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DHS/USCIS RIN: 1615-AA34 Publication ID: Spring 2009 
Title: National Interest Waivers for Second Preference Employment-Based Immigrant Physicians Serving in Medically Underserved Areas or at Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities 
Abstract: On November 29, 1999, Public Law 106-113 was enacted. Section 117 amended the Immigration and Nationality Act at section 203 to provide national interest waivers to alien physicians agreeing to practice five years in designated medically underserved areas or at Veterans Affairs facilities. The Department of Justice issued two interim rules to amend 8 CFR parts 204 and 245 to implement the new statutory provisions and to allow applicants to begin to take advantage of the new provisions. The Department of Homeland Security now seeks to finalize the process by issuing a final rule. 
Agency: Department of Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 204    8 CFR 245   
Legal Authority: PL 106-113    8 USC 1101    8 USC 1103    8 USC 1151    8 USC 1153 and 1154    8 USC 1182    8 USC 1186a    8 USC 1255    8 USC 1641   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  09/06/2000  65 FR 53889   
Correction to Interim Final Rule  09/27/2000  65 FR 57943   
Interim Final Rule Effective  10/06/2000    
Correction to Interim Final Rule  10/20/2000  65 FR 63118   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  11/06/2000    
Final Action  To Be Determined    
Additional Information: CIS No. 2048-00 Transferred from RIN 1115-AF75
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Ted Gong
Chief of Business and Foreign Workers Division
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Office of Policy and Strategy, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., 4th Floor,
Washington, DC 20259
Phone:202 272-1470
Fax:202 272-1480