---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 41.52"
title: "22"
number: "41.52"
heading: "Information media representative."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/41.52"
---

# §41.52. Information media representative.

- (a) **Representative of foreign press, radio, film, or other information media.** An alien is classifiable as a nonimmigrant information media representative if the consular officer is satisfied that the alien qualifies under the provisions of INA 101(a)(15)(I) and is a representative of a foreign press, radio, film, or other information medium having its home office in a foreign country, the government of which grants reciprocity for similar privileges to representatives of such a medium having home offices in the United States.
- (b) **Classification when applicant eligible for both I visa and E visa.** An alien who will be engaged in foreign information media activities in the United States and meets the criteria set forth in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section shall be classified as a nonimmigrant under INA 101(a)(15)(I) even if the alien may also be classifiable as a nonimmigrant under the provisions of INA 101(a)(15)(E).
- (c) **Spouse and children of information media representative.** The spouse or child of an information media representative is classifiable under INA 101(a)(15)(I) if accompanying or following to join the principal alien.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101; 1102; 1103, 1104; 1182; 1184; 1185 note (Section 7209 of Pub. L. 108-458, as amended by Section 546 of Pub. L. 109-295); 1201; 1258; 1323; 1361; 2651a.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 42597, Nov. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted.