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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 2278 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve immigration law enforcement within the interior of the United... · Sec. 404

Sec. 404. Authorizing the Department of State to not interview certain ineligible visa applicants

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Section 222(h)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1202(h)(1) ) is amended by inserting the alien is determined by the Secretary of State to be ineligible for a visa based upon review of the application or after unless . Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue guidance to consular officers on the standards and processes for implementing the authority to deny visa applications without interview in cases where the alien is determined by the Secretary of State to be ineligible for a visa based upon review of the application.
Not less frequently than once each quarter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress a report on the denial of visa applications without interview, including— the number of such denials; and a post-by-post breakdown of such denials.
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