---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 42.62"
title: "22"
number: "42.62"
heading: "Personal appearance and interview of applicant."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/42.62"
---

# §42.62. Personal appearance and interview of applicant.

- (a) **Personal appearance of applicant before consular officer.** Every alien applying for an immigrant visa, including an alien whose application is executed by another person pursuant to [§ 42.63(a)(2)](/cfr/22/42.63.md?p=a-2), shall be required to appear personally before a consular officer for the execution of the application or, if in Taiwan, before a designated officer of the American Institute in Taiwan, except that the personal appearance of any child under the age of 14 may be waived at the officer's discretion.
- (b) **Interview by consular officer.**
  - (1) Every alien executing an immigrant visa application must be interviewed by a consular officer who shall determine on the basis of the applicant's representations and the visa application and other relevant documentation—
    - (i) The proper immigrant classification, if any, of the visa applicant, and
    - (ii) **The applicant's eligibility to receive a visa.**
  - (2) The officer has the authority to require that the alien answer any question deemed material to these determinations.

## Notes

### Amendments

[86 FR 70740, Dec. 13, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104 and 1182; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 108-449, 118 Stat. 3469; The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954 (Pub. L. 106-279, 114 Stat. 825); 8 U.S.C. 1101 (Pub L. 117-31, 135 Stat. 309); 8 U.S.C. 1154 (Pub. L. 109-162, 119 Stat. 2960); 8 U.S.C. 1201 (Pub. L. 114-70, 129 Stat. 561).

### Source

Source: 52 FR 42613, Nov. 5, 1987, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[86 FR 70740, Dec. 13, 2021]