[Federal Register: December 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 241)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 42

[Public Notice 3504]

 
Change in Procedures for Payment of Certain Immigrant Visa Fees

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Interim rule; stay of regulation.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is staying the recent regulation 
pertaining to a change in procedures for the

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payment of certain immigrant visa fees, published in the Federal 
Register of September 8, 2000 (65 FR 54412).

DATES: Effective December 14, 2000, 22 CFR 42.71(b) is stayed until 
January 1, 2001, and Sec. 42.71(c) is added until January 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: H. Edward Odom, Chief, Legislation and 
Regulations Division, Visa Services, Department of State, Washington, 
DC 20520-0106, (202) 663-1204, e-mail odomhe@state.gov, or fax at (202) 
663-3898.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 8, 2000, (65 FR 54412-12) the 
Department published a rule which, among other things, changed the 
procedure for and the timing of the payment of the application 
processing fee by immigrant visa applicants at certain consular posts. 
At the time the rule was sent to the Federal Register it was intended 
to be effective upon publication. For technical reasons, it could not 
be implemented as intended on the date published in the Federal 
Register.

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 42

    Aliens, Immigrants, Passports and visas.
    22 CFR Part 42 is amended as follows:

PART 42--VISAS; DOCUMENTATION OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION 
AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED

    1. The authority citation for Part 42 continues to read:

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104.

    2. In Sec. 42.71 stay paragraph (b) until January 1, 2001, and add 
paragraph (c) until that date to read as follows:


Sec. 42.71  Authority to issue visas; visa fees.

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    (c) Immigrant visa fees. Fees are prescribed by the Secretary of 
State for the execution of an application for, and the issuance of, an 
immigrant visa. The application fee shall be collected prior to the 
visa interview and execution of the application. The issuance fee shall 
be collected after completion of the visa interview and prior to 
issuance of the visa. A fee receipt shall be issued for each fee. A fee 
collected for the application for or issuance of an immigrant visa is 
refundable only if the principal officer at a post or the officer in 
charge of a consular section determines that the visa was issued in 
error or could not be used as a result of action by the U.S. Government 
over which the alien had no control and for which the alien was not 
responsible.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
Maura Harty,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs.
[FR Doc. 00-31741 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]