Visa

Definition and stakes

Portrait of Potter Stewart Potter Stewart,  United States v. Campos-Serrano…

“ The Alien Registration Act of 1940 required that an alien present one of three special documents-a visa, a re-entry permit, or a border-crossing identification card-in order to come into the United States. 54 Stat. 673.↑ The 1952 INS regulation provided that the alien registration receipt card could be used as a permissible substitute for a visa of a re-entry permit in effecting a re-entry into this country from a contiguous country. ”
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Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963)

“ If a consular officer passes through or is in the territory of a third State, which has granted him a visa if a visa was necessary, while proceeding to take up or return to his post or when returning to the sending State, the third State shall accord to him all immunities provided for by the other Articles of the present Convention as may be required to ensure his transit or return. ”
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Charles Evans Hughes,  Hamburg-American Line v. United States…

“ They could thus avoid the trouble and delay incident to the procuring of an immigration visa from a consulate abroad. [4] The permit is prima facie evidence of the fact that the alien is returning from a temporary visit. The regulations prescribed under section 10 and section 13 (b) except aliens who have such permits from the requirement that an immigration visa must be obtained. See Immigration Rules of March 1, 1927 ”
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