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Visas: Immigrant Visas; Correction

The Department of State (the Department) is correcting a regulation that was amended by a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2023. This final rule made a t...

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  1. 22 CFR Part 42
  2. [Public Notice: 12462]
  3. RIN 1400-AF53

AGENCY:

Department of State.

ACTION:

Correcting amendment.

SUMMARY:

The Department of State (the Department) is correcting a regulation that was amended by a final rule published in the Federal Register on July 14, 2023. This final rule made a typographical error in the immigrant visa classification symbols and incorrectly listed the IB1 classification for “Self-petition Spouse of U.S. Citizen” as “IBI” rather than “IB1.” This mistake could cause confusion.

DATES:

Effective on July 26, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jami Thompson, Senior Regulatory Coordinator, Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 600 19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20522, (202) 485-7586, .

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In FR Doc. 2023-14538, at 88 FR 45072 in the Federal Register of Friday, July 14, 2023, in table 1 to § 42.11, the symbol for the class “Self-petition Spouse of U.S. Citizen” is changed from “IBI” to “IB1.”

List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 42

  • Administrative practice and procedure
  • Aliens
  • Fees
  • Foreign officials
  • Immigration passports and visas

Accordingly, 22 CFR part 42 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:

( printed page 60566)

PART 42—VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED

1. The authority citation for part 42 continues to read as follows:

Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1104 and 1182; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 108-449, 118 Stat. 3469; The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954 (Pub. L. 106-279, 114 Stat. 825); 8 U.S.C. 1101 (Pub L. 117-31, 135 Stat. 309); 8 U.S.C. 1154 (Pub. L. 109-162, 119 Stat. 2960); 8 U.S.C. 1201 (Pub. L. 114-70, 129 Stat. 561).

2. In § 42.11, in table 1, remove the entry “IBI” and add the entry “IB1” in its place to read as follows:

Classification symbols.
* * * * *

Table 1 to § 42.11
Symbol Class Section of law
 
*    *    *    *    *
IB1 Self-petition Spouse of U.S. Citizen INA 204(a)(1)(A)(iii).
 
*    *    *    *    *

Julie M. Stufft,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Consular Affairs, Department of State.

[FR Doc. 2024-16452 Filed 7-25-24; 8:45 am]

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89 FR 60565

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“Visas: Immigrant Visas; Correction,” thefederalregister.org (July 26, 2024), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/2024-16452/visas-immigrant-visas-correction.