
      If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is denied admission to
    the United States and removed, or does not apply for admission
    before the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an alien
    having an immigrant visa issued to him as a preference immigrant is
    found not to be a preference immigrant, an immigrant visa or a
    preference immigrant visa, as the case may be, may be issued in
    lieu thereof to another qualified alien.

                                AMENDMENTS                            
      1996 - Pub. L. 104-208 substituted "denied admission to the
    United States and removed" for "excluded from admission to the
    United States and deported".
      1965 - Pub. L. 89-236 substituted provisions allowing immigrant
    visas or preference immigrant visas to be issued to another
    qualified alien in lieu of immigrants excluded or deported,
    immigrants failing to apply for admission, or immigrants found not
    to be preference immigrants, for provisions relating to revocation
    of approval of petitions which, with minor amendments, were
    transferred to section 1155 of this title.
                     EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT                 
      Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective, with certain transitional
    provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than
    180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104-208,
    set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
                     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.

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