This rule changes the requirements pertaining to the issuance of visas to certain foreign health care workers. It provides that an alien who seek to enter the United States to perform health-care services (other than a physician) is excludable unless the alien presents a certificate establishing the alien's competency in a specific health care field issued by the Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) or another credentialing organization approved by the Attorney General through the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The promulgation of this rule is necessary in order to comply with U.S. laws regarding the inadmissibility of aliens into the United States. The rule will result in the imposition of a requirement for certain visa applicants seeking to enter the United States as health care workers to obtain documentation of their professional credentials and qualifications from approved private credentialing agencies and provide that documentation to a consular officer in order to qualify for visa issuance.
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