Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds

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• Document number: 2021-25038
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: November 17, 2021
• Comments close: January 18, 2022
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

On October 11, 2019, the Department of State ("the Department") published an interim final rule ("IFR") regarding visa ineligibility on public charge grounds and accepted public comments on the rule through November 12, 2019. Given the many changed circumstances since publication of the IFR, the Department is soliciting additional information from the public by reopening the public comment period for an additional 60 days.

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