The USCIS Genealogy Program is a fee-for-service program that provides researchers with timely access to historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants.
How does the process work?
A-Files
A-Files Numbered Below 8 Million
AR2 Forms
Alien Registration Files Gallery
Alien Registration Forms on Microfilm, 1940 - 1944
C-Files
Certificate Files, September 27, 1906 - March 31, 1956
Certificate Series Numbers
Do you have a file number?
Historical Records Series Available From the Genealogy Program
Receive Copies of Records/File
Registry Files
Registry Files, March 2, 1929 - March 31, 1944
Visa Files
Visa Files, July 1, 1924 - March 31, 1944
Where do I find a C-File number?
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