Some foreigners must register INS to take fingerprints, photos of about 100,000 visitors per year

Temporary foreign visitors from 18 countries will be required toregister with their local immigration authorities before Jan. 10,2003, under a new congressional mandate intended to identifycriminals and known terrorists entering the United States, INSofficials announced Monday.

Citizens of Iran, Iraq, Libya, Sudan and Syria who were admittedto the United States as temporary foreign visitors on or before Sept.10, 2002, and who plan to stay in the United States until at leastDec. 16, 2002, must register with their local Immigration andNaturalization Service office by Dec. 16.

In addition, citizens of Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea,Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, …