Foreign Officials: Definition of Immediate Family Members, as Amended

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: E9-17262
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: July 22, 2009
• Effective: July 22, 2009
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

As authorized the Immigration and Nationality Act this rule amends the definition of "immediate family" for the Foreign Government Official nonimmigrant visa category.

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