Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 22 - Foreign Relations last revised: Dec 10, 2026
§ 40.103 -

An alien who would otherwise be ineligible under INA 212(a)(9)(C)(i) shall not be ineligible under such paragraph if the U.S. citizen child in question is physically located in a foreign state which is party to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.

[61 FR 1833, Jan. 24, 1996]
source: 56 FR 30422, July 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 22 CFR 40.103