Establishment of a $3 Immigration User Fee for Certain Commercial Vessel Passengers Previously Exempt

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• Document number: 02-12045
• Type: Proposed Rule
• Published: May 14, 2002
• Comments close: May 28, 2002
• Agency: Justice Department; Immigration and Naturalization Service

Official abstract

On April 3, 2002, at 67 FR 15753, the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register proposing to require certain commercial vessel operators and/or their ticketing agents to charge a $3 user fee from every commercial vessel passenger whose journey originated in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, a territory or possession of the United States, or an adjacent island except those exempted under section 286(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) or 8 CFR part 286. The original comment period for the proposed rule closed on May 3, 2002. To ensure that the public has ample opportunity to fully review and comment on the proposed rule, this document reopens the comment period to May 28, 2002.

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