Visas: Passports and Visas Not Required for Certain Nonimmigrants-Visa Waiver Program

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 02-19540
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: August 2, 2002
• Effective: August 2, 2002
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

On May 7, 2002, the Department of State published in the Federal Register [see 67 FR 30546], a document which removed the list of countries designated to participate in the Visa Waiver Program. The rule also amended the regulation by replacing "Visa Waiver Pilot Program" with "Visa Waiver Program" since the program is no longer a pilot program. The Department is publishing this rule to correct an error in this document.

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