[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 66 (Friday, April 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16483-16484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8337]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3970]


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

    This public notice adds additional posts, located in Asia, the Near 
East, and South America to those already 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 the 
application for an immigrant visa set forth in the Federal Register on 
September 8, 2000, (65 FR 54598). The effective date of that notice was 
stayed until January 1, 2001 by a public notice in the Federal Register 
of December 14, 2000, (65 FR 78243).
    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 was added to the visa regulation 
pertaining to the Affidavit of Support requirement in 22 CFR 40.41(b), 
and was effective January 1, 2001.
    The Department will publish further public notices as additional 
designations are made.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services has designated the 
Foreign Service posts in the following cities for participation in 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.
    The effective date of this notice is May 1, 2002.

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Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.................  Abu Dhabi, United Arab
                                          Emirates.
Accra, Ghana...........................  Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Algiers, Algeria.......................  Amman, Jordan.
Ankara, Turkey.........................  Antananarivo, Madagascar.
Asmara, Eritrea........................  Auckland, New Zealand.
Bogota, Colombia.......................  Cairo, Egypt.
Caracas, Venezuela.....................  Casablanca, Morocco.
Chennai, India.........................  Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Colombo, Sri Lanka.....................  Cotonou, Benin.
Dakar, Senegal.........................  Damascus, Syria.
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania................  Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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Djibouti, Djibouti.....................  Doha, Qatar.
Freetown, Sierra Leone.................  Georgetown, Guyana.
Guangzhou, China.......................  Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam..............  Hong Kong.
Islamabad, Pakistan....................  Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jerusalem..............................  Johannesburg, South Africa.
Kathmandu, Nepal.......................  Kinshasa, Democratic Republic
                                          of the Congo.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.................  Kuwait, Kuwait.
Lagos, Nigeria.........................  Libreville, Gabon.
Lilongwe, Malawi.......................  Lome, Togo.
Lusaka, Zambia.........................  Manama, Bahrain.
Manila, Philippines....................  Monrovia, Liberia.
Montevideo, Uruguay....................  Montreal, Canada.
Mumbai, India..........................  Muscat, Oman.
Naha, Japan............................  Nairobi, Kenya.
New Delhi, India.......................  Niamey, Niger.
Nicosia, Cyprus........................  Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Perth, Australia.......................  Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.........  Praia, Cape Verde Islands.
Rangoon, Burma.........................  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sanaa, Yemen...........................  Santo Domingo, Dominican
                                          Republic.
Seoul, Korea...........................  Singapore, Singapore.
Suva, Fiji.............................  Sydney, Australia.
Taipei, Taiwan.........................  Tel Aviv, Israel.
Tirana, Albania........................  Tokyo, Japan.
Tunis, Tunisia.........................  Valletta, Malta.
Vientiane, Laos........................  Yaounde, Cameroon.
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    Dated: March 26, 2002.
Wayne G. Griffith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-8337 Filed 4-4-02; 8:45 am]
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