Bureau of Consular Affairs; Visas: Reissuance of O and P Nonimmigrant Visas

Résumé

This rule amends the Department's regulation which allows designated officers in the Directorate for Visa Services to reissue certain categories of nonimmigrant visas for aliens who are maintaining status and intend to depart the United States and reenter in that status after a temporary absence abroad. This regulation will add "O" and "P" visas to those categories that can be "revalidated" in the United States. The Department is also taking this opportunity to make an editorial amendment substituting "Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services" for "Director of the Visa Office." Some years ago, as part of an internal administrative reorganization, the title "Director of the Visa Office" was replaced by the title "Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services." The powers, duties and responsibilities of the position have not changed; only the title. There is, thus, no substantive significance to this substitution.