INA: ACT 248 - CHANGE OF NONIMMIGRANT CLASSIFICATION 

 

Sec. 248. [8 U.S.C. 1258] The Attorney General may, under such conditions as he may prescribe, authorize a change from any nonimmigrant classification to any other nonimmigrant classification in the case of any alien lawfully admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant who is continuing to maintain that status and who is not inadmissible under section 212(a)(9)(B)(i)(or whose inadmissibility under such section is waived under section 212(a)(9)(B)(v)),1/ except in the case of-
 

(1) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (C), (D), (K), or (S) of section 101(a)(15),
 

(2) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (J) of section 101(a)(15) who came to the United States or acquired such classification in order to receive graduate medical education or training,
 

(3) an alien (other than an alien described in paragraph (2)) classified as a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (J) of section 101(a)(15) who is subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement of section 212(e) and has not received a waiver thereof, unless such alien applies to have the alien's classification changed from classification under subparagraph (J) of section 101(a)(15) to a classification under subparagraph (A) or (G) of such section, and 

 

(4) an alien admitted as a nonimmigrant visitor without a visa under section 212(l) or section 217. 

 

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FOOTNOTES FOR SECTION 248 

 

INA: ACT 248 FN 1 

 

FN 1     Amended by § 301(b)(2) of IIRIRA. 

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