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The Department of State advises the President in the formulation and execution of foreign policy and promotes the long-range security and well-being of the United States. The Department determines and analyzes the facts relating to American overseas interests, makes recommendations on policy and future action, and takes the necessary steps to carry out established policy. In so doing, the Department engages in continuous consultations with the American public, the Congress, other U.S. departments and agencies, and foreign governments; negotiates treaties and agreements with foreign nations; speaks for the United States in the United Nations and other international organizations in which the United States participates; and represents the United States at international conferences.

The Department of State was established by act of July 27, 1789, as the Department of Foreign Affairs and was renamed Department of State by Act of September 15, 1789 (22 U.S.C. 2651 note).

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    • Visas: Eligibility for Diplomatic Visa Issuance In the United States

      by the State Department on 08/31/2022.

      This rule is promulgated to add categories of nonimmigrants who may be issued nonimmigrant visas in the United States. This amendment will add a limited category of nonimmigrants who are born in the United States, but not subject to the jurisdiction thereof, to noncitizens maintaining A-1, A-2, C-2, C-3, G-1, G-3, G-4, or NATO nonimmigrant...

    • Implementation of HAVANA Act of 2021

      by the State Department on 08/09/2022.

      This document supplements the interim final rule (IFR) published by the Department of State (the Department) on June 30, 2022, implementing the HAVANA Act of 2021. The Act provides authority for the Secretary of State and other agency heads to provide payments to certain individuals who have incurred qualifying injuries to the brain. The...

    • Implementation of HAVANA Act of 2021

      by the State Department on 06/30/2022.

      This rule provides implementation by the Department of State (the Department) of the HAVANA Act of 2021. The Act provides authority for the Secretary of State and other agency heads to provide payments to certain individuals who have incurred qualifying injuries to the brain. This rule covers current and former Department of State employees, and...

    • Visas: Diversity Immigrants

      by the State Department on 06/10/2022.

      The Department of State (``Department'') is removing from the Code of Federal Regulations amendments that were published in an interim final rule (``IFR'') on June 5, 2019, requiring principal entrants submitting an electronic diversity visa entry form to provide certain information, including the entrant's unique serial or issuance number...

    • International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Consolidation and Restructuring of Purposes and Definitions

      by the State Department on 03/23/2022.

      The Department of State is amending the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) to better organize the purposes and definitions of the regulations. This rule consolidates and co-locates authorities, general guidance, and definitions.

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