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title: "8 U.S.C. § 1201a"
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title_number: 8
title_name: "ALIENS AND NATIONALITY"
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citation: "8 U.S.C. § 1201a"
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# 8 U.S.C. § 1201a - Repealed. Pub. L. 99–653, § 5(b), formerly § 5(a)(d), Nov. 14, 1986, 100 Stat. 3656, renumbered § 5(b), Pub. L. 100–525, § 8(d)(2), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2617

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 85–316, § 8, Sept. 11, 1957, 71 Stat. 641, related to waiver of fingerprinting requirements for nonimmigrant aliens.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal applicable to applications for immigrant visas made, and visas issued, on or after Nov. 14, 1986, see section 23(b) of Pub. L. 99–653, set out as an Effective Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 1201 of this title.