---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch12/schII/ptI"
level: "part"
label: "Part I"
heading: "Selection System"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch12-schII-ptI"
sections_count: 13
---

# Part I — Selection System

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality › Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality › Subchapter II — Immigration

## Sections

- [§1151. Worldwide level of immigration](/usc/8/1151.md)
- [§1151a. Repealed.](/usc/8/1151a.md)
- [§1152. Numerical limitations on individual foreign states](/usc/8/1152.md)
- [§1153. Allocation of immigrant visas](/usc/8/1153.md)
- [§1153a. Transparency](/usc/8/1153a.md)
- [§1154. Procedure for granting immigrant status](/usc/8/1154.md)
- [§1155. Revocation of approval of petitions; effective date](/usc/8/1155.md)
- [§1156. Unused immigrant visas](/usc/8/1156.md)
- [§1157. Annual admission of refugees and admission of emergency situation refugees](/usc/8/1157.md)
- [§1158. Asylum](/usc/8/1158.md)
- [§1159. Adjustment of status of refugees](/usc/8/1159.md)
- [§1160. Special agricultural workers](/usc/8/1160.md)
- [§1161. Repealed.](/usc/8/1161.md)