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RIN: 1115-AE77

Publication ID: Spring 2003

Title: International Matchmaking Organizations
Abstract: This rule requires international matchmaking organizations doing business in the United States to provide certain immigration information to any person recruited for matchmaking through these entities. This provision implements section 652 of the Illegal Reform an Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Public Law 104-208. This rule is necessary to deter fraudulent marriages and the exploitation of recruits by international matchmaking organizations.
Agency: Department of Justice(DOJ)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 8 CFR 207 28 CFR 68
Legal Authority: 8 USC 1375 PL 104-208

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
ANPRM-INS No. 1838-97 Comments Due 09/15/97	07/16/1997	62 FR 38041
NPRM-INS No. 1838-97	10/00/2003
Transferred to RIN 1615-AA11	02/28/2003

Additional Information: INS No.1838-97. The Service submitted its report on international matchmaking organizations which can be found on the INS web site. The Service is currently preparing the informational brochures which the organizations will be required to provide to recruits.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Small Entities Affected: No	Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Laura M. Dawkins Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division Department of Homeland Security Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services Room 3040, Suite 1200, 20 Massachusetts Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20529 Phone:202 272-1470 Fax:202 272-1480 Email: laura.dawkins@uscis.dhs.gov