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48 Possession Or Use Of False Visa 18 USC § 1546(a) (First Paragraph) Title 18, United States Code, Section 1546, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to knowingly [possess] [use] a false or counterfeit visa or other document required [for entry into] [as evidence of an authorized stay or employment in] the United States. The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt: First: That the Defendant knowingly [possessed] [uttered or used] [attempted to use] a[n] [immigrant or nonimmigrant visa] [permit] [border crossing card] [alien registration receipt card] required [for entry into] [as evidence of authorized stay or employment in] the United States, as charged; and Second: That in so doing the Defendant acted willfully and with knowledge that such [immigrant or nonimmigrant visa] [permit] [border crossing card] [alien registration receipt card] [other document] [had been forged, counterfeited, altered or falsely made] [had been procured by means of a false claim or statement]. To "utter or use" a document simply means to exhibit or display it to someone else. ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 15 46 (a) (first paragraph) provides: Whoever knowingly utters, uses [or] attempts to use any [immigrant or nonimmigrant] visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States, knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made, or to have been procured by means of any false claim or statement [shall be guilty of an offense against the United States]. Maximum Penalty: Ten (10) years imprisonment and applicable fine.