[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: 22CFR42.62]

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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 G--Application for Immigrant Visas
 
Sec. 42.62  Personal appearance and interview of applicant.

    (a) Personal appearance of applicant before consular officer. Every 
alien applying for an immigrant visa, including an alien whose 
application is executed by another person pursuant to Sec. 42.63(a)(2), 
shall be required to appear personally before a consular officer for the 
execution of the application or, if in Taiwan, before a designated 
officer of the American Institute in Taiwan, except that the personal 
appearance of any child under the age of 14 may be waived at the 
officer's discretion.

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    (b) Interview by consular officer. Every alien executing an 
immigrant visa application must be interviewed by a consular officer who 
shall determine on the basis of the applicant's representations and the 
visa application and other relevant ducumentation--
    (1) The proper immigrant classification, if any, of the visa 
applicant, and
    (2) The applicant's eligibility to receive a visa.

The officer has the authority to require that the alien answer any 
question deemed material to these determinations.

[52 FR 42613, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 56 FR 49682, Oct. 1, 1991]