[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR207.3]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
      CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (IMMIGRATION AND 
                             NATURALIZATION)
 
PART 207_ADMISSION OF REFUGEES--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  207.3  Waivers of inadmissibility.

    (a) Authority. Section 207(c)(3) of the Act sets forth grounds of 
inadmissibility under section 212(a) of the Act which are not applicable 
and those which may be waived in the case of an otherwise qualified 
refugee and the conditions under which such waivers may be approved. 
Officers in charge of overseas offices are delegated authority to 
initiate the necessary investigations to establish the facts in each 
waiver application pending before them and to approve or deny such 
waivers.
    (b) Filing requirements. The applicant for a waiver must submit Form 
I-602, Application by Refugee for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility, 
with the Service office processing his or her case. The burden is on the 
applicant to show that the waiver should be granted based upon 
humanitarian grounds, family unity, or the public interest. The 
applicant shall be notified in writing of the decision, including the 
reasons for denial, if the application is denied. There is no appeal 
from such decision.

[62 FR 10336, Mar. 6, 1997]

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