2 Replies Latest reply on May 25, 2018 7:54 AM by Catrine Giery

Non-immigrant visas in the 1940s and early 1950s

Catrine Giery May 15, 2018 1:44 PM

I would like to learn more about visitors visas (non-immigrant) visas in the 1940s and/or early 1950s for use by visitors/tourists to enter the USA from abroad on a temporary basis. Does anyone know where I can find that information? As far as I have been able to find out, these visas were issued by embassies abroad. What information, etc., was required to obtain such a visa? How long could a person stay legally on a visitor's visa? What were the restrictions? How was it enforced?

I have not been able to find much information about this yet and hope someone here can help.

Thank you!

Re: Non-immigrant visas in the 1940s and early 1950s

Andrew Begley May 21, 2018 6:42 AM (in response to Catrine Giery)

Dear Ms. Giery,

Thank you for posting your question to History Hub. There is a good overview of State Department records available at the National Archives here, including a section on visa records in Record Group 59. It sounds like your best bet would be to consult the series General Visa Correspondence, 1914-1949 or Visa Case Files, 1914-1940. Both of these series are located at the National Archives Facility in College Park, MD. For more information, please contact the reference staff in College Park at archives2reference@nara.gov.

Best of luck with your research!

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  Thank you very much for your helpful answer, Mr. Begley.
  
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