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Form DS-7781

1. Public Law 114-70, 129 STAT. 561 – Adoptive Family Relief Act, October 16, 2015

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/PLAW-114publ70

2. 8 U.S.C. 1201(c) – Issuance of Visas

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2011-title8/USCODE-2011-title8-chap12-subchapII-partIII-sec1201

3. 22 CFR 42 – Visas: Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality

Act, As Amended

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CFR-2016-title22-vol1/CFR-2016-title22-vol1-part42

4. 8 U.S.C. 1202(f) – Application for Visas

https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCODE-2015-title8/USCODE-2015-title8-chap12-subchapII-partIII-sec1202