[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR50.7]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 50--U.S. EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE TWO-YEAR 
FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 50.7  Personal hardship, persecution and visa extension considerations.

    (a) It is not within the Department's jurisdiction to consider 
applications for waiver based on:
    (1) Exceptional hardship to the exchange visitor's American or 
legally resident alien spouse or child; or
    (2) The alien's unwillingness to return to the country of his/her 
nationality or last residence on the grounds that he/she or family 
members would be subject to persecution on account of race, religion or 
political opinion.
    (b) Likewise, this Department is not responsible for considering 
requests to extend visas.
    (c) Inquiries concerning the above should be directed to the 
District Office of the Immigration and Naturalization Service which has 
jurisdiction over the exchange visitor's place of residence in the 
United States.

[49 FR 9900, Mar. 16, 1984. Redesignated at 67 FR 77696, Dec. 19, 2002]