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

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: 2016-25308
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: October 20, 2016
• Effective: November 29, 2016
• Comments close: December 19, 2016
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

The Department of State is coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security on 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.

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