[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR42.1]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 42--VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart A--Visa and Passport Not Required for Certain Immigrants
 
Sec. 42.1  Aliens not required to obtain immigrant visas.


    An immigrant within any of the following categories is not required 
to obtain an immigrant visa:
    (a) Aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence. An alien who 
has previously been lawfully admitted for permanent residence and who is 
not required under the regulations of INS to present a valid immigrant 
visa upon returning to the United States.
    (b) Alien members of U.S. Armed Forces. An alien member of the U.S. 
Armed Forces bearing military identification, who has previously been 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is coming to the United 
States under official orders or permit of those Armed Forces.
    (c) Aliens entering from Guam, Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands. 
An alien who has previously been lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence who seeks to enter the continental United States or any other 
place under the jurisdiction of the United States directly from Guam, 
Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands of the United States.

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    (d) Child born after issuance of visa to accompanying parent. An 
alien child born after the issuance of an immigrant visa to an 
accompanying parent, who will arrive in the United States with the 
parent, and apply for admission during the period of validity of the 
visa issued to the parent.
    (e) Child born of a national or lawful permanent resident mother 
during her temporary visit abroad. An alien child born during the 
temporary visit abroad of a mother who is a national or lawful permanent 
resident of the United States if applying for admission within 2 years 
of birth and accompanied by either parent applying and eligible for 
readmission as a permanent resident upon that parent's first return to 
the United States after the child's birth.
    (f) American Indians born in Canada. An American Indian born in 
Canada and having at least 50 per centum of blood of the American Indian 
race.