Refugee Resettlement Master File

This series consists of records of refugees entering the United States who had been screened overseas and given refugee status by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Prior to October 1982, coverage was for refugees arriving from Southeast Asia, but since then coverage is worldwide some records of non-Southeast Asians who arrived prior to October 1982 are included in the file.

Each record includes: alien number; date of arrival; name; birth date; country of birth; country of citizenship; immigration status; marital status; family status; education; English ability; occupation; case number; voluntary sponsoring agency; state, county, and city of destination; employment status; occupation; industry; and state, county, and city codes. This data comprises government records extracted from the Archival Research Catalog (ARC).