[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8836-8837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2878]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Bureau of Consular Affairs

[Public Notice 3562]


Certain Foreign Passports Validity

    In accordance with section 212(a)(7)(B) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(7)(B)), a nonimmigrant alien 
who makes an application for a visa or for admission into the United 
States is required to possess a passport that: (1) Is valid for a 
minimum of six months beyond the date of the expiration of the initial 
period of the alien's admission into the United States or contemplated 
initial period of stay and, (2) authorizes the alien to return to the 
country from which he or she came, or to proceed to and enter some 
other country during such period. Because of the foregoing requirement, 
certain competent authorities have agreed that their passports will be 
recognized by them as valid for the return of the bearer for a period 
of six months beyond the expiration date specified in the passport. In 
determining the application

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of (INA) 212(a)(7)(B), the validity period of an unexpired passport 
shall be six months after the expiration date set forth in the 
passport. Although already on the list, bearers of Nicaraguan 
passports, until now, have been limited to diplomatic and official. 
This public notice adds Nicaragua to the list of competent authorities 
that have provided the necessary assurances to the Government of the 
United States. The updated list of competent authorities that have made 
the necessary assurances is shown below:

Table of Foreign Passports Recognized for Extended Validity

ALGERIA
ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
AUSTRIA
BAHAMAS, THE
BANGLADESH
BARBADOS
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CANADA
CHILE
COLOMBIA
COSTA RICA
COTE D'IVOIRE
CUBA
CYPRUS
CZECH REPUBLIC
DENMARK
DOMINICA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
ECUADOR
EGYPT
EL SALVADOR
ETHIOPIA
FINLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
GRENADA
GUINEA
HONG KONG (Certificates of identity & passports)
HUNGARY
ICELAND
INDIA
IRELAND
ISRAEL
ITALY
JAMAICA
JAPAN
JORDAN
KOREA
KUWAIT
LAOS
LEBANON
LIECHTENSTEIN
LUXEMBOURG
MADAGASCAR
MALAYSIA
MALTA
MAURITIUS
MEXICO
MONACO
NETHERLANDS
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NIGERIA
NORWAY
OMAN
PAKISTAN
PANAMA
PARAGUAY
PERU
PHILIPPINES
POLAND
PORTUGAL
QATAR
RUSSIA
SENEGAL
SINGAPORE
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
SLOVENIA
SOUTH AFRICA
SPAIN
SRI LANKA
ST. KITTS & NEVIS
ST. LUCIA
ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
SUDAN
SURINAME
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
SYRIA
TAIWAN
THAILAND
TOGO
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
TUNISIA
TURKEY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
UNITED KINGDOM
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA

    Public Notice 3015 of March 24, 1999 published at 64 FR 14300 is 
hereby superseded.

    Dated: January 21, 2001.
Mary A. Ryan,
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-2878 Filed 2-1-01; 8:45 am]
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