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OI 207.5 Applicants from non-established refugee countries.
207.5 Applicants from non-established refugee countries. When an application is received from a prospective refugee who is fleeing from a country wherein he was last a resident, and that country has not been previously recognized as among refugees of special humanitarian concern or otherwise in the national interest, the views of the Department of State shall be requested by forwarding the application and a covering memorandum to the Director of Refugee and Parole, Central Office. Upon receipt of the Stat
e Department's views, a decision will be furnished the requesting office.