§ 12.02-10 - Applications for documents from aliens.

(a) No application from an alien for a certificate of service, certificate of efficiency, certificate of identification, continuous discharge book, or merchant mariner's document shall be accepted unless the alien presents acceptable documentary evidence from the United States US Citizenship and Immigration Services that he is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.

(b) This evidence may be in the form of an alien registration receipt card issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services bearing the certification that the alien was admitted to the United States as an immigrant, or a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States issued by a naturalization court.