[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
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[CITE: 22CFR42.83]

[Page 242]
 
                       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 I--Refusal, Revocation, and Termination of Registration
 
Sec. 42.83  Termination of registration.

    (a) Termination following failure of applicant to apply for visa. In 
accordance with INA 203(g), an alien's registration for an immigrant 
visa shall be terminated if, within one year after transmission of a 
notification of the availability of an immigrant visa, the applicant 
fails to apply for an immigrant visa.
    (b) Termination following visa refusal. An alien's registration for 
an immigrant visa shall be terminated if, within one year following the 
refusal of the immigrant visa application under INA 221(g), the alien 
has failed to present to a consular officer evidence purporting to 
overcome the basis for refusal.
    (c) Notice of termination. Upon the termination of registration 
under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, the consular officer at the 
post where the alien is registered shall notify the alien of the 
termination. The consular officer shall also inform the alien of the 
right to have the registration reinstated if the alien, before the end 
of the second year after the missed appointment date if paragraph (a) 
applies, and before the end of the second year after the INA 221(g) 
refusal if paragraph (b) applies, establishes to the satisfaction of the 
consular officer that the failure to apply for an immigrant visa or to 
present evidence purporting to overcome the ineligibility under INA 
221(g) was due to circumstances beyond the alien's control.
    (d) Reinstatement of registration. If the consular officer is 
satisfied that an alien, as provided for in paragraph (c) of this 
section, has established that failure to apply as scheduled for an 
immigrant visa or to present evidence purporting to overcome 
ineligibility under INA 221(g) was due to circumstances beyond the 
alien's control, the consular officer shall reinstate the alien's 
registration for an immigrant visa. Any petition approved under INA 
204(b) which had been automatically revoked as a result of the 
termination of registration shall be considered to be automatically 
reinstated if the registration is reinstated.
    (e) Interpretation of ``circumstances beyond alien's control''. For 
the purpose of this section, the term ``circumstances beyond the alien's 
control'' includes, but is not limited to, an illness or other physical 
disability preventing the alien from traveling, a refusal by the 
authorities of the country of an alien's residence to grant the alien 
permission to depart as an immigrant, and foreign military service.

[52 FR 42613, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 49682, Oct. 1, 1991]

                         PARTS 43-45 [RESERVED]