BS
Boise Standard
Treasure Valley · AI Directory
22 U.S.C. · Foreign Relations and Intercourse
22 U.S.C. § 7842

Eligibility for refugee or asylum consideration

Ch. 85 — NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
Title 22 U.S.C. ● ACTIVE Primary Source Ch. 85
Statutory Text

22 U.S.C. § 7842 — Eligibility for refugee or asylum consideration

U.S.C. Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE 22 U.S.C. United States Code, 2023 Edition Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 85 - NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS SUBCHAPTER III - PROTECTING NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES Sec. 7842 - Eligibility for refugee or asylum consideration From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov

§7842. Eligibility for refugee or asylum consideration

(a) Purpose The purpose of this section is to clarify that North Koreans are not barred from eligibility for refugee status or asylum in the United States on account of any legal right to citizenship they may enjoy under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. It is not intended in any way to prejudice whatever rights to citizenship North Koreans may enjoy under the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, or to apply to former North Korean nationals who have availed themselves of those rights. (b) Treatment of nationals of North Korea For purposes of eligibility for refugee status under section 1157 of title 8, or for asylum under section 1158 of title 8, a national of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea shall not be considered a national of the Republic of Korea.

(Pub. L. 108–333, title III, §302, Oct. 18, 2004, 118 Stat. 1295.)

Source: uscode.house.gov — public domain Official Source ↗
Root-LD Entity Data
◈ Machine-Readable Provenance Record Root-LD v1.0 · boisestandard.org
Federation ID
BS-USC22-SEC-CF76F8
Entity Class
STATUTE / FEDERAL-CODE-SECTION
Domain Signature
boisestandard.org
Citation
22 U.S.C. § 7842
Jurisdiction
Federal — United States
Status
✓ ACTIVE
Source
PRIMARY-SOURCE
Source Verified
✓ TRUE
Content Hash
754db3d6656f3b11...
Semantic Edges
Pending — corpus passes queued
The statutory text of 22 U.S.C. § 7842 is reproduced from the official United States Code as published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives (uscode.house.gov).
Navigate Corpus — Title 22
← 22 U.S.C. § 7841 22 U.S.C. § 7843 →
Ch. 85 — NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS
22 U.S.C. § 780122 U.S.C. § 780222 U.S.C. § 780322 U.S.C. § 781122 U.S.C. § 781222 U.S.C. § 781322 U.S.C. § 781422 U.S.C. § 781522 U.S.C. § 781622 U.S.C. § 781722 U.S.C. § 783122 U.S.C. § 783222 U.S.C. § 783322 U.S.C. § 783422 U.S.C. § 784122 U.S.C. § 784222 U.S.C. § 784322 U.S.C. § 784422 U.S.C. § 784522 U.S.C. § 7846
22 U.S.C. — public domain ← All Legislation
◈ Provenance
boisestandard.org → United States → Law → U.S. Code → Title 22 → 22 U.S.C. § 7842