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• Special registration 

• Minnesota offices for Special Registration 

• Map of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport's Special Registration office

For a list of the groups prior to the December 2003 changes in the Special Registration regulations click here.

Special Registration

If you are selected or informed at the port of entry or at a later date, you will be instructed by DHS (Department of Homeland Security) to follow some or all of these procedures:

• Registration with DHS, which includes taking the individual’s fingerprints and photograph.

• Be interviewed by DHS within 30 to 40 days of entering the United States.

• Be interviewed again by DHS one year after entering the United States.

• Continue to be interviewed by DHS on the annual anniversary date of their last admission to the United States.

For all non-immigrant visa holders from: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, or Yemen.

• Depart the United States from an officially-designated port of departure only and report to a DHS officer at such port prior to departure. Please see below for a list of Minnesota offices for Special Registration.

• Form AR-11SR is no longer required of F-1 and J-1 visa holders provided their address change is reported in the SEVIS system. Changes of universities will be also reported in the SEVIS system through normal transfer procedures. F-1 and J-1 students should inform OISS of address changes by using the Change of Address Form.
  However, all other foreign nationals, including US permanent residents, individuals with a visa status other than F-1 and J-1 and affected by Special Registration, must file Form AR-11 SR within 10 days of moving. 

Minnesota offices for Special Registration

Designated Ports of Departure

1. Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport; not 24 hour port
   Registrants should pass through airport security and then proceed to the INS office in Room G2210 on the G concourse for departure processing.

Map of the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport Special Registration office:

   

International Falls – northern Minnesota – 24 hour port
Minnesota Registrants should proceed to the INS administration building for departure processing.

Interviewing office

• St. Paul District Office – near the Minneapolis/St. Paul Airport and Mall  
  of America - 2901 Metro Drive, Suite 100, Bloomington, MN 55425

Map/Directions to St. Paul District Office