[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 22CFR42.12]

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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 B--Classification and Foreign State Chargeability
 
Sec. 42.12  Rules of chargeability.

    (a) Applicability. An immigrant shall be charged to the numerical 
limitation for the foreign state or dependent area of birth, unless the 
case falls within one of the exceptions to the general rule of 
chargeability provided by INA 202(b) and paragraphs (b) through (e) of 
this section to prevent the separation of families or the alien is 
classifiable under:
    (1) INA 201(b);
    (2) INA 101(a)(27) (A) or (B);
    (3) Section 112 of Public Law 101-649;
    (4) Section 124 of Public Law 101-649;
    (5) Section 132 of Public Law 101-649;
    (6) Section 134 of Public Law 101-649; or
    (7) Section 584(b)(1) as contained in section 101(e) of Public Law 
100-202.
    (b) Exception for child. If necessary to prevent the separation of a 
child from the alien parent or parents, an immigrant child, including a 
child born in a dependent area, may be charged to the same foreign state 
to which a parent is chargeable if the child is accompanying or 
following to join the parent, in accordance with INA 202(b)(1).
    (c) Exception for spouse. If necessary to prevent the separation of 
husband and wife, an immigrant spouse, including a spouse born in a 
dependent area, may be charged to a foreign state to which a spouse is 
chargeable if accompanying or following to join the spouse, in 
accordance with INA 202(b)(2).
    (d) Exception for alien born in the United States. An immigrant who 
was born in the United States shall be charged to the foreign state of 
which the immigrant is a citizen or subject. If not a citizen or subject 
of any country, the alien shall be charged to the foreign state of last 
residence as determined by the consular officer, in accordance with INA 
202(b)(3).
    (e) Exception for alien born in foreign state in which neither 
parent was born or had residence at time of alien's birth. An alien who 
was born in a foreign state, as defined in Sec. 40.1, in which neither 
parent was born, and in which neither parent had a residence at the time 
of the applicant's birth, may be charged to the foreign state of either 
parent as provided in INA 202(b)(4). The parents of such an alien are 
not considered as having acquired a residence within the meaning of INA 
202(b)(4), if, at the time of the alien's birth within the foreign 
state, the parents were visiting temporarily or were stationed there in 
connection with the business or profession and under orders or 
instructions of an employer, principal, or superior authority foreign to 
such foreign state.

[52 FR 42613, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 49681, Oct. 1, 1991]