[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 8, Volume 1]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

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

 

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]