§ 42.73. Procedure in issuing visas.

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(a)Evidence of visa. An immigrant visa shall be evidenced by a physical visa or by an electronic visa located in the Department's records. The appropriate symbol as prescribed in § 42.11, showing the classification of the alien, shall be entered on the visa.

(b)Visa format. A machine-readable visa shall be in the format designated by the Department, and contain, at a minimum, the following data:

(1)Full name of the immigrant;

(2)Visa symbol;

(3)Location of the visa issuing office;

(4)Passport number;

(5)The registration number (A-number) assigned to the immigrant;

(6)Sex;

(7)Date of birth;

(8)Nationality;

(9)Date of issuance;

(10)Date of expiration;

(11)Visa control number;

(12)Any annotations entered to reflect waivers or other information useful to an immigration officer at a port of entry

(POE)upon the immigrant's application for admission to the United States;

(13)A digitized photo of the immigrant; and

(14)Machine-readable data that can be processed by an immigration officer at a POE.

(c)Disposition of supporting documents. Post shall, wherever possible, return original supporting documents furnished by the alien. Duplicate copies may be retained in the consular system, as required or necessary. \[84 FR 35299, July 23, 2019\]