22 CFR § 40.3 - Entry into areas under U.S. administration.

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title: "22 CFR § 40.3 - Entry into areas under U.S. administration."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "40.3"
section_name: "Entry into areas under U.S. administration."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "VISAS"
part_number: "40"
part_name: "REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "8 U.S.C. 1104, 1182, 1183a, 1641"
regulatory_source: "56 FR 30422, July 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 40.3 Entry into areas under U.S. administration.

An immigrant or nonimmigrant seeking to enter an area which is under U.S. administration but which is not within the “United States”, as defined in INA 101(a)(38), is not required by the INA to be documented with a visa unless the authority contained in INA 215 has been invoked.