Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-102
§1204 Immediate Relative and Special Immigrant Visas
Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part III — Issuance of Entry Documents › § 1204
Summary
Consular officers issue immigrant visas to special or immediate relatives if proof under section 1201 and this chapter shows eligibility.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1204
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A consular officer may, subject to the limitations provided in section 1201 of this title, issue an immigrant visa to a special immigrant or immediate relative as such upon satisfactory proof, under regulations prescribed under this chapter, that the applicant is entitled to special immigrant or immediate relative status.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original, “this Act”, meaning act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, known as the Immigration and Nationality Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1965—Pub. L. 89–236 struck out reference to section 1154 and 1155 of this title and substituted “special immigrant or immediate relative” for “nonquota immigrant”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1965 AmendmentFor
Effective Date
of amendment by Pub. L. 89–236, see section 20 of Pub. L. 89–236, set out as a note under section 1151 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1204
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102