{"data":{"id":"us/8-u.s.c.-1204","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"8 U.S.C. § 1204","heading":"Immediate relative and special immigrant visas","body":"A consular officer may, subject to the limitations provided in section 1201 of this title, issue an immigrant visa to a special immigrant or immediate relative as such upon satisfactory proof, under regulations prescribed under this chapter, that the applicant is entitled to special immigrant or immediate relative status.","path":["Title 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY","CHAPTER 12—IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc08@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:55:57Z","sha256":"0ec30a5e8dff90de07ec49d6c9b84f22f2b518905772c18c29b144a64cad2633","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/8-u.s.c.-1203","next":"us/8-u.s.c.-1205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}