Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Brussels Embassy Visa Processing Option

Brussels Embassy Visa Processing Option As an alternative to obtaining the visa at the Moscow Embassy where section 243(g) sanctions applied, the Moscow Embassy on March 16, 1962 inquired of the Brussels Embassy whether Marina could obtain her visa there. The Brussels Embassy replied affirmatively, indicating a visa could be issued to Marina within two or three days of her arrival. The Marina Oswald file was accordingly sent to the Brussels Embassy to preserve this option pending the outcome of the State Department’s effort to have INS reverse its denial of the section 243(g) waiver.

第二章 With the assistance of Agent in Charge Sorrels of the

Chapter II describes how the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service ultimately reversed its original position and granted a waiver of section 243(g) sanctions on May 9, 1962, enabling Marina Oswald to immigrate to the United States with her husband Lee Harvey Oswald and their daughter. After a careful review and in view of strong State Department representations, the INS waived the sanctions in behalf of Mrs. Oswald. The chapter then sets out the legal justifications for the decisions affecting Marina Oswald’s admission, including her status as the wife of a U.S. citizen, the assurance that she would not become a public charge, her membership in Communist organizations, and the waiver of section 243(g) provisions. The chapter also covers Oswald’s letter to Senator John G. Tower and the State Department repatriation loan extended to Oswald for passage from Moscow to New York.