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Paperwork Reduction Act Submission

Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration

OMB Number 1405-0185,

Form DS-260

1. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), Section 203 [8 U.S.C. § 1153] – Allocation of immigrant visas.

2. INA, Section 204 [8 U.S.C. § 1154] – Procedures for granting immigrant status.

3. INA section 208 [8 U.S.C. § 1158] – Asylum

4. INA, Section 212(a) [8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)] – Inadmissible aliens.

5. INA, Section 221 [8 U.S.C. § 1201] – Issuance of visas.

6. INA section 222 [8 U.S.C. § 1202] – Application for visas.

7. Code of Federal Regulations, Title 8, Chapter I, Subchapter B, Part 204 [8 CFR Part 204] – Immigrant Petitions.

8. Code of Federal Regulations Title 22, Chapter I, Subchapter E, Part 42 [22 CFR Part 42] –Visas: Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended.

9. Executive Order 14161 (January 20, 2025) [90 FR 8451], Protecting the United States From Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats