[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 22CFR42.54]

[Page 234]
 
                       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 F--Numerical Controls and Priority Dates
 
Sec. 42.54  Order of consideration.

    (a) General. Consular officers shall request applicants to take the 
steps necessary to meet the requirements of INA 222(b) in order to apply 
formally for a visa as follows:
    (1) In the chronological order of the priority dates of all 
applicants within each of the immigrant classifications specified in INA 
203 (a) and (b); and
    (2) In the random order established by the Secretary of State for 
each region for the fiscal year for applicants entitled to status under 
INA 203(c).
    (b) [Reserved]

[56 FR 51174, Oct. 10, 1991, as amended at 59 FR 15302, Mar. 31, 1994; 
61 FR 1836, Jan. 24, 1996; 63 FR 48578, Sept. 11, 1998]