2014 US Code
Title 6 - Domestic Security (Sections 101 - 1405)
Chapter 1 - Homeland Security Organization (Sections 101 - 629)
Subchapter IV - Directorate of Border and Transportation Security (Sections 201 - 298)
Part C - Miscellaneous Provisions (Sections 231 - 241)
Sec. 237 - Information on visa denials required to be entered into electronic data system
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 6 - DOMESTIC SECURITY CHAPTER 1 - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION SUBCHAPTER IV - DIRECTORATE OF BORDER AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY Part C - Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 237 - Information on visa denials required to be entered into electronic data system |
| Contains | section 237 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 107-296, title IV, §429, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2191. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 116 Stat. 2191 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 107-296 |
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Whenever a consular officer of the United States denies a visa to an applicant, the consular officer shall enter the fact and the basis of the denial and the name of the applicant into the interoperable electronic data system implemented under section 1722(a) of title 8.
(b) ProhibitionIn the case of any alien with respect to whom a visa has been denied under subsection (a)—
(1) no subsequent visa may be issued to the alien unless the consular officer considering the alien's visa application has reviewed the information concerning the alien placed in the interoperable electronic data system, has indicated on the alien's application that the information has been reviewed, and has stated for the record why the visa is being issued or a waiver of visa ineligibility recommended in spite of that information; and
(2) the alien may not be admitted to the United States without a visa issued in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph (1).
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, §429, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2191.)
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