Notice2024-08410
Exchange Visitor Program
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Published
April 19, 2024
Effective
April 5, 2024
Issuing agencies
State Department
Abstract
In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Visitor Program regulations, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, has waived a regulatory provision to establish an international exchange program to promote closer cooperation between the people of Japan and the people of the United States. The program authorizes an exception under the Specialist category regulations to permit Japanese language and culture specialists to stay up to 36 months in the United States on a J-1 visa.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 77 (Friday, April 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 28839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08410]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12379]
Exchange Visitor Program
ACTION: Notice of a Memorandum of Cooperation (MOC) between the
Government of the United States and the Government of Japan and waiver
of a regulatory requirement.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Visitor
Program regulations, the Assistant Secretary for Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA), U.S. Department of State, has waived a
regulatory provision to establish an international exchange program to
promote closer cooperation between the people of Japan and the people
of the United States. The program authorizes an exception under the
Specialist category regulations to permit Japanese language and culture
specialists to stay up to 36 months in the United States on a J-1 visa.
DATES: This action was effective on April 5, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Pasini, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Private Sector Exchange at 2200 C Street NW, SA-5, 5th
Floor, Washington, DC 20522 via telephone: (202) 826-4364, or via
email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8828db0aba0a9a6afadbb88bbbca9bcade6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2268675a414a434c4547516251564356470c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States and Japan have established
a new program in accordance with existing Exchange Visitor Program
regulations (22 CFR part 62), including regulations applying to the
Specialist category (22 CFR 62.26). Through the program, the United
States supports the purposes of the Fulbright-Hayes Act by facilitating
the exchange of Japanese language and culture specialists to observe
U.S. institutions and methods of practice in their educational fields
and to share their specialized knowledge of Japanese education with
their U.S. colleagues. The Japan Specialist Program will expand
educational and cultural exchange opportunities between the people of
the United States and Japan, promote the interchange of knowledge and
skills among foreign and U.S. specialists, and foster long-term mutual
understanding and international cooperation with U.S. communities
across the United States. The MOC will authorize an exception under the
Specialist category of the Exchange Visitor Program regulations to
permit qualifying Japanese specialists to conduct their programs for up
to 36 months in the United States on a J-1 visa.
During their program, exchange visitors from Japan will share their
specialized knowledge of Japanese language and education in the United
States at community based, non-profit organizations, U.S. Government
offices, secondary schools, or post-secondary academic institutions
offering Japanese, and similar types of institutions to increase U.S.
local communities' understanding of Japan, its culture, and language.
Selected experts in Japanese culture and language will gain a better
understanding of U.S. culture and society and promote mutual enrichment
by enhancing U.S. knowledge of Japanese culture, language, and
educational systems.
Consistent with this program, the Assistant Secretary for
Educational and Cultural Affairs waives certain provisions set forth in
22 CFR 62.26. Regulations at 22 CFR 62.26(i) provide that specialists
shall be authorized to participate in the Exchange Visitor Program for
the length of time necessary to complete the program, which shall not
exceed one year. Accordingly, the Department waives subsection (i) of
22 CFR 62.26 with respect to this program to allow participants to
conduct their programs for up to 36 months.
Lee A. Satterfield,
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-08410 Filed 4-18-24; 8:45 am]
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