Visas: Nonimmigrant Visas; Immigrant Visas

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of State 22 CFR Parts 41 and 42 [Public Notice: 12080] RIN 1400-AF53 AGENCY: Department of State. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Department of State (Department) amends its regulations governing nonimmigrant and immigrant visas to update classification symbols and descriptions for certain immigrant and nonimmigrant visas. DATES: This final rule is effective on September 12, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrea Lage, Acting Senior Regulatory Coordinator, Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 600 19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20522, (202) 485-7586, VisaRegs@state.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. What changes to 22 CFR 41.12 , 41.84 , and 42.11 does this Final Rule make? The Department is amending 22 CFR 41.12 to include classification symbols and related descriptions for the CW-1, CW-2, E-2C, and T-6 visa classifications. The Department is also amending 22 CFR 42.11 to include classification symbols and related descriptions for surviving spouses and children, as described in Section 403(a) of the Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (“ESSAA”), Public Law 117-31 , 135 Stat. 309, as well as classification symbols and related descriptions for EB-5 immigrant visas initiated by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, Division BB of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, Public Law 117-103 (“EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act”). The changes in the classification descriptions under this Final Rule will have no i…