Consular / Visa Issuance

200 tracked rules affecting Consular / Visa Issuance.

Visas: Visa Bond Program — effective August 3, 2026
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates-Visa and Citizenship Services Fee Changes — effective July 1, 2026 — comments close July 9, 2026
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Fee for Administrative Processing of Request for Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States; Correction — effective April 16, 2026
Implementing First Responders Passport Act To Exempt Certain First Responders From Passport Fees — effective April 3, 2026
Improving Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Foreign Nationals in the United States — comments close May 26, 2026
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Fee for Administrative Processing of Request for Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United States — effective April 13, 2026
Visas: Enhancing Vetting and Combatting Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program — effective April 10, 2026
Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) — effective March 16, 2026
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates-Visa Services Fee Changes — effective September 16, 2025
Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program; Correction — effective August 20, 2025
Visas: Enhancing Vetting and Combatting Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program — comments close September 19, 2025
Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program — effective August 20, 2025
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2025 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective December 2, 2024
Notarial and Related Services — effective November 27, 2024
Designation of Qatar for the Visa Waiver Program — effective September 26, 2024
Third-Party Attendance at Appointments for Passport, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and Certain Other Services — effective June 12, 2024
Immigrant Visas — effective January 8, 2024
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2024 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective November 17, 2023
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Administrative Processing of Request for Certificate of Loss of Nationality (CLN) Fee — comments close November 1, 2023
Designation of Israel for the Visa Waiver Program — effective September 29, 2023
Third-Party Attendance at Appointments for Passport, Consular Report of Birth Abroad (CRBA), and Certain Other Services — comments close September 25, 2023
Visas: Nonimmigrant Visas; Immigrant Visas — effective September 12, 2023
Passports: Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) — effective July 24, 2023
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Nonimmigrant and Special Visa Fees — effective March 28, 2023
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Nonimmigrant and Special Visa Fees — effective May 30, 2023
Employment-Based Preference Immigrant Visa Final Action Dates and Dates for Filing for El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras
Visas: Immigrant Visas — comments close May 16, 2023
Visas: Procedures for Issuing Visas — effective April 5, 2023
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for FY 2023 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective December 15, 2022
Passports: Form DS-3053 Statement of Consent; Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBA) — comments close December 19, 2022
Visas: Eligibility for Diplomatic Visa Issuance In the United States — effective August 31, 2022
Visas: Diversity Immigrants — effective June 10, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Numerical Limitation for Second Half of FY 2022 for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective May 18, 2022
Implementation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) at U.S. Land Borders — effective May 2, 2022 — comments close May 2, 2022
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Elimination of the “Return Check Processing Fee” — effective March 24, 2022
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2022 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective January 28, 2022
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Nonimmigrant and Special Visa Fees — comments close February 28, 2022
Waiver of Personal Appearance and In-Person Oath Requirement for Certain Immigrant Visa Applicants Due to COVID-19 — effective December 13, 2021
Visas: Nonimmigrant Visas — effective December 6, 2021
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Passport Security Surcharge — effective December 27, 2021
Designation of Croatia for the Visa Waiver Program — effective December 1, 2021
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Documentary Services Fee — effective July 15, 2021
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Fee Change for Certain Border Crossing Cards — effective June 15, 2021
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2021 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program and Portability Flexibility for H-2B Workers Seeking To Change Employers — effective May 25, 2021
Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program, Implementation of Vacatur — effective May 19, 2021
Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in the United States: Delay of Effective and Transition Dates — effective November 14, 2022
Request for Information on Data Sources and Methods for Determining Prevailing Wage Levels for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in the United States — comments close June 1, 2021
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Passport Security Surcharge — comments close May 25, 2021
Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Immigrants and Non-Immigrants in the United States: Proposed Delay of Effective and Transition Dates — comments close April 21, 2021
Visas: Eligibility for Diplomatic and Official Visas — effective February 22, 2021
Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States — effective March 15, 2021
Visas: Visa Bond Pilot Program — effective December 24, 2020
Visas: Temporary Visitors for Business or Pleasure — comments close December 21, 2020
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services-Documentary Services Fee — comments close December 15, 2020
Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States — effective October 8, 2020 — comments close November 9, 2020
Strengthening the H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Classification Program — effective December 7, 2020 — comments close November 9, 2020
Visas: Temporary Visitors for Business or Pleasure — effective January 24, 2020
Designation of Poland for the Visa Waiver Program — effective November 11, 2019
Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds — effective October 15, 2019 — comments close November 12, 2019
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates-Visa Services Fee Changes — effective July 23, 2019
Visas: Diversity Immigrants — effective June 5, 2019 — comments close July 5, 2019
Visa Information Update Requirements Under the Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) — effective October 20, 2016
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2019 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective May 8, 2019 — comments close July 8, 2019
Visas: Waiver for Ineligible Nonimmigrants Under Section 212(d)(3)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act — effective May 6, 2019
Refusal Procedures for Visas — effective April 22, 2019
Elimination of Nonimmigrant Visa Exemption for Certain Caribbean Residents Coming to the United States as H-2A Agricultural Workers — effective August 6, 2018
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2018 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective May 31, 2018
Passports — effective May 11, 2018
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates-Passport Services Fee Changes — effective April 2, 2018
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates — effective April 2, 2018
Passports — comments close February 12, 2018
Exercise of Time-Limited Authority To Increase the Fiscal Year 2017 Numerical Limitation for the H-2B Temporary Nonagricultural Worker Program — effective July 19, 2017
Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers — effective January 17, 2017
Establishment of the Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) — effective October 20, 2016
Visas: Visa Information Update Requirements Under the Electronic Visa Update System (EVUS) — effective November 29, 2016 — comments close December 19, 2016
Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates-Passport Services Fee Changes — comments close November 18, 2016
Visas: Diversity Immigrants — effective October 17, 2016
Expansion of Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility — effective August 29, 2016
Elimination of Nonimmigrant Visa Exemption for Certain Caribbean Residents Coming to the United States as H-2A Agricultural Workers — effective February 19, 2016
Retention of EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 Immigrant Workers and Program Improvements Affecting High-Skilled Nonimmigrant Workers — comments close February 29, 2016