22 C.F.R. § 42.67 Execution of application, registration, and fingerprinting.
Title 22 - Foreign Relations
(a) Execution of visa application—(1) Application fee. A fee is prescribed for each application for an immigrant visa. It shall be collected prior to the execution of the application and a receipt shall be issued. (2) Oath and signature. The applicant shall be required to read the Form DS–230, Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration, when it is completed, or it shall be read to the alien in the alien's language, or the alien otherwise informed of its full contents. Aliens shall be asked whether they are willing to subscribe thereto. If the alien is not willing to subscribe to the application unless changes are made in the information stated therein, the required changes shall be made. The application shall then be sworn to or affirmed and signed by or on behalf of the applicant before a consular officer, or a designated officer of the American Institute of Taiwan, who shall then sign the application over the officer's title. (b) Registration. The alien shall be considered to be registered for the purposes of INA 221(b) and 203(g) upon the filing of Form DS–230, when duly executed, or the transmission by the Department to the alien of a notification of the availability of an immigrant visa, whichever occurs first. (c)(1) Fingerprinting. An alien may be required at any time prior to the execution of Form DS–230 to have a set of fingerprints taken if such procedure is necessary for purposes of identification or investigation. (2) NCIC name check response. When an automated database name check query indicates that an immigrant applicant may have a criminal history record indexed in an NCIC database, the applicant shall be required to have a set of fingerprints taken in order for the Department to obtain such record. The applicant must pay the fingerprint processing fee as indicated in the schedule of fees found at 22 CFR 22.1. [52 FR 42613, Nov. 5, 1987, as amended at 55 FR 29015, July 17, 1990; 56 FR 49682, Oct. 1, 1991; 67 FR 8478, Feb. 25, 2002; 67 FR 77161, Dec. 17, 2002; 71 FR 34522, June 15, 2006]
Title 22: Foreign Relations
PART 42—VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED
Subpart G—Application for Immigrant Visas
§ 42.67 Execution of application, registration, and fingerprinting.
