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Adding Cleveland, Ohio, Ft. Myers, Florida, and San Jose, California to the List of Ports-of-Entry Accepting Applications for Direct Transit Without Visa
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by adding Cleveland, Ohio, Ft. Myers, Florida, and San Jose, California, to the list of ports-of-entry where, except for transit from one part of foreign contiguous territory to another part of the same territory, an alien must make application for admission to the...
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Petitioning Requirements for the H-1B Nonimmigrant Classification Under Public Law 105-277
This final rule adopts with amendments the interim rule that was published by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) on November 30, 1998. The interim rule implemented certain provisions of the American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (ACWIA) by amending the Service's regulations to: Reflect an additional $500...
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Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program
The Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program allows visitors from Northern Ireland and certain designated counties in the Republic of Ireland to come to the United States temporarily for training, for employment, and to experience coexistence and conflict resolution in a diverse society. This rule amends the regulations of the...
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Adjustment of Status for Certain Nationals of Haiti
This rule implements section 902 of the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (HRIFA) by establishing procedures for certain nationals of Haiti who have been residing in the United States to become lawful permanent residents of this country. This rule allows them to obtain lawful permanent resident status without applying for an...
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Adjustment of Status for Certain Nationals of Nicaragua and Cuba
This rule implements section 202 of the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) by establishing procedures for certain nationals of Nicaragua and Cuba who have been residing in the United States to become lawful permanent residents of this country. This rule allows them to obtain lawful permanent resident status without...
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Adjustment of Status for Certain Polish and Hungarian Parolees
This final rule adopts, with changes, the interim rule the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) published in the Federal Register on May 23, 1997. The interim rule provided for the adjustment to lawful permanent resident status of certain alien parolees from Poland or Hungary who were paroled into the United States between November...
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Detention of Aliens Ordered Removed
This rule would amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by providing a uniform review process governing the detention of criminal, inadmissible, and other aliens, excluding Mariel Cubans, who have received a final administrative removal order but whose departure has not been effected within the 90- day removal...
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Delegation of the Adjudication of Certain Temporary Agricultural Worker (H-2A) Petitions, Appellate and Revocation Authority for Those Petitions to the Secretary of Labor
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations to transfer to the Secretary of Labor the authority to adjudicate petitions for temporary agricultural workers (H-2As), and the authority to decide appeals on those decisions and to make determinations for revocation of petition approvals. This rule does not affect...
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Procedures For Processing Temporary Agricultural Worker (H-2A) Petitions by the Secretary of Labor
This proposed rule will amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations regarding the temporary agricultural worker (H-2A) program. The proposed rule requires alien workers to sign a petition request for change of status or extension of stay; provides that all petition requests including extension of stay and change of...
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Implementation of Hernandez v. Reno Settlement Agreement; Certain Aliens Eligible for Family Unity Benefits After Sponsoring Family Member's Naturalization; Additional Class of Aliens Ineligible for Family Unity Benefits
This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations to provide changes that are necessary to implement that portion of the settlement agreement in Hernandez v. Reno, C.A. No. 9:93 CV 63 (E.D. Tex., filed Dec. 30, 1997), requiring the development and implementation of a single application form to be used in...
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Executive Office for Immigration Review; Section 212(c) Relief for Certain Aliens in Deportation Proceedings Before April 24, 1996
This rule would create a uniform procedure for applying the law as enacted by the Antiterrrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). This rule would allow certain aliens in deportation proceedings that commenced before April 24, 1996, to apply for relief pursuant to section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
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National Interest Waivers for Second Preference Employment-Based Immigrant Physicians Serving in Medically Underserved Areas or at Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities
This interim rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by establishing the procedure under which a physician who is willing to practice full-time in an area designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health care professionals or in a facility operated by the Department of...
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Habitual Residence in the Territories and Possessions of the United States
This final rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations relating to the rights and limitations of habitual residents in the territories and possessions of the United States under: <bullet> The Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the...
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Fingerprinting Certain Applicants for a Replacement Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551)
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations clarifying which applicants for a replacement Permanent Resident Card (Form I-551) are required to be fingerprinted. This change is necessary to correct an inadvertent error in the regulations, which currently requires all applicants for a replacement Permanent...
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Asylum Procedures
This final rule amends the Department of Justice regulations implementing the provisions of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), governing asylum claims. Additionally, this rule amends portions of the regulations governing cases in which an applicant has established past persecution or in which an...
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Asylum and Withholding Definitions
This rule proposes to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations that govern establishing asylum and withholding eligibility. This rule provides guidance on the definitions of ``persecution'' and ``membership in a particular social group,'' as well as what it means for persecution to be ``on account of'' a protected...
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Adding Actuaries and Plant Pathologists to Appendix 1603.D.1 of the North American Free Trade Agreement
This rule proposes to amend the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (Service) Regulations by adding the occupations of actuary and plant pathologist to the list of professions in Appendix 1603.D.1 to Annex 1603 of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). This rule also proposes to modify the licensure requirements for Canadian...
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Detention of Aliens Ordered Removed
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations by providing a uniform review process governing the detention of criminal, inadmissible, and other aliens, excluding Mariel Cubans, who have received a final administrative order of removal, deportation, or exclusion but whose departure has not been effected within...
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Authorities Delegated to the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Chief Immigration Judge
This proposed rule would outline the authorities and powers delegated by the Attorney General to the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Chairman of the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Chief Immigration Judge. Members of the Board of Immigration Appeals would be designated as Appellate Immigration Judges.
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Clarification of Parole Authority
This rule amends the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service) regulations concerning the authority to grant the parole of aliens from Service custody by specifically identifying the scope of that authority. This action is being taken to clarify which officials are authorized by the Attorney General, acting through the Commissioner, to...