22 C.F.R. § 41.25

NATO representatives, officials, and employees

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(a) Classification. An alien shall be classified under the symbol NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, NATO-4, or NATO-5 if the consular officer is satisfied that the alien is seeking admission to the United States under the applicable provision of the Agreement on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, National Representatives and International Staff, or is a member of the immediate family of an alien classified NATO-1 through NATO-5. (See § 41.12 for classes of aliens entitled to classification under each symbol.)

(b) Armed services personnel. Armed services personnel entering the United States in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement Between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of Their Forces or in accordance with the provisions of the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters Set Up Pursuant to the North Atlantic Treaty may enter the United States under the appropriate treaty waiver of documentary requirements contained in § 41.1 (d) or (e). If a visa is issued it is classifiable under the NATO-2 symbol.

(c) Dependents of armed services personnel. Dependents of armed services personnel referred to in paragraph (b) of this section shall be classified under the symbol NATO-2.

(d) Members of civilian components and dependents. Alien members of a civilian component accompanying a force entering in accordance with the provisions of the NATO Status-of-Forces Agreement, and dependents, or alien members of a civilian component attached to or employed by an Allied Headquarters under the Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters, and dependents shall be classified under the symbol NATO-6.

(e) Attendant, servant, or personal employee of an alien classified NATO-1 through NATO-6. An alien attendant, servant, or personal employee of an alien classified NATO-1 through NATO-6, and any member of the immediate family of such attendant, servant, or personal employee, shall be classified under the symbol NATO-7.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 1964–1986 · leading case: Dong Sik Kwon v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 646 F.2d 909 (5th Cir. 1981).
Dong Sik Kwon v. Immigr. & Naturalization Serv., 646 F.2d 909 (5th Cir. 1981). · cites it 2× “2(b) (1980), 22 C.F.R. 41.25 (1980). There is no quota for such visitors.”
Healy & Goodchild, 17 I. & N. Dec. 22 (BIA 1979). · cites it 3× “Soetion 101(a)(15)(B) of the Act; 22 C.F.R. 41.25. (3) Where an alien has failed to establish his entitlement to status as a nonimmigrant under any of the classifications set forth in section 101(a)(15) of the Act, he is properly excludable under section 212(a)(20) of the Act, 8…”
Dillin v. Comm'r, 56 T.C. 228 (Tax Ct. 1971). · cites it 2× “From this it appears that Dillin's sojourns in the United States were limited by the type of visa under which he traveled.”
Int'l Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen v. Meese, 616 F. Supp. 1387 (N.D. Cal. 1985). · cites it 4× “3 *1391 22 C.F.R. § 41.25 (b) (1985). See also 22 C.”
Yim Tong Chung v. Smith, 640 F. Supp. 1065 (S.D.N.Y. 1986). “See 22 C.F.R. § 41.25 (a)(1) (1985). 4 . Such a visa is available only to “an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning, who is a bona fide student qualified to pursue a full course of study and who seeks to enter the United States…”
Intern. Union of Bricklayers v. Meese, 616 F. Supp. 1387 (N.D. Cal. 1985). · cites it 5× “[3] *1391 22 C.F.R. § 41.25 (b) (1985). See also 22 C.”
Cortez-vasquez, 10 I. & N. Dec. 544 (BIA 1964). “The regulation following, 22 CFR 41.25 (b) , states that the term "business," as used in section 101 (a) (15) (B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, refers to legiti- Mate activities of a commercial or professional character.”
Martinez & Londono, 13 I. & N. Dec. 483 (BIA 1970). “In reaching this conclusion we do not rely on a definition of "visitor for pleasure" promulgated by the Department of State as 22 CFR 41.25, which definition was alluded to in Matter of Wong, supra.”
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