[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 45, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 45CFR50.1]

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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE
 
                           AND HUMAN SERVICES
 
PART 50--U.S. EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM--REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF THE TWO-YEAR 
FOREIGN RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 50.1  Authority.

    Under the authority of Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act 
of 1961 (75 Stat. 527) and the Immigration and Nationality Act as 
amended (84 Stat. 116), the Department of Health and Human Services is 
an ``interested United States Government agency'' with the authority to 
request the Department of State to recommend to the Attorney General 
waiver of the two-year foreign residence requirement for Exchange 
Visitors under the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Program. HHS 
eligibility requirement criteria for waivers are in addition to and 
independent of the existing waiver and visa criteria established by the 
Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the Department of State, 
and the Department of Labor. The waiver regulations described in this 
part do not relieve alien physicians seeking a waiver of the 2-year 
foreign residence requirement from complying with the terms and 
conditions imposed on their admission to the United States.

[67 FR 77695, Dec. 19, 2002]