1. (a) Evidence of visa. An immigrant visa shall be evidenced by a physical visa or by an electronic visa located in the Department's records. The appropriate symbol as prescribed in § 42.11, showing the classification of the alien, shall be entered on the visa.

2. (b) Visa format. A machine-readable visa shall be in the format designated by the Department, and contain, at a minimum, the following data:

   1. (1) Full name of the immigrant;
   2. (2) Visa symbol;
   3. (3) Location of the visa issuing office;
   4. (4) Passport number;
   5. (5) The registration number (A-number) assigned to the immigrant;
   6. (6) Sex;
   7. (7) Date of birth;
   8. (8) Nationality;
   9. (9) Date of issuance;
   10. (10) Date of expiration;
   11. (11) Visa control number;
   12. (12) Any annotations entered to reflect waivers or other information useful to an immigration officer at a port of entry (POE) upon the immigrant's application for admission to the United States;
   13. (13) A digitized photo of the immigrant; and
   14. (14) Machine-readable data that can be processed by an immigration officer at a POE.
3. (c) Disposition of supporting documents. Post shall, wherever possible, return original supporting documents furnished by the alien. Duplicate copies may be retained in the consular system, as required or necessary.

[84 FR 35299, July 23, 2019]