Visas: Diversity Immigrants

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: 2019-11762
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: June 5, 2019
• Effective: June 5, 2019
• Comments close: July 5, 2019
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

This interim final rule is promulgated to require alien petitioners for the Diversity Visa Program to provide certain information from a valid, unexpired passport on the electronic entry form.

Primary source

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