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The Department of State is implementing an adjustment to the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services of the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs (Schedule of Fees or Schedule), 22 CFR 22.1, to establish a $1 fee to register for the Diversity Visa lottery program. This change will more fairly place the burden of the lottery registration on individuals seeking the benefit of gaining access to the DV application process instead of charging only the small percentage of successful registrants for the costs associated with administering the lottery program for all registrants. To effect this change to the DV program, the Department is also amending 22 CFR 42.33(b)(3) by deleting the following sentence: "No fee will be collected at the time of submission of a petition, but a processing fee may be collected at a later date, as provided in paragraph (i) of this section." In addition, the Department is amending 22 CFR 42.33(i) to note that an electronic registration fee will be collected at the time of registration.