Duplicate Certificates of Residence.
Every Chinese resident of the United States should be possessed of a certificate of registration, and, if not, then good and sufficient proofs why he is without it.
Duplicate certificates of residence shall be issued only upon satisfactory proof to the Commisioner General of Immigration that the Chinese person upon whose behalf application therefor is made has actually, by unavoidable accident, lost his original certificate.
Applications for duplicate certificates of residence made under said rule should therefore be addressed to the Commissioner General of Immigration, Department of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D. C., should be sworn to, and should contain the following data:
- Number of original certificate of residence, if obtainable.
- Whether issued under Act approved May 5, 1892, or the Act approved November 3, 1893, amendatory thereof.
- Place and, at least approximate, date of issue.
- Applicant's place of residence and occupation at time of issuance of original certificate.
- Applicant's present age, exact height, the color of his eyes and complexion, and any physical marks or peculiarities that would aid in his identification.
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A statement of the circumstances under which
original certificate was lost, including date, place, and
every detail of such loss.
Name, address (self), with attorney for reference. - Affidavits of witnesses familiar, of their own personal knowledge, with the circumstances of the loss.
- Two unmounted photographs of applicant, about 2×2 inches in size—one to be attached to the duplicate, if issued, the other to be retained in the files of the Bureau.
Certificates of residence issued to Chinese registered laborers, if found elsewhere than in their possession, shall be taken up and deposited with the Commissioner of Immigration subject to the orders of the Department. Certificates of residence deposited with contractors as securities for loans or for appearance at canneries are liable to cancellation.
Pawning of registration certificates is an improper use of them, for a purpose for which they were not issued. Such certificates, when found in the possession of persons other than those to whom issued, will be taken up by the officers of the Government and canceled.
If your certificate is lost, make application for a duplicate at once, as you are liable to deportation.
Because of the various spellings given on certificates, it is often difficult to locate the names on the register in Washington, causing much delay and sometimes failure to issue a duplicate. It is advisable, therefore, that the certificate on page 22 of this book, giving various spellings of same name, should accompany each application.
凡華人姓名各有土音不同所串之英字寄至華盛頓工商部或有前後不符因候查核常有阻碍
凡做 禀者宜照本書之第二十二頁取擇串字之法方爲合用
