3-1401

1/13/47

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Immigration and Naturalization Service
70 Columbus Avenue
New York 23, N. Y.

Dear Sir or Madam:

Reference is made to your attached letter relative to your desire to
bring your fiancee to the United States.

There is enclosed for your information a form 3-1392 concerning the pro-
visions of Public Law No. 471 which relates to the entry into the United States
of fiancées of American citizen veterans of the United States Armed Forces of
World War II.

You are informed that the bond required under Public Law No. 471 shall be
in the amount of $500. Arrangements may be made to file the bond through an
accepted surety company or by depositing with the Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service a negotiable United States Treasury bond which shall have at
least two years' coupons attached, and which may be purchased from any bank
or investment company.

When posting the bond with the Immigration and Naturalization Service
the following information should be available: name of alien, nationality,
age, date of arrival (or expected arrival), port of arrival, manner of travel,
name and address of United States citizen fiancee. When the bond is ready to
be posted the owner of such bond shall call personally at the nearest office
of this Service on any Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 A. M.
and 3:30 P. M.

The bond will be canceled upon presentation of satisfactory evidence
that a valid marriage has been concluded in accordance with the agreement, or
that the alien has permanently departed from the United States without expense
to the United States, and collateral deposited will be returned upon cancelation of the bond.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INC.
3 BRIENNERSTRASSE
MUNICH, APO 407-A

Notice to our Military Clients:

American Express Company offices in the United States have
recently experienced difficulty when attempting to pass through customs
shipments of effects of US Military personnel ordinarily allowed free
entry under Public Law 633.

Many cases have been found by the customs where repeat ship-
ments were made to individuals in the USA by the same individual in Ger-
many, which is, of course, not allowed under the provision of Public Law
633.

This law allows free entry into the United States of personal
and household effects of persons in the service of the United States or
their families, or persons evacuated to the United States, brought to the
United States under Government orders. It has two advantages over ordinary
returning resident customs law: (1) It allows clearance of effects belon-
ging to persons covered by Public Law 633 to be arranged by members of
their family before they actually arrive in the United States; (2) It allows
free importation of foreign made used personal household effects acquired
abroad in excess of the usual $100 limitation as an ordinary returning re-
sident.

In order to ensure prompt clearance of personal and household
effects at destination, the enclosed affidavit in duplicate should be ob-
tained by the shipper if he wishes to take advantage of Public Law 633.This
affidavit must be signed by the Commanding Officer or any Military Officer
who has an official capacity entitling him to sign such a statement. One
copy should be given to the American Express Company, Inc., to accompany the
shipment and the other should be sent to the consignee.