[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2019)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22968-22969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10528]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 41

[Public Notice: 10726]
RIN 1400-AD93


Visa Information Update Requirements Under the Electronic Visa 
Update System (EVUS)

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Department of State is confirming the effective date of 
November 29, 2016, for the final rule that published in the Federal 
Register of October 26, 2016, instituting a requirement for 
nonimmigrant aliens who hold a passport issued by an identified country 
containing a U.S. nonimmigrant visa of a designated category to provide 
required information to DHS after the receipt of his or her visa of a 
designated category.

DATES: The effective date of final rule published in the Federal 
Register of October 20, 2016 (81 FR 72522), is confirmed: November 29, 
2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Beaumont, Acting Division 
Chief, U.S. Department of State, Office of Legislation and Regulations, 
CA/VO/L/R, 600 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20522, (202) 485-8910, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published a final rule, 
Public Notice 9530 at 81 FR 72522, October 20, 2016, with a request for 
comments, amending sections of part 41 of title 22 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations. The rule provided modifications to the visa 
revocation regulations, which, with the the DHS rule amending 8 CFR 
part 215, subpart B (RIN 1651-AB08), created the Electronic Visa Update 
System (EVUS). As provided in 8 CFR part 215, subpart B, EVUS is an 
online information update system that requires nonimmigrant aliens who 
hold a passport issued by an identified country containing a U.S. 
nonimmigrant visa of a designated category to enroll in EVUS by 
providing information to DHS after the receipt their visa. The final 
rule became effective on November 29, 2016, and remains unchanged.
    Analysis of Comments: The final rule was published with request for 
comments on October 20, 2016, Vol. 81, No. 203, Page 72522. The comment 
period closed on December 19, 2016. The Department received one non-
responsive comment to the final rule. As the comment was non-
responsive, it does not provide a basis to reconsider the rule.

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List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 41

    Aliens, Foreign officials, Immigration, Passports and visas, 
Students.

Regulatory Findings

    The Regulatory Findings included in the final rule are incorporated 
herein.

Executive Order 13771

    This rule is not subject to the requirements of E.O. 13771 (82 FR 
9339, February 3, 2017) because it is issued with respect to a foreign 
affairs function of the United States.
    Accordingly, for the reasons stated in the preamble, the final rule 
published on October 20, 2016, remains unchanged, and the amendments 
issued in the final rule became effective on November 29, 2016. See 81 
FR at 72523.

Carl C. Risch,
Assistant Secretary, Consular Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
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