[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR42.42]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 42--VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
                          Subpart E--Petitions
 
Sec. 42.42  Petitions for immediate relative or preference status.

    Petition for immediate relative or preference status. The consular 
officer may not issue a visa to an alien as an immediate relative 
entitled to status under 201(b), a family-sponsored immigrant entitled 
to preference status under 203(a)(1)-(4), or an employment-based 
preference immigrant entitled to status under INA 203(b)(1)-(5), unless 
the officer has received a petition filed and approved in accordance 
with INA 204 or official notification of such filing and approval.

[56 FR 49682, Oct. 1, 1991]