66 FR 190 pgs. 49995-49996 - Bureau of Consular Affairs; Designation of Certain Posts for Special Fee Payment Procedures
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 190Pages: 49995 - 49996
Docket number: [Public Notice 3791]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-24490 Filed 9-28-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: State Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3791]
Bureau of Consular Affairs; Designation of Certain Posts for Special Fee Payment Procedures
This public notice identifies additional posts designated by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services for two purposes related to the payment of immigrant visa fees. The first purpose relates to the revised procedure for payment of the fee for the processing of the application for an immigrant visa set forth in the Federal Register on September 8, 2000, (65 FR 54598). The effective date of that notice was stayed until January 1, 2001 by a public notice in the Federal Register of December 14, 2000, (65 FR 78243).
The second purpose is to identify the posts for which a fee pursuant to Item 61 of the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22 CFR 22.1) will be assessed for advance review of and assistance with the Affidavit of Support that is required in certain immigrant visa cases. Notice of this fee requirement was added to the visa regulation pertaining to the Affidavit of Support requirement in 22 CFR 40.41(b), and was effective January 1, 2001.
The Department will publish further public notices as additional designations are made.
The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services hereby designates the Foreign Service posts in the following cities for participation in the new immigrant visa application processing fee payment system and the fee for review of and assistance with the Affidavit of Support required under section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act The effective date of this notice is October 1, 2001.
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
Accra, Ghana
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Algiers, Algeria
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Cairo, Egypt
Cotonou, Benin
Casablanca, Morocco
Dakar, Senegal
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Djibouti, Djibouti
Harare, Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lagos, Nigeria
Libreville, Gabon
Lilongwe, Malawi
Lome, Togo
Lusaka, Zambia
Monrovia, Liberia
Nairobi, Kenya
Niamey, Niger
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Praia, Cape Verde Islands
Tunis, Tunisia
Yaounde, Cameroon
Dated: September 4, 2001.
Wayne G. Griffith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-24490 Filed 9-28-01; 8:45 am]
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