[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 241 (Thursday, December 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 78243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31743]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3506]


Bureau of Consular Affairs; Designation of Certain Posts for 
Special Fee Payment Procedures

    This public notice identifies the initial ten posts designated by 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services for two purposes 
related to the payment of immigrant visa fees. The first purpose 
relates to the revised procedure for payment of the fee for the 
processing of an application for an immigrant visa set forth in the 
Federal Register on September 8, 2000, (65 FR 54598). That regulation 
is being stayed in a public notice today until a new effective date of 
January 1, 2001.
    The second purpose is to identify the posts for which a fee 
pursuant to Item 61 of the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22 
CFR 22.1) will be assessed for advance review of and assistance with 
the Affidavit of Support that is required in certain immigrant visa 
cases. Notice of this fee requirement is being added to the visa 
regulation pertaining to the Affidavit of Support requirement in 22 CFR 
40.41(b), being published today with an effective date of January 1, 
2001.
    The Department will publish further public notices as additional 
designations are made, until such time as both procedures have been 
made applicable worldwide.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services hereby designates 
the Foreign Service posts in the following cities: for participation in 
the initial stage of the new immigrant visa application processing fee 
payment system and the fee for review of and assistance with the 
Affidavit of Support required under section 213A of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act

Bogota, Colombia
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Georgetown, Guyana
Guangzhou, China
Manila, Philippines
Montreal, Canada
Port au Prince, Haiti
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Tirana, Albania.

    Dated: November 28, 2000.
George C. Lannon,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services.
[FR Doc. 00-31743 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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