Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 17.03.2000

Visas: Nonimmigrant Classes; Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Visitors, Q Classification

This rule establishes procedures and requirements for the issuance of visas in a new nonimmigrant visa category, "Q-2". The rule also makes certain changes to existing provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations to conform to relevant "plain language" requirements. Visas in the new category will be issued pursuant to a program, the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program (IPPCTP), established by Congress to permit young people from designated areas of Ireland and Northern Ireland to temporarily enter the United States in order to develop their job skills and conflict resolution abilities so they will be better able to contribute to the Irish peace process and the economic regeneration of their homelands. The rule will result in the issuance of up to 4,000 visas in each of three program years to qualified applicants and their dependents, beginning in FY 2000.