[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR40.24]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 40_REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS 
UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart C_Criminal and Related Grounds_Conviction of Certain Crimes
 
Sec. 40.24  Prostitution and commercialized vice.

    (a) Activities within 10 years preceding visa application. An alien 
shall be ineligible under INA 212(a)(2)(D) only if--
    (1) The alien is coming to the United States solely, principally, or 
incidentally to engage in prostitution, or has engaged in prostitution, 
or the alien directly or indirectly procures or attempts to procure, or 
procured or attempted to procure or to import prostitutes or persons for 
the purposes of prostitution, or receives or received, in whole or in 
part, the proceeds of prostitution; and
    (2) The alien has performed one of the activities listed in Sec. 
40.24(a)(1) within the last ten years.
    (b) Prostitution defined. The term ``prostitution'' means engaging 
in promiscuous sexual intercourse for hire. A finding that an alien has 
``engaged'' in prostitution must be based on elements of continuity and 
regularity, indicating a pattern of behavior or deliberate course of 
conduct entered into primarily for financial gain or for other 
considerations of material value as distinguished from the commission of 
casual or isolated acts.
    (c) Where prostitution not illegal. An alien who is within one or 
more of the classes described in INA 212(a)(2)(D) is ineligible to 
receive a visa under that section even if the acts engaged in are not 
prohibited under the laws of the foreign country where the acts 
occurred.
    (d) Waiver of ineligibility--INA 212(h). If an immigrant visa 
applicant is ineligible under INA 212(a)(2)(D) but is qualified to seek 
the benefits of INA 212(h), the consular officer shall inform the alien 
of the procedure for applying to INS for relief under that provision of 
law. A visa may not be issued to the

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alien until the consular officer has received notification from INS of 
the approval of the alien's application under INA 212(h).