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Title 8Aliens and NationalityPart / Section
Chapter IDepartment of Homeland Security1 – 499
Subchapter BImmigration Regulations100 – 299
Part 204Immigrant Petitions204.1 – 204.314
Subpart AImmigrant Visa Petitions204.1 – 204.13
§ 204.1General information about immediate relative and family-sponsored petitions.
§ 204.2Petitions for relatives, widows and widowers, and abused spouses and children.
§ 204.3Orphan cases under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Act (non-Hague Adoption Convention cases).
§ 204.4Amerasian child of a United States citizen.
§ 204.5Petitions for employment-based immigrants.
§ 204.6Petitions for employment creation immigrants.
§ 204.7Preservation of benefits contained in savings clause of Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1976.
§ 204.8 [Reserved]
§ 204.9Special immigrant status for certain aliens who have served honorably (or are enlisted to serve) in the Armed Forces of the United States for at least 12 years.
§ 204.10 [Reserved]
§ 204.11Special immigrant juvenile classification.
§ 204.12How can second-preference immigrant physicians be granted a national interest waiver based on service in a medically underserved area or VA facility?
§ 204.13How can the International Broadcasting Bureau of the United States Broadcasting Board of Governors petition for a fourth preference special immigrant broadcaster?
Subpart B [Reserved]
Subpart CIntercountry Adoption of a Convention Adoptee204.300 – 204.314