---
kind: "section"
citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1775"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
number: "1775"
heading: "Retention of nonimmigrant visa applications by the Department of State"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/1775"
units:
  - "Chapter 15 — Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform"
  - "Subchapter VI — Miscellaneous Provisions"
---

# §1775. Retention of nonimmigrant visa applications by the Department of State


The Department of State shall retain, for a period of seven years from the date of application, every application for a nonimmigrant visa under [section 101(a)(15)](/usc/8/101.md) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)](/usc/8/1101.md?p=a-15)) in a form that will be admissible in the courts of the United States or in administrative proceedings, including removal proceedings under such Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](/usc/8/1101.md) et seq.], without regard to whether the application was approved or denied.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 107–173, title VI, § 606, May 14, 2002, 116 Stat. 565.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in text, is act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, which is classified principally to chapter 12 (§ 1101 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.