[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 30, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 39585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19271]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
22 CFR Part 514
Exchange Visitor Program
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: To facilitate use of the short-term scholar category for the
purpose of participation in the Exchange Visitor Program, the Agency is
extending the permitted period of program participation as a short-term
scholar from four months to six months.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective July 30, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Stanley S. Colvin, Assistant General Counsel, United States Information
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547; Telephone, (202)
619-4979.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 10, 1996 the Agency adopted a final
rule governing eligibility for Exchange Visitor Program participation
as a professor or research scholar. This final rule, which amended
Sec. 514.20 of the Exchange Visitor Program regulations, limits program
participation as a professor or research scholar to nonimmigrant aliens
who have not been physically present in the United States, in J visa
status, for all or part of the twelve month period preceding their
entry into the United States as a professor or research scholar
participant.
An exception to this rule was provided to nonimmigrant aliens
present in the United States for less than six months or whose presence
in the United States was pursuant to program participation as a short-
term scholar. Accordingly, both to facilitate use of the short-term
scholar category and to conform the period of program duration of the
short-term scholar category to the exception permitted by
Sec. 514.20(d), the Agency hereby extends the period of program
duration for this category from four months to six months.
List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 514
Cultural exchange programs.
Dated: July 24, 1996.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
Accordingly, 22 CFR part 514 is amended as follows:
PART 514--EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM
1. The authority citation for part 514 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(J), 1182, 1258; 22 U.S.C. 1431-
1442, 2451-2460; Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, 42 FR 62461, 3
CFR, 1977 Comp. p. 200; E.O. 12048, 43 FR 13361, 3 CFR 1978 Comp. p.
168; USIA Delegation Order No. 85-5 (50 FR 27393.)
2. Section 514.21 is amended by revising paragraph (g) to read as
follows:
Sec. 514.21 Short-term scholars.
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(g) Duration of participation. The short-term scholar shall be
authorized to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program for the
length of time necessary to complete the program, which time shall not
exceed six months. Programs under this section are exempted from
Sec. 514.8(b) governing the minimum duration of a program. Extensions
beyond the duration of participation are not permitted under this
category.
[FR Doc. 96-19271 Filed 7-29-96; 8:45 am]
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