---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 C.F.R. § 215.21"
title: "8"
number: "215.21"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/8/215.21"
---

# §215.21. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to establish an electronic visa update system for nonimmigrant aliens who hold a passport issued by an identified country containing a U.S. nonimmigrant visa of a designated category.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 72491, Oct. 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 6 U.S.C. 202(4), 236; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1104, 1184, 1185 (pursuant to Executive Order 13323, 69 FR 241, 3 CFR, 2003 Comp., p. 278), 1357, 1365a and note, 1365b, 1379, 1731-32; and 8 CFR part 2.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 65516, Oct. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted.