence of Citizens of the

Freely Associated States of Micronesia

In Guam, Puerto Rico, and

The U.S. Virgin Islands

[The Federal Register publishes important United States Government documents, including regulations, presidential documents and notices. The regulations below are from pages 56463-56466 of the Federal Register for September 19, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 182).

The Freely Associated States of Micronesia are the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. The habitual residence regulations affect the right of citizens of the Freely Associated States to continue to reside in American Samoa, Guam, and Puerto Rico. Under the regulations, a citizen of the Freely Associated States may be deported from American Samoa, Guam, or Puerto Rico if he or she:

	is not gainfully employed, unless within one of the regulation's exceptions;
	has fraudulently obtain government benefits; or
	has engaged in specified criminal activity or other conduct for which aliens may be deported from the United States.

By reason of geography, many more citizens of the Freely Associated States reside in Guam than in American Samoa or Puerto Rico, so the regulation will have its greatest impact on that island.]

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Part 214 [INS No. 1811-96]

RIN 1115-AE61

Habitual Residence in the Territories and Possessions of the United States

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Final rule.

DATES: This final rule is effective September 19, 2000.

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Table of Contents

[This table of contents is not part of the regulation as promulgated. Likewise, the hyperlinks provided here and words enclosed in brackets are not part of the regulation as promulgated. Bracketed page numbers indicate the beginning of the numbered page in the Federal Register.]

SUMMARY, EFFECTIVE DATE, AND POINT OF CONTACT

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

TEXT OF THE REGULATION

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