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22 CFR 42.31 - Family-sponsored immigrants.

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§ 42.31
Family-sponsored immigrants.
(a) Entitlement to status. An alien shall be classifiable as a family-sponsored immigrant under INA 203(a) (1), (2), (3) or (4) if the consular officer has received from DHS a Petition to Classify Status of Alien Relative for Issuance of Immigrant Visa approved in accordance with INA 204 to accord the alien such preference status, or official notification of such an approval, and the consular officer is satisfied that the alien has the relationship to the petitioner indicated in the petition. In the case of a petition according an alien status under INA 203(a) (1) or (3) or status as an unmarried son or daughter under INA 203(a)(2), the petitioner must be a “parent” as defined in INA 101(b)(2) and 22 CFR 40.1. In the case of a petition to accord an alien status under INA 203(a)(4) filed on or after January 1, 1977, the petitioner must be at least twenty-one years of age.
(b) Entitlement to derivative status. Pursuant to INA 203(d), and whether or not named in the petition, the child of a family-sponsored first, second, third or fourth preference immigrant or the spouse of a family-sponsored third or fourth preference immigrant, if not otherwise entitled to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance of a visa, is entitled to a derivative status corresponding to the classification and priority date of the beneficiary of the petition.
[56 FR 49676, Oct. 1, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 1836, Jan. 24, 1996]

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  • 2012-09-17; vol. 77 # 180 - Monday, September 17, 2012
    1. 77 FR 57012 - Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates
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      DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Final rule.
      Effective September 17, 2012.
      22 CFR Parts 22 and 42

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United States Code
USC : Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

§ 1104 - Powers and duties of Secretary of State

§ 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

U.S.C. : Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

§ 14901 - Findings and purposes

§ 14902 - Definitions

§ 14911 - Designation of central authority

§ 14912 - Responsibilities of the Secretary of State

§ 14913 - Responsibilities of the Attorney General

§ 14914 - Annual report on intercountry adoptions

§ 14921 - Accreditation or approval required in order to provide adoption services in cases subject to the Convention

§ 14922 - Process for accreditation and approval; role of accrediting entities

§ 14923 - Standards and procedures for providing accreditation or approval

§ 14924 - Secretarial oversight of accreditation and approval

§ 14931 - Adoptions of children immigrating to the United States

§ 14932 - Adoptions of children emigrating from the United States

§ 14941 - Access to Convention records

§ 14942 - Documents of other Convention countries

§ 14943 - Authorization of appropriations; collection of fees

§ 14944 - Enforcement

§ 14951 - Recognition of Convention adoptions

§ 14952 - Special rules for certain cases

§ 14953 - Relationship to other laws

§ 14954 - No private right of action

Statutes at Large

112 Stat. 2681-795

Public Laws

105-277

108-449

Title 22 published on 2012-04-01

The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 22 CFR 42 after this date.

  • 2012-09-17; vol. 77 # 180 - Monday, September 17, 2012
    1. 77 FR 57012 - Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates
      GPO FDSys XML | Text
      DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Consular Affairs
      Final rule.
      Effective September 17, 2012.
      22 CFR Parts 22 and 42