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8 U.S.C. § 1156 — Unused immigrant visas
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If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is denied admission to the United States and removed, or does not apply for admission before the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an alien having an immigrant visa issued to him as a preference immigrant is found not to be a preference immigrant, an immigrant visa or a preference immigrant visa, as the case may be, may be issued in lieu thereof to another qualified alien.
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If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is denied admission to the United States and removed, or does not apply for admission before the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an alien having an immigrant visa issued to him as a preference immigrant is found not to be a preference immigrant, an immigrant visa or a preference immigrant visa, as the case may be, may be issued in lieu thereof to another qualified alien.
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The Secretary of Homeland Security may, at any time, for what he deems to be good and sufficient cause, revoke the approval of any petition approved by him under [section 1154 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1154&num=0&edition=prelim). Such revocation shall be effective as of the date of approval of any such petition.
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**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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**(a) In general** Exclusive of aliens described in subsection (b), aliens born in a foreign state or dependent area who may be issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence are limited to—
(1) family-sponsored immigrants described in [section 1153(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/a&num=0&edition=prelim) (or who are admitted under [section 1181(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1181/a&num=0&edition=prelim) on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to their accompanying parent under [section 1153(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) in a number not to exceed in any fiscal year the number specified in subsection (c) for that year, and not to exceed in any of the first 3 quarters of any fiscal year 27 percent of the worldwide level under such subsection for all of such fiscal year;
(2) employment-based immigrants described in [section 1153(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/b&num=0&edition=prelim) (or who are admitted under [section 1181(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1181/a&num=0&edition=prelim) on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to their accompanying parent under [section 1153(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1153/b&num=0&edition=prelim)), in a number not to exceed in any fiscal year the number specified in subsection (d) for that year, and not to exceed in any of the first 3 quarte
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1156
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–208 effective, with certain
transitional provisions, on the first day of the first
month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30,
1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note
under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1965 AMENDMENT
For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 89–236,
see section 20 of Pub. L. 89–236, set out as a note under
section 1151 of this title.
§ 1156. Unused immigrant visas
If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is
denied admission to the United States and re-
moved, or does not apply for admission before
the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an
alien having an immigrant visa issued to him as
a preference immigrant is found not to be a pref-
erence immigrant, an immigrant visa or a pref-
erence immigrant visa, as the case may be, may
be issued in lieu thereof to another qualified
alien.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 1, § 206, 66 Stat.
181; Pub. L. 89–236, § 6, Oct. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 916;
Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(d)(4)(D),
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–618.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Pub. L. 104–208 substituted ‘‘denied admission to
the United States and removed’’ for ‘‘excluded from ad-
mission to the United States and deported’’.
1965—Pub. L. 89–236 substituted provisions allowing
immigrant visas or preference immigrant visas to be
issued to another qualified alien in lieu of immigrants
excluded or deported, immigrants failing to apply for
admission, or immigrants found not to be preference
immigrants, for provisions relating to revocation of ap-
proval of petitions which, with minor amendments,
were transferred to section 1155 of this ti
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