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This order shall take effect immediately and shall supersede the provisions of Executive Order No. 5869 of June 30, 1932 [p. 244], entitled "Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States," so far as they govern aliens entering the Philippine Islands.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED OF ALIENS ENTERING THE
UNITED STATES

FROM MARCH 9, 1935, TO APRIL 12, 1938

[Executive Order No. 6986 of March 9, 1935]

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of May 22, 1918 (40 Stat. 559), as extended by the Act of March 2, 1921 (41 Stat. 1205-1217), I hereby prescribe the following documentary requirements for aliens desiring admission into the United States. (The provisions of this Order shall be applicable to Chinese and to Philippine citizens who are not citizens of the United States except as may be otherwise provided by special laws and regulations governing the entry of such persons):

I

1. Non-immigrants must present unexpired passports or official documents in the nature of passports issued by the governments of the countries to which they owe allegiance or other travel documents showing their origin and identity prescribed in regulations issued by the Secretary of State, and valid passport visas, or, in lieu of passport visas, if passing in transit through the United States to a foreign destination, transit certificates granted by authorized officers of the United States, except in the following cases:

(a) A non-immigrant alien who is a through passenger on a vessel touching at a port of the United States, landing temporarily while the vessel is in port.

(b) A non-immigrant alien coming within a category and domiciled in a country, island, or territory of the Western Hemisphere, specified in regulations issued by the Secretary of State, passing in transit through the United States or entering the United States temporarily.

(c) A non-immigrant alien lawfully admitted into the United States who later goes in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory.

(d) A non-immigrant alien child born subsequent to the issuance of the passport visa or transit certificate of an accompanying parent, the visa or transit certificate not having expired.

(e) An alien who has previously been legally admitted into the United States with a diplomatic visa or with a passport visa as a non-immigrant as defined by Section 3 (1), or Section 3 (6) of the Immigration Act of 1924, and who has departed temporarily therefrom and returned within six months, not having proceeded to any place outside the countries, islands and territories of the Western Hemisphere specified in regulations issued by the Secretary of State and not having relinquished the status in which he was originally admitted.

2. In cases of emergency the Secretary of State is authorized in his discretion to waive passport and visa requirements for a non

immigrant alien who applies for admission at a port of entry of the United States.

3. No passport visa or transit certificate shall be granted to an alien whose entry would be contrary to the public safety.

II

1. Immigrants must present unexpired passports or official documents in the nature of passports issued by the governments of the countries to which they owe allegiance or other travel documents showing their origin and identity, prescribed in regulations issued by the Secretary of State, and valid immigration visas granted by the consular officers of the United States in accordance with the requirements of the Immigration Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 153, 169) and the regulations issued thereunder, except in the following cases:

(a) An alien immigrant child born subsequent to the issuance of the immigration visa of an accompanying parent, the visa not having expired.

(b) An alien immigrant child born during the temporary visit abroad of a mother who is a citizen of the United States or of an alien mother who has previously been legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence, under such regulations as may be prescribed.

(c) An alien immigrant who has previously been legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence, has departed temporarily therefrom and returned within six months, not having proceeded to any place outside the countries, islands and territories in the Western Hemisphere specified in regulations issued by the Secretary of State.

(d) An alien who has previously been legally admitted into the United States as a non-quota immigrant student, has departed temporarily therefrom and returned within six months, not having proceeded to any place outside the countries, islands and territories of the Western Hemisphere specified in regulations issued by the Secretary of State, and not having relinquished his student

status.

(e) An alien immigrant who has previously been legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence and who is returning from a round trip cruise without transshipment from the original vessel to another vessel while en route.

(f) An alien immigrant who has previously been legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence, has departed there from and is returning from a temporary visit abroad, and who holds an unexpired permit to reenter issued pursuant to Section 10 of the Immigration Act of 1924.

2. An immigrant Spanish national who on April 11, 1899 (whether adult or minor), was a bona fide resident of Puerto Rico or adjacent islands which comprised the Province of Puerto Rico, and who, in conformity with Article IX of the Treaty between the United States and Spain of April 11, 1899, has preserved his allegiance to Spain, may present a passport visa, in lieu of an immigration visa, for entry into Puerto Rico. The Act of May 26, 1926 (c. 400, 44 Stat. 657), provides that such aliens may be admitted into Puerto Rico without regard to the provisions of the Immigration Act of 1924, except Section 23.

8. In such classes of cases and under such conditions as may be by regulations prescribed, the immigration visa requirements may be waived, under Section 13 (b) of the Immigration Act of 1924, and the passport requirements may also be waived, for an alien immigrant who has previously been legally admitted into the United States for permanent residence, has departed therefrom and is returning from a temporary visit abroad.

4. In such classes of cases and under such conditions as may be by regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State the passport requirements may be waived for any immigrant.

III

The Executive Secretary of the Panama Canal is hereby authorized to issue passport visas, transit certificates and immigration visas to aliens coming to the United States from the Canal Zone; the Governor of American Samoa is hereby authorized to issue passport visas, transit certificates and immigration visas to aliens coming to the United States from American Samoa; and the Governor of Guam is hereby authorized to issue passport visas, transit certificates and immigration visas to aliens coming to the United States from Guam.

IV

The documentary requirements for aliens desiring to enter American possessions outside the United States, except the Philippine Islands, are to be prescribed by the competent authorities in such possessions.

V

The definitions contained in Section 28 of the Immigration Act of 1924 shall be regarded as applicable to this Order, except as herein otherwise specified.

VI

The Secretary of State and the Secretary of Labor are hereby authorized to make such additional rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this Order, as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Order and the statutes mentioned herein.

This Order shall take effect immediately and shall supersede the provisions of Executive Order No. 5869 of June 30, 1932, entitled, "Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States" [p. 244], so far as they govern aliens entering American territory other than the Philippine Islands, but shall not supersede Executive Order No. 4049 of July 14, 1924, entitled, "Documents Required of Aliens Entering the United States on Airships" [p. 230], or Executive Order No. 6722 of May 26, 1934, entitled "Documents Required of Bona Fide Alien Seamen Entering the United States" [p. 247].22

Executive Order No. 6986 of March 9, 1935 has been superseded by Executive Order No. 7865 of April 12, 1938. However, Executive Order No. 6986 may have effect on deportation cases of aliens who did not have the documents required by this Executive Order at the time of their arrival. See also Executive Order No. 7865 (April 12, 1938), p. 254, No. 8029 (December 27, 1938), p. 258, No. 8430 (June 5, 1940), p. 263, 8766 (June 8, 1941), p. 266, Presidential Proclamation 2523 (Nov. 14, 1941), p. 269, and Executive Order 9352 (June 15, 1943), p. 284, for documentary requirements during other periods subsequent to March 9, 1935.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED OF BONA FIDE ALIEN SEAMAN
ENTERING THE UNITED STATES

FROM JANUARY 26, 1938, TO JUNE 5, 1940

[Executive Order No. 7797 of January 26, 1938]

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The following supersedes Executive order of May 26, 1934, No. 6722:

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of May 22, 1918 (40 Stat. 559), as extended by the act of March 2, 1921 (41 Stat. 1205, 1217), I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the entry of alien seamen into the United States:

I

Seamen whose occupational status as such is found to be bona fide, entering the ports of the United States solely in the pursuit of their calling as seamen, may be admitted temporarily in the discretion of the Attorney General and under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General without passports or visas if arriving in the United States under the following circumstances:

(a) Seamen who were members of the crew of an American vessel which has been sold and delivered abroad, when the contract of employment provides for the return of the crew or the laws of the United States provide for their return to an American port.

(b) Seamen returned to the United States in accordance with the terms of the articles of outward voyage.

(0) Shipwrecked or cast-away seamen rescued by or transferred to a vessel bound to an American port.

(d) Seamen who are American consular passengers, or are repatriated without expense to the United States Government following and in accordance with the terms of their discharge in a foreign port before an American consular officer, but who, for any reason, cannot be considered as serving as seamen on the vessel on which they arrive at an American port.

(e) Seamen arriving in the United States, sent forward by the owners to join a foreign vessel as members of the crew.

II

Masters of maritime vessels (except Government vessels and such other vessels as the Secretary of State, in his discretion, may indicate) of all nationalities sailing for a port of the United States must submit for visa a list of all the alien members of the vessel's crew to the American consular officer at the port from which the vessel commences its voyage. If there is no consular officer stationed at that port, but there is one stationed at a nearby place to whom the list may be submitted by mail for visa without delay of the vessel's departure, the list must be so submitted for visa. If there is no consular officer stationed nearby the list must be submitted for visa at the first port of call where a consular officer is stationed but if the vessel does not call at any such port then no visa of the crew list will be required. The visa of a shipping commissioner in the Canal Zone shall be equivalent to the visa of an American consular officer, but consular agents are not authorized to visa crew lists. The visaed crew list must be de

livered to the immigration authorities at the vessel's first port of call in the United States.

Alien seamen whose names are not on a vessel crew list when a visaed crew list is required of the vessel on which they arrive at a port of the United States shall not be allowed to land without the permission of the Secretary of State, except that for such seamen arriving at a port in the Virgin Islands the Governor thereof is authorized to grant such permission.

As used in this order, the term "United States" shall include the Territories of Alaska and Hawaii, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

The Secretary of State and the Attorney General are hereby authorized to make such additional rules and regulations, not inconsistent with this order, as may be deemed necessary for carrying out the provisions of this order and the statutes mentioned therein.

This order shall take effect immediately and shall supersede Executive Order No. 6722 of May 26, 1934, entitled "Documents Required of Bona Fide Alien Seamen Entering the United States" [p. 247].23

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED OF ALIENS ENTERING THE
UNITED STATES

FROM APRIL 12, 1938, TO DECEMBER 27, 1938

[Executive Order No. 7865 of April 12, 1938]

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of May 22, 1918 (40 Stat. 559), as extended by the act of March 2, 1921 (41 Stat. 1205, 1217), I hereby prescribe the following regulations pertaining to documents required of aliens entering the United States (which regulations shall be applicable to Chinese and to Philippine citizens who are not citizens of the United States except as may be otherwise provided by special laws and regulations governing the entry of such persons):

PART I

1. Nonimmigrants must present unexpired passports, or official documents in the nature of passports, issued by the governments of the countries to which they owe allegiance, or other travel documents showing their origin and identity, prescribed in regulations issued by the Secretary of State, and valid passport visas, or, in lieu of passport visas, if passing in transit through the United States to a foreign destination, transit certificates granted by authorized officers of the United States, except in the following cases:

(a) A nonimmigrant alien who is a passenger on a vessel entering a port of the United States, landing temporarily while the vessel is in port.

(b) A nonimmigrant alien coming within a category and domiciled in a country, island, or territory of the Western Hemisphere,

Executive Order No. 7797 of January 26, 1938, has been superseded by Executive Order No. 8429 of June 5, 1940. However, Executive Order No. 7797 may have effect in deportation cases of allen seamen who did not have the documents required by this Executive Order at the time of their arrival. See also Executive Order No. 8429 (June 5, 1940), p. 262, Presidential Proclamation 2523 (Nov. 14, 1941), p. 269, and Executive Order 9352 (June 15, 1943), p. 284, for documentary requirements during the period subsequent to January 26, 1938.

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