[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 27, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57943-57944]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24698]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Immigration and Naturalization Service

8 CFR Part 245

[INS No. 2048-00]
RIN 1115-AF75


National Interest Waivers for Second Preference Employment-Based 
Immigrant Physicians Serving in Medically Underserved Areas or at 
Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities; Correction

AGENCY: Immigration and Naturalization Service, Justice.

ACTION: Correction to interim rule.

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SUMMARY: This rule contains a correction to an Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (Service) interim rule, published in the Federal 
Register on Wednesday, September 6, 2000, at 65 FR 53889. The interim 
rule established the procedure under which a physician may obtain a 
waiver of the job offer requirement that applies to alien beneficiaries 
of second preference employment-based immigrant visa petitions if the 
physician is willing to practice full-time in an area designated by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health 
care professionals, or in a facility operated by the Department of 
Veterans Affairs.

DATES: The interim rule is effective October 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Craig Howie, Headquarters 
Adjudications Officer, Adjudications Division, Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, 425 I Street, NW, Room 3040, Washington, DC 
20536, telephone (202) 353-8177.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service published an interim rule in the 
Federal Register on September 6, 2000, at 65 FR 53889. In the interim 
rule there is a reference to ``Sec. 204(n) of this chapter'' the 
reference should have been to ``Sec. 204.12(a) of this chapter.''

Corrections

    In rule document 00-22832 beginning on page 53889 in the issue of 
Wednesday, September 6, 2000, make the following correction:


Sec. 245.18  [Corrected]

    On page 53896, in the second column, under paragraph (i), on the 
8th line, the reference to ``Sec. 204(n)'' should be revised to read: 
``Sec. 204.12(a)''.

    Dated: September 21, 2000.
Doris Meissner,
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service.
[FR Doc. 00-24698 Filed 9-26-00; 8:45 am]
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