---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 40.62"
title: "22"
number: "40.62"
heading: "Failure to attend removal proceedings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/40.62"
---

# §40.62. Failure to attend removal proceedings.


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.


## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 67567, Dec. 29, 1997]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[62 FR 67567, Dec. 29, 1997]