Request for Emergency Review

United States Department of State
Deputy Assistant Secretmy
for Visa Services
Washington. D.C 20520

March 22, 2016
Office of Management and Budget
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
725 1ih Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006

Dear Ms. Sarah Bashadi:
Pursuant to 5 C.F.R. 1320.1 39(a)(2), the Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA)
requests that OMB authorize the emergency processing of Form DS-7781.
CA is implementing immigrant visa fee refunds authorized under the Adoptive Family Relief
Act ("the Act") for families that have adopted orphan children in the Democratic Republic of the
Congo. The Act allows the refund upon request of fees paid for renewal or replacement of an
immigrant visa since March 27,2013 if "the immigrant child was unable to use the original
immigrant visa during the period of its validity as a direct result of extraordinary circumstances,
induding the denial of an exit permit; and if such inability was attributable to factors beyond the
control of the adopting parent or parents and of the immigrant." The form will assist the
Department of State to properly process immigrant visa fee refund applications under the Act.
The DS-7781 will be available electronically and will be submitted on paper to the embassy or
consulate where the original adoption case was processed.
CA requests emergency OMB approval to begin the collection process to provide financial relief
to U.S. citizens and to satisfy the intent of Congress and the Administration.
Sincerely,

Edward J. Ramotowski
Deputy Assistant Secretary
Bureau of Consular Affairs