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Immigration: Immigration Info

Special Registration

To: All SEVIS Users
Date: May 5, 2011
Re: NSEERS No Longer Operational
Number: 1105-01

Comments

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Purpose

Effective April 28, 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through a notice in the Federal Register (FR), eliminated the requirement that nationals from the following countries register in the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS): Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

General Information

Upon publication of the notice 76 FR 23830 (April 28, 2011), DHS removed all countries designated for participation in NSEERS. The regulation remains in place; however, DHS does not currently designate any country, nor does it require any foreign national to participate in the system. Nonimmigrant aliens previously required by NSEERS to submit to special registration procedures and depart from specified ports are relieved of these obligations.

Notice 76 FR 23830 is online in its entirety at the following website: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2011/pdf/2011-10305.pdf.