---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 40.205"
title: "22"
number: "40.205"
heading: "Applicant for immigrant visa under INA 203(c)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/40.205"
---

# §40.205. Applicant for immigrant visa under INA 203(c).


An alien shall be ineligible to receive a visa under INA 203(c) if the alien does not have a high school education or its equivalent, as defined in [22 CFR 42.33(a)(2)](/cfr/22/42.33.md?p=a-2), or does not have, within the five years preceding the date of application for such visa, at least two years of work experience in an occupation which requires at least two years of training or experience.


## Notes

### Amendments

[59 FR 55045, Nov. 3, 1994. Redesignated at 61 FR 59184, Nov. 21, 1996]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 30422, July 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 61 FR 59184, Nov. 21, 1996.

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104, 1182, 1183a, 1641

### Source

Source: 56 FR 30422, July 2, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[59 FR 55045, Nov. 3, 1994. Redesignated at 61 FR 59184, Nov. 21, 1996]