have the required minimum period of validity as specified in section 212(a) (26) of the Act.

(ii) A crew-list visa issued in accordance with § 41.127 is considered to constitute a valid nonimmigrant visa within the meaning of section 212(a) (26) (B) of the Act.

CROSS REFERENCE: For waivers of and exemptions from documentary requirements see §§ 41.5, 41.6, and 41.91 (f).

(27) Prejudicial activities. [Reserved]

(28) Members or affiliates of proscribed organizations. (i) The term "affiliate", as used in section 212(a) (28) (C) and (I) of the Act, shall mean an organization which is related to, or identified with, a proscribed association or party, including any section, subsidiary, branch, or subdivision thereof, in such close association as to evidence an adherence to or a furtherance of the purposes and objectives of such association or party, or as to indicate a working alliance to bring to fruition the purposes and objectives of the proscribed association or party. An organization which gives, loans, or promises support, money, or other thing of value for any purpose to any proscribed association or party shall be presumed to be an "affiliate" of such association or party, but nothing contained in this subdivision shall be construed as an exclusive definition of the term "affiliate."

or

(ii) Service, whether voluntary not, in the armed forces of any country shall not be regarded, of itself, as constituting or establishing an alien's membership in, or affiliation with, any proscribed party or organization, and shall not, of itself, constitute a ground of ineligibility to receive a visa.

(iii) Voluntary service in a political capacity shall constitute affiliation with the political party or organization in power at the time of such service.

(iv) If an alien continues or continued his membership in or affiliation with a proscribed organization on or after reaching sixteen years of age, only his activities after reaching that age shall be pertinent to a determination whether the continuation of his membership or affiliation is or was voluntary.

(v) The term "operation of law", as used in section 212(a) (28) (I) of the Act, shall include any case wherein the alien

without his acquiescence automatically became a member of or affiliated with a proscribed party or organization by official act, proclamation, order, edict, or decree.

(vi) In accordance with the definition of "totalitarian party” contained in section 101 (a) (37) of the Act, a former or present voluntary member of, or an alien who was, or is, voluntarily affiliated with a noncommunist party, organization, or group, or of any section, subsidiary, branch, affiliate or subdivision thereof, which during the time of its existence did not or does not advocate the establishment in the United States of a totalitarian dictatorship, shall not be considered ineligible under the provisions of section 212 (a) (28) (C) of the Act to receive a visa, unless the alien is known or believed by the consular officer to advocate, or to have advocated, personally, the establishment in the United States of a totalitarian dictatorship, within the meaning of section 212(a) (28) (D) of the Act.

(vii) The words "actively opposed", as used in section 212(a) (28) (I) (ii) of the Act, shall be considered as embracing speeches, writings, and other overt or covert activities in opposition to the doctrine, program, principles, and ideology of the party or organization, or the section, subsidiary, branch, or affiliate or subdivision thereof, of which the alien was formerly a voluntary member.

(29) Espionage, sabotage, or other subversive activities. [Reserved]

(30) Alien accompanying excludable alien. (Section 212(a) (30) of the Act inapplicable.)

(31) Alien aiding illegal entrant. [Reserved]

(b) Aliens unable to establish nonimmigrant status. A nonimmigrant visa shall not be issued to an alien who has failed to overcome the presumption of immigrant status established by section 214(b) of the Act. An alien shall be considered to have established bona fide nonimmigrant status only if the consular officer is satisfied that his case falls within one of the nonimmigrant categories described in section 101(a) (15) of the Act or otherwise established by law or treaty.

(c) Failure of application to comply with Act. (1) An alien's visa application shall be considered as failing to

(iii) The application is not supported by the documents required under the provisions of the Act or the regulations contained in this part;

(iv) The applicant refuses to be fingerprinted if required by the Act or the regulations contained in this part;

(v) The necessary fee is not paid for the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa; or

(vi) The application otherwise fails to meet the specific requirements of the Act for reasons for which the applicant is responsible.

(2) The grounds of refusal described in subparagraph (1) of this paragraph shall not constitute a bar to the reconsideration of the application upon compliance with statutory or regulatory requirements, or to the consideration of a subsequent application submitted by the same applicant.

(d) Former exchange visitors. An alien who was admitted into the United States as an exchange visitor subsequent to June 4, 1956, or who otherwise acquired the status of an exchange visitor subsequent to June 4, 1956, including an alien granted an extension of the period of his temporary admission subsequent to September 20, 1956, shall not be eligible to apply for and receive a nonimmigrant visa under the provisions of section 101(a) (15) (H) of the Act notwithstanding the approval of a petition as provided in section 214 (c) of the Act unless (1) the consular officer is satisfied that for an aggregate of at least two years following the termination of his exchange visitor status the alien has resided and been physically present abroad in a foreign country as required by section 212(e) of the Act, or (2) the residence-abroad requirement of section 212(e) of the Act has been waived. (See §§ 63.6 and 63.7 of this chapter.)

(e) Grounds for refusal of visas applicable to certain nonimmigrant classes. (1) No visa may be issued in

the A-1 or A-2 category to an alien who is considered by the Department to be persona non grata.

(2) Only those provisions of section 212 (a) of the Act which are stated specifically with reference to each class apply to the following classes of nonimmigrants: (i) Class A-1: Section 212 (a) (27) upon the direction of the President and the issuance of appropriate rules and regulations; (ii) Class A-2: Section 212(a) (27) and (29); (iii) Class C-2: Section 212 (a) (26) (A), (27), (28) and (29); (iv) Class C-3: Section 212(a) (26) (A), (27) and (29); (v) Class G-1: Section 212 (a) (27); (vi) Classes G-2, G-3, and G-4: Section 212(a) (27) and (29); (vii) Class NATO-1: Section 212(a) (27); (viii) Classes NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4 and NATO-6; Section 212(a) (27) and (29).

(3) An alien within class A-3 or G-5 shall be subject to all grounds of refusal specified in section 212 of the Act which are applicable to nonimmigrants in general except paragraph (28) of subsection (a) of that section.

(f) Exception from passport validity requirement for certain nonimmigrants. A nonimmigrant alien in whose case the passport requirement of section 212 (a) (26) has not been waived and

(1) Who is within one of the classes of nonimmigrants described in section 101(a) (15) (A) (i) and (ii) of the Act, or

(2) Who is within one of the classes of nonimmigrants described in section 101 (a) (15) (G) (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) of the Act, or

(3) Who is within a class of nonimmigrants classifiable under the visa symbol NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, or NATO-6,

shall present a passport which is valid for a sufficient period to enable the alien to apply for admission at a port of entry prior to its expiration.

[Dept. Reg. 108.411, 24 F.R. 6678, Aug. 18, 1959; 24 F.R. 6943, Aug. 27, 1959, as amended by Dept. Reg. 108.422, 24 F.R. 11081, Dec. 31, 1959; Dept. Reg. 108.433, 25 F.R. 4579, May 25, 1960; Dept. Reg. 108.441, 25 F.R. 7018, July 23, 1960; Dept. Reg. 108.477, 25 F.R. 9243, Sept. 28, 1960; Dept. Reg. 108.469, 26 F.R. 6441, July 18, 1961; Dept. Reg. 108.471, 26 F.R. 9549, Oct. 10, 1961; Dept. Reg. 108.472, 26 F.R. 10051, Oct. 26, 1961; Dept. Reg. 108.504, 29 F.R. 2782, Feb. 28, 1964]

CROSS REFERENCE: For validity period of passport for alien classifiable under section 212(d) (8) of the Act, see § 41.6(e) (2).

TEMPORARY ADMISSION OF INELIGIBLE ALIENS

§ 41.95

Procedure in recommending temporary admission of ineligible aliens.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, a consular officer may, upon his own initiative, and shall, upon the request of the Secretary of State or upon the request of the alien, submit a report to the Department for possible transmission to the Attorney General pursuant to the provisions of section 212(d) (3) (A) of the Act in the case of an alien who is classifiable as a nonimmigrant but who is known or believed by the consular officer to be ineligible to receive a nonimmigrant visa under the provisions of section 212(a) of the Act, other than paragraph (27) or (29).

(b) A consular officer may, in certain categories defined by the Secretary of State, recommend directly to designated immigration officers that an alien's temporary admission be authorized under the provisions of section 212(d) (3) (A) of the Act.

(c) When the Attorney General authorizes the temporary admission of an ineligible alien as a nonimmigrant and the consular officer is so informed, the consular officer may proceed with the issuance of a nonimmigrant visa to the alien, subject to the conditions imposed by the Attorney General.

(Sec. 212, 66 Stat. 182; 8 U.S.C. 1182) [Dept. Reg. 108.48, 28 F.R. 274, Jan. 10, 1963]

TYPES OF NONIMMIGRANT VISAS

§ 41.100 Regular, diplomatic and official visas.

A nonimmigrant visa of any classification shall be issued as a regular nonimmigrant visa unless the alien falls within one of the classes entitled to a diplomatic or official visa as described in §§ 41.102 and 41.104.

[Dept. Reg. 108.411, 24 F.R. 6687, Aug. 18, 1959]

(a) An alien who is in possession of a diplomatic passport or its equivalent and who is within any of the following classes: (1) Heads of states and their alternates; (2) members of a reigning royal family; (3) governors-general, governors, high commissioners, and similar high administrative or executive officers of a territorial unit, and their alternates; (4) cabinet ministers and their assistants holding executive or administrative positions not inferior to that of the head of a departmental division, and their alternates; (5) presiding officers of chambers of national legislative bodies; (6) justices of the highest national court of a foreign country; (7) ambassadors, public ministers, other officers of the diplomatic service and consular officers of career; (8) military officers holding a rank not inferior to that of a brigadier general in the United States Army or Air Force and Naval officers holding a rank not inferior to that of a rear admiral in the United States Navy; (9) military, naval, air and other attachés and assistant attachés assigned to a foreign diplomatic mission; (10) officers of foreign-government delegations to international organizations so designated by Executive Order; (11) officers of foreign-government delegations to, and officers of, international bodies of an official nature, other than international organizations so designated by Executive Order; (12) officers of a diplomatic mission of a temporary character proceeding to or through the United States in the performance of their official duties; (13) officers of foreigngovernment delegations proceeding to or from a specific international conference of an official nature; (14) members of the immediate family of a principal alien who is within one of the classes described in subparagraphs (1) to (11) inclusive, of this paragraph; (15) members of the immediate family accompanying or following to join the principal alien who is within one of the classes described in subparagraphs (12) and (13) of this paragraph; (16) diplomatic couriers proceeding to or through the United States in the performance of their official duties;

(b) Any other individual alien or class of aliens for whom the acceptance of an application for a diplomatic visa has been authorized by the Department or

by the Chief of a United States Diplomatic Mission, the Deputy Chief of Mission, the Counselor for Consular Affairs or the principal officer of a consular post not under the jurisdiction of a diplomatic mission.

(Sec. 212(e), 75 Stat. 527; 8 U.S.C. 1182) [Dept. Reg. 108.411, 24 F.R. 6687, Aug. 18, 1959, as amended by Dept. Reg. 108.422, 24 F.R. 11082, Dec. 31, 1959; Dept. Reg. 108.492, 28 F.R. 3261, Apr. 4. 1963]

§ 41.104 Classes of aliens eligible to receive official visas.

A nonimmigrant within one of the following categories shall, if otherwise qualified, be eligible to receive an official visa irrespective of his classification under § 41.12:

(a) An alien within one of the following classes who is not eligible to receive a diplomatic visa:

(1) Aliens within a class described in § 41.102(a) who are ineligible to receive a diplomatic visa because they are not in possession of a diplomatic passport or its equivalent;

(2) Aliens classifiable under section 101 (a) (15) (A) of the Act;

(3) Aliens classifiable under section 101 (a) (15) (G) of the Act, except those classifiable under section 101 (a) (15) (G) (iii) of the Act unless the government of which the alien is an accredited representative is recognized de jure by the United States;

(4) Aliens classifiable under section 101(a) (15) (C) of the Act as nonimmigrants described in section 212(d) (8) of the Act;

(5) Members and members-elect of national legislative bodies;

(6) Justices of the lesser national and the highest state courts of a foreign country;

(7) Officers and employees of national legislative bodies proceeding to or through the United States in the performance of their official duties;

(8) Clerical and custodial employees attached to foreign-government delegations to, and employees of, international bodies of an official nature, other than international organizations so designated by Executive Order, proceeding to or through the United States in the performance of their official duties;

(9) Clerical and custodial employees attached to a diplomatic mission of a temporary character proceeding to or through the United States in the performance of their official duties;

(10) Clerical and custodial employees attached to foreign-government delegations proceeding to or from a specific international conference of an official nature;

(11) Officers and employees of foreign governments recognized de jure by the United States who are stationed in foreign contiguous territories or adjacent islands;

(12) Members of the immediate family, attendants, servants and personal employees of, when accompanying or following to join, a principal alien who is within one of the classes referred to or described in subparagraphs (1) to (11) inclusive of this paragraph;

(13) Attendants, servants and personal employees accompanying or following to join, a principal alien who is within one of the classes referred to or described in § 41.102(a) (1) to (13) inclusive;

(b) Any other individual alien or class of aliens for whom the acceptance of an application for an official visa has been authorized by the Department or by the Chief of a United States Diplomatic Mission, the Deputy Chief of Mission, the Counselor for Consular Affairs, or the principal officer at a consular post not under the jurisdiction of a diplomatic mission.

[Dept. Reg. 108.411, 24 F.R. 6687, Aug. 18, 1959, as amended by Dept. Reg. 108.422, 24 F.R. 11082, Dec. 31, 1959; Dept. Reg. 108.433, 25 F.R. 4579, May 25, 1960]

APPLICATION FOR NONIMMIGRANT VISAS § 41.110 Place of application.

(a) Applications for regular and official visas. With the exception of certain aliens who are in the United States who may be issued nonimmigrant visas under the provisions of § 41.120, every alien applying for a regular or official visa shall make application to the consular officer in the consular district in which he has as his residence, except that a consular officer shall at the direction of the Department, or may in his discretion, accept an application for a non

immigrant visa from an alien having no residence in the consular district if the alien is physically present therein.

(b) Applications for diplomatic visas. Application for a diplomatic visa shall be made at a diplomatic mission or at a consular office authorized to issue diplomatic visas, regardless of the nationality or residence of the applicant.

[Dept. Reg. 108.411, 24 F.R. 6687, Aug. 18, 1959, as amended by Dept. Reg. 108.422, 24 F.R. 11082, Dec. 31, 1959]

CROSS REFERENCE: For applications for crew-list visas see § 41.127(b).

§ 41.111 Supporting documents.

(a) Authority to require documents and consideration accorded. The consular officer shall have authority to require such documents as he may consider necessary to establish the alien's eligibility to receive a nonimmigrant visa. All such documents submitted and any other evidence adduced by the alien shall be given consideration by the consular officer, including briefs submitted by attorneys or other representatives.

(b) Unobtainable documents. In the event an alien establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer that any document or record required under the authority of this section is unobtainable, the consular officer may accept in lieu of such document or record, other satisfactory evidence of the fact to which the document or record would, if obtainable, pertain. A document or other record shall be considered "unobtainable" if it cannot be procured without causing the applicant or a member of his family actual hardship other than normal delay and inconvenience.

(c) Photographs. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, every alien shall furnish with his application identical photographs of himself in such number as may be required in the discretion of the consular officer. The photographs shall reflect a reasonable likeness of the alien as of the time they are furnished, and shall be 12 by 12 inches in size, unmounted, without head covering, have a light background, and clearly show a full front view of the facial features of the alien. The reverse of each copy of the photograph shall be signed by the person executing the application (see § 41.115 (a)) with the full name of the applicant. The photograph requirement may be waived, in the discretion of the consular officer, in the

case of any alien who is (1) within a class of nonimmigrants described in sections 101(a) (15) (A), 101(a) (15) (G) or 212(d) (8) of the Act, (2) within a class of nonimmigrants classifiable under the visa symbol NATO-1 through NATO7, (3) an applicant for a diplomatic visa, (4) an applicant for an official visa, or (5) under sixteen years of age. A notation of any such waiver shall be made in the space provided in the application form for the alien's photograph. A new photograph need not be required, in the discretion of the consular officer, if there is on file at the consular office a photograph which was submitted in connection with a prior nonimmigrant visa application and which still reflects a reasonable likeness of the applicant.

(d) Police certificates. (1) An alien shall be required to present a police certificate if the consular officer has reason to believe that he may have a police or criminal record, except that no police certificate shall be required in the case of an alien who is (i) within a class of nonimmigrants described in section 101 (a) (15) (A) (i) or (ii), or section 101(a) (15) (G) (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv), or section 212(d) (8), of the Act, or (ii) within a class of nonimmigrants classifiable under the visa symbol NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, or NATO-6.

(2) A police certificate is a certification by the police or other appropriate authorities stating what, if anything, their records show concerning the alien. (Sec. 222, 66 Stat. 193; 8 U.S.C. 1202) [Dept. Reg. 108.411, 24 F.R. 6687, Aug. 18, 1959; 24 F.R. 6943, Aug. 27, 1959, as amended by Dept. Reg. 108.433, 25 F.R. 4579, May 25, 1960; Dept. Reg. 108.495, 28 F.R. 5375, May 30, 1963] § 41.112

Passports.

(a) Passport requirement. Except for certain persons in the A, C-3, G and NATO categories and persons for whom the passport requirement has been waived pursuant to the provisions of section 212(d) (4) of the Act, every applicant for a nonimmigrant visa shall present a passport as defined in section 101 (a) (30) of the Act and § 41.1 which is valid for the period required by section 212(a) (26) of the Act.

(b) Aliens included in a single passport. The passport requirement referred to under paragraph (a) of this section may be met by the presentation of a passport including more than one person if such inclusion is authorized