Department of State April 22, 2019 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Refusal Procedures for Visas
Document Number: 2019-08061
Type: Rule
Date: 2019-04-22
Agency: Department of State
This rule is largely technical in nature and conforms a narrow aspect of the Department's visa regulations to the law. The current regulation requires consular officers either to grant or deny every visa application; however, the law requires consular officers to take a different action, i.e., discontinue granting visas, when a country has been sanctioned for denying or delaying accepting one or more of its nationals subject to a final order of removal from the United States. This rule will modify the current regulation to reflect this option for consular officers to discontinue granting visas to individuals in sanctioned countries.
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