{"abstract":"On March 4, 1995, the President, as part of the Administration's regulatory reinvention initiative, directed all heads of departments and agencies, inter alia, to conduct a page-by-page review of all regulations and to ``eliminate or revise those that are outdated or otherwise in need of reform.'' (Memorandum for Heads of Departments and Agencies, Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, March 4, 1995.) In response, the Visa Office of the Department of State has undertaken a review of its visa regulations to determine whether they may be eliminated, shortened, or rewritten in a more understandable fashion. This final rule reflects the first publication of changes to 22 CFR, Chapter I being made as a result of this review.","action":"Final rule.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF STATE","name":"State Department","id":476,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/state-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/476","parent_id":null,"slug":"state-department"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/1996/01/24/96-1012.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":40,"title":22},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":41,"title":22},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":42,"title":22},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":43,"title":22},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":44,"title":22},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":45,"title":22},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":47,"title":22}],"citation":"61 FR 1834","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"January 24, 1996.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Public Notice 2311"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"96-1012","effective_on":"1996-01-24","end_page":1837,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":null,"html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/01/24/96-1012/visas-regulations-pertaining-to-both-nonimmigrants-and-immigrants-under-the-immigration-and","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/96-1012?publication_date=1996-01-24","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-1996-01-24/96-1012/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":4,"page_views":{"count":152,"last_updated":"2026-07-28 06:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1996-01-24/pdf/96-1012.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"1996-01-24","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/1996/01/24/96-1012.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2011-09-20T22:56:09Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":1834,"subtype":null,"title":"Visas: Regulations Pertaining to Both Nonimmigrants and Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":[],"type":"Rule","volume":61}