Sometime starting after 1924 immigrants were required to get a visa from the US consulate in their native country before embarking to the USA. That's what these seem to be. If you go to the image no. 2 you will see a description of column 12 under instructions for preparing manifests. Mike -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Susan Fevola Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 6:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NJHUDSON] IMMIGRATION QUESTION Importance: High Hi Mike, The ancestor's name is: Vincenzo Fevola, sailing from Havana, Cuba into New York, arrived 14 July 1939 on the SS American "Oriente". He's Italian and apparently he came into Cuba and then into New York. Thanks for taking an interest. Susan Mike McHenry wrote: >Can you give the ancestors name, port and date of arrival? I would like to >look at the manifest. Do these notation appear to be a different hand >writing then the manifest? > Mike > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >On Behalf Of Susan Fevola >Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 11:15 AM >To: GEN Hudson Co NJ >Subject: [NJHUDSON] IMMIGRATION QUESTION >I just found an ancestor in the Ancestry Immigration List and under the >column Immigration Status it states: >QIV. (NP) 4522. Does anyone know what that stands for? On the same >page there are entries such as: QIV (2nd Pref), QIV (4-C or O) [not >clear], QIV (PREF) and QIV (4-A) They all have a 4 digit number, >however many of those listed are sequential numbers. >Hope someone can help. >Susan >[email protected] > > > > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message