Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy

1615-AC04 202010 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program

On January 17, 2017, DHS published the International Entrepreneur Final Rule (the IE final rule) in the Federal Register at 82 FR 5238, with an original effective date of July 17, 2017. On May 29, 2018, DHS published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to remove the international entrepreneur parole program from DHS regulations and solicited public comments on the proposal.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Regulatory 8 CFR 212.5 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A) No NPRM 08/31/2016 81 FR 60129 NPRM Comment Period End 10/17/2016 Final Rule 01/17/2017 82 FR 5238 Final Rule Delay of Effective Date 07/11/2017 82 FR 31887 Final Rule Effective 07/17/2017 NPRM--Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program 05/29/2018 83 FR 24415 NPRM Comment Period End-Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program 06/28/2018 Final Action--Removal of International Entrepreneur Parole Program 12/00/2020 Yes Businesses Organizations None No No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov Yes No Paul Buono Chief, Business and Foreign Workers Division, Office of Policy and Strategy 1615 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services USCIS 240 721-3000 5900 Capital Gateway Drive, Suite 4S190, Camp Springs MD 20588-0009