Title 6 — Domestic Security
Part C · Chapter 1 — Homeland Security Organization
§ 237. Information on visa denials required to be entered into electronic data system
Statutory text
In general
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.
Prohibition
In the case of any alien with respect to whom a visa has been denied under subsection (a)—
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
the alien may not be admitted to the United States without a visa issued in accordance with the procedures described in paragraph (1).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Homeland Security Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–296 title IV § 429 · 116 Stat. 2135
Enacted · 6 U.S.C. § 237
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 429, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2191.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 429, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2191.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 429. INFORMATION ON VISA DENIALS REQUIRED TO BE ENTERED INTO ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEM. (a) In General.— 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 202(a) of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002 (8 U.S.C. 1722(a)). (b) Prohibition.— In 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).
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