DOS

Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC
September 29, 2009

[Federal Register: September 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 182)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 48177-48190]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr22se09-16]

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

22 CFR Part 62

[Public Notice: 6767]

RIN 1400-AC36

Exchange Visitor Program--General Provisions

AGENCY: United States Department of State.

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for comment.

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 This bulletin summarizes the availability of immigrant numbers.

Visa Bulletin - September 2009

Reference Document: STATE 057336, 06/09

TO ALL DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR POSTS

1.  The revised 2009 J-1 visa Exchange Visitor Skills List was published in the Federal Register (Volume 74, Number 82) on April 30, 2009.

2.  The new Skills List is effective on June 28, 2009.

The Ethiopian First Instance Court has temporarily stopped accepting cases involving abandoned children from orphanages in Addis Ababa, citing concern over a recent increase in the number of abandoned children being brought for adoption.  The number of abandoned children from orphanages in Addis Ababa has grown dramatically in recent months and Ethiopian authorities have become aware of possible cases of unethical practices associated with some of them.