[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR40.63]

[Page 169-170]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 40_REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS 
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart G_Illegal Entrants and Immigration Violators
 
Sec. 40.63  Misrepresentation; Falsely claiming citizenship.

    (a) Fraud and misrepresentation and INA 212(a)(6)(C) applicability 
to certain refugees. An alien who seeks to procure, or has sought to 
procure, or has procured a visa, other documentation, or entry into the 
United States or other benefit provided under the INA by fraud or by 
willfully misrepresenting a material fact at any time shall be 
ineligible under INA 212(a)(6)(C); Provided, That the provisions of this 
paragraph are not applicable if the fraud or misrepresentation was 
committed by an alien at the time the alien sought entry into a country 
other than the

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United States or obtained travel documents as a bona fide refugee and 
the refugee was in fear of being repatriated to a former homeland if the 
facts were disclosed in connection with an application for a visa to 
enter the United States: Provided further, That the fraud or 
misrepresentation was not committed by such refugee for the purpose of 
evading the quota or numerical restrictions of the U.S. immigration 
laws, or investigation of the alien's record at the place of former 
residence or elsewhere in connection with an application for a visa.
    (b) Misrepresentation in application under Displaced Persons Act or 
Refugee Relief Act. Subject to the conditions stated in INA 
212(a)(6)(c)(i), an alien who is found by the consular officer to have 
made a willful misrepresentation within the meaning of section 10 of the 
Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended, for the purpose of gaining 
admission into the United States as an eligible displaced person, or to 
have made a material misrepresentation within the meaning of section 
11(e) of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended, for the purpose of 
gaining admission into the United States as an alien eligible thereunder 
, shall be considered ineligible under the provisions of INA 
212(a)(6)(C).
    (c) Waiver of ineligibility--INA 212(i). If an immigrant applicant 
is ineligible under INA 212(a)(6)(C) but is qualified to seek the 
benefits of INA 212(i), the consular officer shall inform the alien of 
the procedure for applying to INS for relief under that provision of 
law. A visa may not be issued to the alien until the consular officer 
has received notification from INS of the approval of the alien's 
application under INA 212(i).

[56 FR 30422, July 2, 1991, as amended at 61 FR 1835, Jan. 24, 1996]