[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: 22CFR42.68]

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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 G--Application for Immigrant Visas
 
Sec. 42.68  Informal evaluation of family members if principal applicant precedes them.

    (a) Preliminary determination of visa eligibility. If a principal 
applicant proposes to precede the family to the United States, the 
consular officer may arrange for an informal examination of the other 
members of the principal applicant's family in order to determine 
whether there exists at that time any mental, physical, or other ground 
of ineligibility on their part to receive a visa.
    (b) When family member ineligible. In the event the consular officer 
finds that any member of such family would be ineligible to receive an 
immigrant visa, the principal applicant shall be informed and required 
to acknowledge receipt of this information in writing.
    (c) No guarantee of future eligibility. A determination in 
connection with an

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informal examination that an alien appears to be eligible for a visa 
carries no assurance that the alien will be issued an immigrant visa in 
the future. The principal applicant shall be so informed and required to 
acknowledge receipt of this information in writing. The question of visa 
eligibility can be determined definitively only at the time the family 
member applies for a visa.