1400-AF92 202410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1400 Department of State STATE Public Notice of Revised Exchange Visitor Skills List.

The Department of State is announcing an update of the Exchange Visitors Skills List (Skills List). The Skills List is a list of countries designated by the Secretary of State as clearly requiring certain fields of specialized knowledge or skills. This list is used by the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to determine whether an individual who has been admitted into the United States as a J nonimmigrant exchange visitor, or who acquired such status, is subject to the two-year foreign residence requirement under Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended.

]]> Other Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No None 22 USC 2651a 2656 8 USC 1182(e) No Final rule 12/00/2024 No No None No No No Yes Jami Thompson Senior Regulatory Coordinator 1400 Department of State STATE 771 205-7899 visaregs@state.gov 2201 C Street NW, Washington DC 20520