Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 17.12.2002

Documentation of Immigrants-Visa Registration

This rule amends the Department's regulation that defines "registration" in connection with an application for an immigrant visa. This change is necessary because the current definition, as written, may be interpreted as being inconsistent with other sections of thisPart concerning the Secretary of State's authority to cancel the registration of an alien who fails to apply for an immigrant visa within a specific one-year time period. When this rule becomes effective the "registration" of an immigrant visa applicant will be defined to mean the filing of an immigrant visa form (DS-230), when duly executed, or the transmission by the Department to the alien of a notification of the availability of an immigrant visa, whichever occurs first.