1 Situated in the Asia-Pacific Triangle (sec. 202 (b); 8 U.S.C. 1152).

2 Sec. 202 (c) (8 U.S.C. 1152) provides that not more than 100 persons born in any one colony or other component or dependent area of the governing country shall be chargeable to the quota of the governing country in any one year.

BOUNDARIES OF CERTAIN QUOTA AREAS

(Source: Visa Office, Department of State)

The boundaries of a "quota area," in most instances, are the present international boundaries. However, the international boundaries as of January 1938 are still effective as the boundaries of "quota areas" in certain parts of Europe, as indicated below. The following descriptions of certain "quota areas" are intended to include all cases where there might be some doubt as to the boundaries for quota purposes.

Arabian Peninsula is a "quota area" comprising Kuwait, Bahrein, Qatar, the Trucial Sheikhdoms, and all other portions of the peninsula not specifically indicated.

Asia-Pacific Triangle. Sec. 202(b)(1) provides an "Asia-Pacific quota" of 100, to which shall be charged certain quota immigrants, as provided in Sec. 202 (b) of the Act.

Austria. The 1938 boundaries.

Bulgaria. The 1938 boundaries.

China. Includes Manchuria, Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia, Sinkiang, and Tibet, within the 1938 boundaries of China; and also Taiwan.

Czechoslovakia. The January 1938 boundaries (therefore includes the Sudetenland areas, and Carpathian Ruthenia). Danzig, Free City of. The 1938 boundaries.

Estonia. The 1938 boundaries.

Ethiopia. Includes Eritrea.

Finland. The 1938 boundaries.

France. Includes the thirteen departments of the northern part of the Delegation-General of Algeria, long politically a part of metropolitan France, but not the Saharan departments in southern Algeria. Each of the "overseas departments" created in 1946 (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and Réunion), each of the "overseas territories" Comoro Islands, French Polynesia, French Somaliland, French Southern and Antarctic Territories (Kerguelen Is., etc.), New Caledonia and dependencies, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the condominium of New Hebrides and the "autonomous republic" of Mauritania, is regarded as within the intent of Sec. 202 (c) applying to a "colony or other component or dependent area." (The AsiaPacific triangle provisions apply to the French colonial and other dependent areas in the Asia-Pacific triangle.)

Germany. The 1938 boundaries.

Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The colony or other dependent area to which the provisions of Sec. 202 (c) apply individually, correspond to official British usage. For example, the limitation of 100 each, within the quota of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,

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will apply to each of the following: Antigua,1 Bahamas, Barbados,' Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica,1 Montserrat, St. Christopher,1 St. Lucia,1 St. Vincent, and Trinidad and Tobago. (The Asia-Pacific triangle provisions apply to the British colonial and other dependent areas in the Asia-Pacific triangle.)

Greece. Includes the Dodecanese, as ceded by Italy in 1947.
Hungary. The 1938 boundaries.

India. The 1950 boundaries; the state of Junagadh, and Jammu and
Kashmir included, at least for the present.

Israel. Includes that part of Jerusalem under Israeli administration; excludes the "Gaza strip," Jordan-occupied Palestine, and the demilitarized and neutral zones.

Italy. The 1950 boundaries; therefore excludes the Dodecanese, Eritrea, Libya, but includes the area of Italian administration in the former Free Territory of Trieste.

Japan. Japan proper, the Habomai group and Shikotan; and the Ryukyu Islands not under U.S. administration.

Jordan. Includes only territory east of the Jordan River.

Korea. Includes all Korea.

Latvia. The 1938 boundaries.

Lithuania. The 1938 boundaries.

Morocco. Includes the former French and Spanish zones in Morocco, and former Tangier International Zone.

Pakistan. Does not include Jammu and Kashmir, and the state of Junagadh, at least for the present.

Palestine. Comprises that part of Jerusalem under Arab administration, Jordan-occupied Palestine, the various demilitarized and neutral zones, and the "Gaza strip." Poland. The 1938 boundaries.

Portugal. Includes Madeira and the Azores as integral parts of Portugal. The provisions of Sec. 202 (c) apply to the Cape Verde Islands and to each of the overseas provinces in Africa (Portuguese Guinea, Principe and São Tomé, Angola, and Mozambique). The Asia-Pacific Triangle provisions apply to the overseas provinces in Asia-Portuguese India (Goa, Damao, and Diu), Macao, and Portuguese Timor.

Rumania. Excludes Bessarabia and that part of Bucovina ceded to the Soviet Union in 1940. Includes southern Dobruja.

Somali Republic. Includes the former trust territory of Somaliland and the former protectorate of British Somaliland.

Spain. Includes, as integral parts of Spain, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, and the following areas of Spanish sovereignty in North Africa; Alhucemas, Ceuta, Islas Chafarinas, Melilla, Peñón de Velez. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The 1938 boundaries, plus Bessarabia and that part of Bucovina ceded by Rumania in 1940. Vietnam. Coterminous with the three former French areas of Tongking, Annam and Cochinchina, in Indochina.

Yugoslavia. Includes the area of Yugoslav administration in the former Free Territory of Trieste.

1 Colonies included within the Federation of The West Indies.

VISA SYMBOLS

(22 CFR 41.12; 25 Fed. Reg. 4577, 7017)

Citations refer to the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 167; 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) unless otherwise indicated.

NONIMMIGRANTS

The following symbols are inserted by consular officers in the space provided in the visa stamp to show the classification of a nonimmigrant alien.

Attendant, servant, or personal employee of A-1 and A-2 classes, and members of immediate family.

Temporary visitor for business.

Temporary visitor for pleasure..
Alien in transit..

Alien in transit to United Nations Headquarters District under sec. 11 (3), (4), or (5) of the Headquarters Agreement.

Foreign-government official, members of immediate family, attendant, servant, or personal employee, in transit.

Crewman (seaman or airman).

Treaty trader, spouse and children.

Treaty investor, spouse and children.

101 (a) (15) (C).
do..

212(d) (8)

101 (a) (15) (D)
101 (a) (15) (E) (i)
101 (a) (15) (E) (ii)
101 (a) (15) (F)
101 (a) (15) (G) (i).

101 (a) (15) (A) (iii) –

A-3

C-1

C-2

C-3

D

E-1

E-2

F

G-1

Student

Principal resident representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, his staff, and members of immediate family.

Other representative of recognized foreign member government to international organization, and members of immediate family. Representative of nonrecognized or nonmember foreign government to international organization, and members of immediate family.

International organization officer or employee, and members of
immediate family.

Attendant, servant, or personal employee of G-1, G-2, G-3, and
G-4 classes, and members of immediate family.
Temporary worker of distinguished merit and ability.

Temporary worker performing services unavailable in the United
States.

Industrial trainee.

Representative of foreign information media, spouse and children..
Exchange visitor.

Principal permanent representative of Member State to NATO
(including any of its subsidiary bodies) resident in the United
States and resident members of his official staff: Secretary Gen-
eral, Deputy Secretary General, Assistant Secretaries General
and Executive Secretary of NATO; other permanent NATO
officials of similar rank; and members of immediate family.
Other representatives of Member States to NATO (including any
of its subsidiary bodies) including representatives, advisers and
technical experts of delegations, and members of immediate
family; dependents of member of a force entering in accordance
with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agreement
or in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on the Status
of International Military Headquarters; members of such a force
if issued visas.

Official clerical staff accompanying a representative of Member State to NATO (including any of its subsidiary bodies) and members of immediate family.

101 (a) (15) (H) (iii).
101 (a) (15) (I)

402(f) and 101(a)(15).
Art. 12, 5 U.S.T. 1094;
Art. 20, 5 U.S.T. 1098.

Art. 13, 5 U.S.T. 1094; NATO-2
Art. 1, 4 U.S.T. 1794;
Art. 3, 4 U.S.T. 1796.

Art. 14, 5 U.S.T. 1096. NATO-3

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NONIMMIGRANTS-Continued

Class

Officials of NATO (other than those classifiable under NATO-1)
and members of immediate family.
Experts, other than NATO officials classifiable under the symbol
NATO-4, employed on missions on behalf of NATO; and their
dependents.
Members of a civilian component accompanying a force entering
in accordance with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces
Agreement; members of a civilian component attached to or
employed by an Allied Headquarters under the Protocol on the
Status of International Military Headquarters set up pursuant
to the North Atlantic Treaty; and their dependents.
Attendant, servant, or personal employee of NATO-1, NATO-2,
NATO-3, NATO-4, NATO-5, and NATO-6 classes, and mem-
bers of immediate families.

NONQUOTA IMMIGRANTS

The following symbols are used in cases of nonquota immigrants:

Parent of United States citizen admitted as alien under Refugee 6, Act of Sept. 22, 1959..
Relief Act of 1953.

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