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DHS/BCIS RIN: 1615-AA11 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 Homeland Security(DHS)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously 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  07/16/1997  62 FR 38041   
ANPRM Comment Period End  09/15/1997    
NPRM-INS No. 1838-97  10/00/2003    
Additional Information: INS No.1838-97 Transferred from RIN 1115-AE77
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