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State Dept. to Amend Regs Related to Sanctioned Exchange Program Sponsor

The State Department will amend its existing Exchange Visitor Program regulations to change the way it “may accomplish service of a notice to a sponsor” that is subject to a U.S. sanctions action, the agency said Sept. 13. The change,…

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which takes effect Oct. 14, will allow the State Department to email designated sponsors under the program that are subject to a sanction. Previously, the agency said it could communicate with the sponsor only through physical mail and certain other means, adding that the regulations hadn’t expanded these communication methods in more than 30 years.