Visas: Immigrant Visas

• Document number: 2023-05410
• Type: Proposed Rule
• Published: March 17, 2023
• Comments close: May 16, 2023
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

The Department of State ("Department") proposes to amend its regulation governing immigrant visas by removing the section which allows a consular officer to conduct an informal evaluation of the family members of an immigrant visa applicant to identify potential grounds of ineligibility. The existing regulation was promulgated in 1952, at a time when a consular officer could more readily assess a family member's qualification for a visa. Assessing eligibility for an immigrant visa is now a complex task, and not one which can be accomplished accurately with an informal evaluation.

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