[Federal Register: October 1, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 190)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3791]

 
Bureau of Consular Affairs; Designation of Certain Posts for 
Special Fee Payment Procedures

    This public notice identifies additional posts designated by the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services for two purposes related 
to the payment of immigrant visa fees. The first purpose relates to the 
revised procedure for payment of the fee for the processing of the 
application for an immigrant visa set forth in the Federal Register on 
September 8, 2000, (65 FR 54598). The effective date of that notice was 
stayed until January 1, 2001 by a public notice in the Federal Register 
of December 14, 2000, (65 FR 78243).
    The second purpose is to identify the posts for which a fee 
pursuant to Item 61 of the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services (22 
CFR 22.1) will be assessed for advance review of and assistance with 
the Affidavit of Support that is required in certain immigrant visa 
cases. Notice of this fee requirement was added to the visa regulation 
pertaining

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to the Affidavit of Support requirement in 22 CFR 40.41(b), and was 
effective January 1, 2001.
    The Department will publish further public notices as additional 
designations are made.
    The Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services hereby designates 
the Foreign Service posts in the following cities for participation in 
the new immigrant visa application processing fee payment system and 
the fee for review of and assistance with the Affidavit of Support 
required under section 213A of the Immigration and Nationality Act The 
effective date of this notice is October 1, 2001.

Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
Accra, Ghana
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Algiers, Algeria
Antananarivo, Madagascar
Cairo, Egypt
Cotonou, Benin
Casablanca, Morocco
Dakar, Senegal
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
Djibouti, Djibouti
Harare, Zimbabwe
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lagos, Nigeria
Libreville, Gabon
Lilongwe, Malawi
Lome, Togo
Lusaka, Zambia
Monrovia, Liberia
Nairobi, Kenya
Niamey, Niger
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Praia, Cape Verde Islands
Tunis, Tunisia
Yaounde, Cameroon

    Dated: September 4, 2001.
Wayne G. Griffith,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-24490 Filed 9-28-01; 8:45 am]
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