Family-based immigration—Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | Parents/elder relatives | Consular immigrant visa/new admission | Permanent residents
Family-based immigration—Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | Parents/elder relatives | Consular immigrant visa/new admission | Permanent residents
- 01Immigrant Category
- Family-based immigration—Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens
- 02Method of Obtaining Status
- Consular immigrant visa/new admission
- 03Applicant Role
- Parents / elder relatives
- 04Nature of Residency
- Permanent resident
Code source:Code source confirmed
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Definitions Not Publicly Displayed and Reasons:Description in the original official table is truncated ×1
Notes on Code and Data SourcesAvailability status (code and pathway assessed separately)
Code status
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Underlying pathway status
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02One-Sentence Status Summary
Family-based immigration—Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | Parents/elder relatives | Consular immigrant visa/new admission | Permanent residents
05Pathway Family and Related Immigration Pathways
Pathway family (working classification):Family-based immigration—Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens
Correspondence to specific subpathwaysUnsubstantiated / Pending Review: This edition retains only the working pathway-family classification provided by the source catalog.
Difficulty-of-Obtaining Scorev1
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An assessment under this site's editorial rules, not a government score, probability of approval, or individualized legal conclusion.Scoring Methodology
06Applicant Role
Source catalog's working classification:Parents / elder relatives
07Method of Obtaining Status
Source catalog's working classification:Consular immigrant visa/new admission
08Conditional Resident Status and Permanent Nature of Residence
Unsubstantiated / Pending Review：The source catalog does not specify conditional resident status for each entry.
Residence category (working classification):Permanent resident
09Principal Applicant / Derivative Relationship
This edition includes no documented code relationships; none are inferred from code prefixes or suffixes.
04Time Period and Evidentiary Limits on “Whether It Can Still Be Newly Obtained Today”
Time-period notation:Current consular immigrant visa symbols as of 2026-08
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Status not verified
This site has not yet verified through official materials whether this pathway is currently available; the existence of a code is not used to presume that it is open or closed.
Status recorded at the time of the original snapshot (not a conclusion about current status)
- Still listed in regulations as of 2026-08; actual scope of applicability depends on the specific law and case
Fields that were unverified at the time of the original snapshot remain unchanged. See the newly added pathway verification for current status; other fields are not thereby elevated to verified status.
03Official English and Chinese Working Translation
Parent of U.S. Citizen Who Acquired Permanent Resident Status under the Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act
Working Chinese name (translated): Family-based immigration—Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens | Parents/elder relatives | Consular immigrant visa/new admission | Permanent residents
10Same-Code / Cross-Era Notice
The source does not flag any risk of cross-era confusion.
The same code may have different meanings in different eras. The source and era are preserved for each entry below; entries are not merged across eras, nor does their inclusion indicate current validity.
There are also1 definitions pending manual verification, whose working fields have not been made public。
- VI5Current consular immigrant visa symbols as of 2026-08ECFR-0016-VI5
Parent of U.S. Citizen Who Acquired Permanent Resident Status under the Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act
- Official Grouping
- Immediate Relatives
- Legal Authority
- INA 201(b) & Section 2 of the Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act (Pub. L. 97-271).
Original Snapshot Notes (Not Current Status)
This table covers consular issuance only and does not indicate that the corresponding adjustment-of-status codes have been fully listed; identical-form/normalization collisions exist, so identification must take into account the era, legal authority, and source records.
11General Limitations for Existing Holders
- Discontinuation of a code does not automatically revoke LPR status previously lawfully obtained; an individual's status still depends on subsequent facts.
This page compiles code reference materials. It does not constitute legal advice or determine any individual's current immigration status.
01Code and Original Source Notation
Normalized code:VI5
The source contains no other notation differing from the normalized code.
12Sources, Dates, and Review Status (Entry by Entry)
ECFR-0016-VI5
22 CFR 42.11 current immigrant visa table · 2026-08-10 snapshot
Original snapshot review status:Official original text entered; Chinese is a working translation(As recorded at the time; for current status, see the newly added pathway verification below)
- ✓ Original English text：Verified as matching the official English original
- · Chinese name：Working Chinese translation, not subjected to word-by-word legal review
- ✓ Legal Authority：Legal authority checked against the official original text
- · Status in the original snapshot：Listed in the official current visa-symbol table (not proof of current availability); original snapshot only—see the added pathway verification for current status.
- ✓ Applicant Role：Role supported by an official label
- ✓ Method of Obtaining Status：Method of obtaining status supported by an official label
- · Status category：Listed in the official LPR code table (conditional status not separately verified)
Verification of a Newly Added Pathway:Status not verified
This site has not yet verified through official materials whether this pathway is currently available; the existence of a code is not used to presume that it is open or closed.
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