TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                  Part III--Issuance of Entry Documents

 
Sec. 1204. Immediate relative and special immigrant visas

    A consular officer may, subject to the limitations provided in 
section 1201 of this title, issue an immigrant visa to a special 
immigrant or immediate relative as such upon satisfactory proof, under 
regulations prescribed under this chapter, that the applicant is 
entitled to special immigrant or immediate relative status.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 3, Sec. 224, 66 Stat. 195; Pub. 
L. 89-236, Sec. 11(d), Oct. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 918.)


                               Amendments

    1965--Pub. L. 89-236 struck out reference to sections 1154 and 1155 
of this title and substituted ``special immigrant or immediate 
relative'' for ``nonquota immigrant''.


                    Effective Date of 1965 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 89-236, see section 20 of 
Pub. L. 89-236, set out as a note under section 1151 of this title.