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Show Aliens Must Register In January District Director Walter Wal-ter V. Edwards of the Immigration and Naturalization Natura-lization Service stated that the annual Alien Address Ad-dress Report Program usually causes a sharp rise in the number of applications for naturalization. natural-ization. The law requires all aliens in the United States with few exceptions, to report their addresses each January. Throughout Through-out the United States, almost al-most thirty per cent more applications for naturalization naturali-zation are received during dur-ing the: months of January, Janu-ary, February and March than are received during other months. Mr. Edwards Ed-wards attributes .this, sudden rise to the Alien Address Report Program. Pro-gram. Aliens not required to make this report are diplomats dip-lomats and those persons accredited to certain international in-ternational organizations. organiza-tions. Mr. Edwards added that the issuance of a Social Security account card to an alien is not evidence of permission from the Immigration and Naturalization Service for the alien to work in the United States. Only those aliens lawfully admitted ad-mitted to the United States for permanent residence (immigrants) and those aliens temporarily in the United States (nonimmigrants) (nonimmi-grants) who have been authorized by the Service Ser-vice to take employment may work in this country. coun-try. Aliens working in the United States in violation vio-lation of law may be subject sub-ject to certain penalties. Forms for making the reports will be available to aliens at all Post Offices Of-fices and offices of the Immigration and Naturalization Natura-lization Service during January. Mr. Edwards indicated that aliens desiring de-siring information concerning con-cerning naturalization or similar matters should obtain the forms at an office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Serv-ice where personnel trained in these fields will be available to answer an-swer questions. |