Citing the infeasibility of
collecting biometric identifiers, the Department of State announced in a June
23, 2004 Federal Register notice that its Washington Visa Office will no longer
accept applications for revalidation of C, E, H, I, L, O, and P visas after July
16, 2004. Complete applications received by the DOS application acceptance
facility in St. Louis by July 16, 2004 will be processed; applications received
on or after July 17, 2004 will be returned unprocessed to the applicant.
Revalidation of qualifying diplomatic and official visas will continue, however.
[69 Fed. Reg. 35121 (June 23, 2004)] AMDOC#: 200406009