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22 CFR 42.53 - Priority date of individual applicants.

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§ 42.53
Priority date of individual applicants.
(a) Preference applicant. The priority date of a preference visa applicant under INA 203 (a) or (b) shall be the fiing date of the approved petition that accorded preference status.
(b) Former Western Hemisphere applicant with priority date prior to January 1, 1977. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, an alien who, prior to January 1, 1977, was subject to the numerical limitation specified in section 21(e) of the Act of October 3, 1965, and who was registered as a Western Hemisphere immigrant with a priority date prior to January 1, 1977, shall retain that priority date as a preference immigrant upon approval of a petition according status under INA 203 (a) or (b).
(c) Derivative priority date for spouse or child of principal alien. A spouse or child of a principal alien acquired prior to the principal alien's admission shall be entitled to the priority date of the principal alien, whether or not named in the immigrant visa application of the principal alien. A child born of a marriage which existed at the time of a principal alien's admission to the United States is considered to have been acquired prior to the principal alien's admission.

Title 22 published on 2012-04-01

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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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      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