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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <NAME>Department of State</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Visas:  Ineligibility Based on Public Charge</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>The Department proposes to amend its regulations governing the public charge ground of visa ineligibility at 22 CFR 40.41 to align them with DHS regulations and to affirm that consular officers should use a totality of circumstances&rdquo; approach to public charge determinations.&nbsp;</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>None</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>22 U.S.C. 2651</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/00/2025</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Yes</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Jami</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Thompson</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Regulatory Coordinator</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1400</CODE>
                    <NAME>Department of State</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>STATE</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>771 205-7899</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>visaregs@state.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2201 C Street NW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20520</ZIP>
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