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8 U.S.C. § 1156 — Unused immigrant visas

submitted 74 years ago by ch. 477 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 77 words · no verdicts yet

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If an immigrant is denied admission and removed, does not apply before the visa expires, or is found not to qualify as a preference immigrant, the visa may be issued instead to another qualified alien.

If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is denied admission to the United States and removed, or does not apply for admission before the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an alien having an immigrant visa issued to him as a preference immigrant is found not to be a preference immigrant, an immigrant visa or a preference immigrant visa, as the case can be, can be issued in lieu of it to another qualified alien.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is denied admission to the United States and removed, or does not apply for admission before the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an alien having an immigrant visa issued to him as a preference immigrant is found not to be a preference immigrant, an immigrant visa or a preference immigrant visa, as the case may be, may be issued in lieu thereof to another qualified alien.

Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 1, § 206, 66 Stat. 181; Pub. L. 89–236, § 6, Oct. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 916; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(d)(4)(D), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–618.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 181
  • 1965Amended · Pub. L. 89-236 · 79 Stat. 916
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-208 · 110 Stat. 3009

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 477 on 1952-06-27.

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