{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-40.62","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 40.62","heading":"Failure to attend removal proceedings.","body":"An alien who without reasonable cause failed to attend, or to remain in attendance at, a hearing initiated on or after April 1, 1997, under INA 240 to determine inadmissibility or deportability shall be ineligible for a visa under INA 212(a)(6)(B) for five years following the alien's subsequent departure or removal from the United States.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER E—VISAS","PART 40—REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO BOTH NONIMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart G—Illegal Entrants and Immigration Violators"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"e4b4b6b75acb476611764fbf52bba5ac2023e0633d74a702ffd71055a4cd524c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-40.61","next":"us/22-cfr-40.63"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}