Visas: Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended; Business and Media Visas

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: 95-20139
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: August 15, 1995
• Effective: August 15, 1995
• Agency: State Department; Bureau of Consular Affairs

Official abstract

This rule implements the provisions of section 209 of the Immigration Act of 1990. This section creates a new nonimmigrant classification under INA 101(a)(15)(R). The new nonimmigrant visa classification provides for the temporary admission into the United States of ``aliens in religious occupations.''

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