[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 42 (Monday, March 4, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 14151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-04915]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Delegation of Authority No. 347]


Delegation by the Secretary of State to the Assistant Secretary 
for Consular Affairs and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa 
Services of the Authority To Make Findings of Extraordinary 
Circumstance for Aliens Who Remain in the United States Beyond Their 
Authorized Periods

    By virtue of the authority vested in me as Secretary of State, 
including Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act, as 
amended (22 U.S.C. 2651a), I hereby delegate to the Assistant Secretary 
for Consular Affairs and the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa 
Services, to the extent authorized by law, the authority under 
Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222(g)(2)(B), 8 U.S.C. 
1202(g)(2)(B), to make findings that extraordinary circumstances exist, 
relative to circumstances that may be confronted by one or more aliens, 
to ensure that the alien would not be denied admission by operation of 
section 222(g) on a subsequent application for admission, when they 
remained in the United States beyond their authorized period of stay.
    Any act, executive order, regulation, or procedure subject to, or 
affected by, this delegation shall be deemed to be such act, executive 
order, regulation, or procedure as amended from time to time.
    Notwithstanding this delegation of authority, the Secretary, the 
Deputy Secretary, the Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, 
and the Under Secretary for Management may at any time exercise any 
authority or function delegated by this delegation of authority.
    This delegation of authority shall be published in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: January 29, 2013.
Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Secretary of State.
[FR Doc. 2013-04915 Filed 3-1-13; 8:45 am]
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