[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: 22CFR40.62] [Page 169] 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 G_Illegal Entrants and Immigration Violators Sec. 40.62 Failure to attend removal proceedings. An alien who without reasonable cause failed to attend, or to remain in attendance at, a hearing initiated on or after April 1, 1997, under INA 240 to determine inadmissibility or deportability shall be ineligible for a visa under INA 212(a)(6)(B) for five years following the alien's subsequent departure or removal from the United States. [62 FR 67567, Dec. 29, 1997]