The Immigration Act of 1990 created a new special immigrant visa classification for religious workers who have 2 years of membership in a religious denomination; two years of experience in a religious occupation or vocation and who intend to continue to work in such occupation or vocation. The legislation, as originally enacted, required religious workers (other than ministers) to seek entry into the United States before October 1, 1994. On October 25, 1994 in the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 the deadline was extended to allow religious workers to enter the United States ``before October 1, 1997''. The Religious Workers Act of 1997 enacted on October 6, 1997 further extended the deadline to ``before October 1, 2000''. Thus, this final rule amends the previously published regulation and extends the allowable validity date of immigration visas for aliens seeking to enter the United States as special immigrant religious workers to not later than September 30, 2000.
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