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Visa Policy Updates
From time to time, the Visa Office transmits policy guidance to U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the world, with selections listed on this webpage. Following government website best practices, we’ve streamlined the formatting of these updates.
2016
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for South Africa (11/2016)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Sudan (10/2016)
- Extension of Conrad State 30 Program, Non-minister Special Immigrant Religious Workers, and EB-5 Regional Center Immigrant Investor Program Authorities (10/2016)
- New Eyeglasses Policy for Visa and Passport Photographs (09/2016)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Slovenia (09/2016)
- 2018 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2018) (09/2016)
- Expiration of the Extension of Conrad 30 Visa, Non-minister Special Immigrant Religious Workers, EB-5, etc. (09/2016)
- New Gonorrhea Testing Requirements (08/2016)
- Application Filing Dates for Immigrant Visa Applicants Chargeable to the Numerically Limited Categories (07/2016)
- Updates to 9 FAM 402.10-4(E) - Guidance on Implementing the H-2B Returning Worker Program (03/2016)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Mexico (01/2016)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Cuba (01/2016)
2015
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Slovakia (12/2015)
- New Guidance on H-1B Adjudications Involving Changes in Place of Employment (11/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Slovakia (11/2015)
- 9 FAM Update on Personal/Domestic Employees of U.S. Citizens on Temporary Assignment in the United States (11/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Malawi (10/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Ukraine (10/2015)
- 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2017) (09/2015)
- Expiration of Non-Minister Special Immigrant Religious Workers and Conrad 30 Visa Program Authorities (09/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for the Netherlands (09/2015)
- Spanish Language Immigrant Visa Information on Travel.State.Gov (09/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Mauritania (09/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Kenya (09/2015)
- 9 FAM Update - New I-20 and DS-2019 Forms (08/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Croatia (05/2015)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Kyrgyzstan (04/2015)
- Update to 9 FAM 40.103 International Child Abduction (04/2015)
- Worldwide Deployment of New USCIS Form I-407, Record of Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status (03/2015)
- Revised Form I-600 and Form I-600A (03/2015)
- 2015 Poverty Guidelines for Immigrant Visa Processing (03/2015)
- CDC Revisions to Visa Medical Examinations (02/2015)
2014
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Armenia (12/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Brazil (12/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Albania (12/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for China (11/2014)
- National Visa Center No Longer Collecting Original Civil Documents (11/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Belarus (07/2014)
- DS-260 Rollout for DV-2015 Diversity Visa Program (05/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Ukraine (04/2014)
- Corrected Copy: Revised Reciprocity Fee Schedule for Kazakhstan (03/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Fee Schedule for Kazakhstan (03/2014)
- Waiver of Visa Fees for 2014 Special Olympics Summer Games Invitational, Los Angeles, CA and 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games, Los Angeles, CA (03/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for China (02/2014)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Mauritania (02/2014)
- Policy Change Related to Children Born Abroad Through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) (01/2014)
Archive Year
- Using DS-160 for K Visa Applications (10/2013)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for China (09/2013)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Armenia (09/2013)
- 2015 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (09/2013)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Turkmenistan (09/2013)
- Next Steps on DOMA - Guidance for Posts (08/2013)
- Supplemental Guidance for Processing I-601a Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers (08/2013)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Kazakhstan (08/2013)
- Revised Reciprocity Schedule for Cuba (07/2013)
- Clarification on L Fees and Reciprocity Fees (07/2013)
- T and U Visa Changes (06/2013)