Visas: Waiver for Ineligible Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 2010-32944
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: December 30, 2010
• Effective: December 30, 2010
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

This rule incorporates a revision to the Immigration and Nationality Act made in section 5503(1) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relative to the grounds of inadmissibility under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for which consular officers or the Secretary of State may recommend that the Secretary of Homeland Security exercise discretionary waiver authority in the case of an applicant for a nonimmigrant visa.

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