1651-AB09 201804 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 1600 Department of Homeland Security DHS Elimination of Nonimmigrant Visa Exemption for Certain Caribbean Residents Coming to the United States as H-2A Agricultural Workers

This rule finalizes an interim final rule that revised Department of Homeland Security regulations to eliminate the nonimmigrant visa exemption for certain Caribbean residents seeking to come to the United States as H-2A agricultural workers and the spouses or children who accompany or follow these workers to the United States. As a result, these nonimmigrants are required to have both a valid passport and visa. The Department of State will be issuing a final rule to finalize an interim rule that revised its parallel regulations.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 8 CFR 212.1 8 U.S.C. 1182 No Interim Final Rule 02/18/2016 81 FR 6430 Interim Final Rule Effective 02/19/2016 Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 04/08/2016 Final Rule 09/00/2018 The State Department revised 22 CFR 41.2 No None No www.regulations.gov www.regulations.gov No Yes 1400 Department of State STATE Common Stephanie Watson Supervisory Program Manager 1651 U.S. Customs and Border Protection USCBP 202 325-4548 stephanie.e.watson@cbp.dhs.gov Office of Field Operations, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 2.5B-38, Washington DC 20229