[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: 22CFR42.43]

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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. 42.43  Suspension or termination of action in petition cases.

    (a) Suspension of action. The consular officer shall suspend action 
in a petition case and return the petition, with a report of the facts, 
for reconsideration by INS if the petitioner requests suspension of 
action, or if the officer knows or has reason to believe that approval 
of the petition was obtained by fraud, misrepresentation, or other 
unlawful means, or that the beneficiary is not entitled, for some other 
reason, to the status approved.
    (b) Termination of action. (1) The consular officer shall terminate 
action in a petition case upon receipt from INS of notice of revocation 
of the petition in accordance with INS regulations.
    (2) The consular officer shall terminate action in a petition case 
subject to the provisions of INA 203(g) in accordance with the 
provisions of Sec. 42.83.

[56 FR 49682, Oct. 1, 1991]