[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 45, Volume 1]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 45CFR50.1]



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                        TITLE 45--PUBLIC WELFARE

 

                    SUBTITLE A--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

                           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]