[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR245a.21]

[Page 656-657]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
CHAPTER I--IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
 
    PART 245a--ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS TO THAT OF PERSONS ADMITTED FOR LAWFUL TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS UNDER SECTION 245A OF THE IMMIGRATION AND 
NATIONALITY ACT--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B--Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization 
                               Provisions
 
Sec. 245a.21  Confidentiality.

    (a) No person other than a sworn officer or employee of the 
Department of Justice or bureau or agency thereof, will be permitted to 
examine individual applications. For purposes of this part, any 
individual employed

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under contract by the Service to work in connection with the LIFE 
Legalization provisions shall be considered an employee of the 
Department of Justice or bureau or agency thereof.
    (b) No information furnished pursuant to an application for 
permanent resident status under this Subpart B shall be used for any 
purpose except:
    (1) To make a determination on the application;
    (2) For the enforcement of the provisions encompassed in section 
245A(c)(6) of the Act, except as provided in paragraphs (c) of this 
section; or
    (3) For the purposes of rescinding, pursuant to section 246(a) of 
the Act (8 U.S.C. 1256(a)), any adjustment of status obtained by the 
alien.
    (c) If a determination is made by the Service that the alien has, in 
connection with his or her application, engaged in fraud or willful 
misrepresentation or concealment of a material fact, knowingly provided 
a false statement or document in making his or her application, 
knowingly made a false statement or representation, or engaged in any 
other activity prohibited by section 245A(c)(6) of the Act, the Service 
shall refer the matter to the United States Attorney for prosecution of 
the alien and/or of any person who created or supplied a false statement 
or document for use in an application for adjustment of status under 
this Subpart B.
    (d) Information contained in granted files may be used by the 
Service at a later date to make a decision:
    (1) On an immigrant visa petition or other status filed by the 
applicant under section 204(a) of the Act;
    (2) On a naturalization application submitted by the applicant;
    (3) For the preparation of reports to Congress under section 404 of 
the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986; or
    (4) For the furnishing of information, at the discretion of the 
Attorney General, in the same manner and circumstances as census 
information may be disclosed by the Secretary of Commerce under 13 
U.S.C. 8.
    (e) Information concerning whether the applicant has at any time 
been convicted of a crime may be used or released for immigration 
enforcement or law enforcement purposes.