[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR42.41]

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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. 42.41  Effect of approved petition.


    Consular officers are authorized to grant to an alien the immediate 
relative or preference status accorded in a petition approved in the 
alien's behalf upon receipt of the approved petition or official 
notification of its approval. The status shall be granted for the period 
authorized by law or regulation. The approval of a petition does not 
relieve the alien of the burden of establishing to the satisfaction of 
the consular officer that the alien is eligible in all respects to 
receive a visa.

[56 FR 49682, Oct. 1, 1991]