Amending Executive Order 13597 (E.O. 13802)

Summary

Removes a specific rule from a 2012 order to change how the government handles visas and processes foreign visitors.

What problem does this solve?

A specific goal for processing foreign visitors, set by a previous order, was seen as no longer necessary. This order removes that goal, allowing agencies to update their plans for handling visas.

What does this order do?

Removes a rule from a previous executive order

Deletes subsection (b)(ii) of section 2 from Executive Order 13597, which was about goals for processing visas and foreign visitors.

Requires an updated plan

Directs the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security to revise their plan for handling visas to match the new rules.

Specifies legal limits

States that the order does not change the legal power of government agencies or create new rights that people can use in court.

Who does this affect?

Department of State
Department of Homeland Security
Foreign visa applicants

What is the real world impact?

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Increases flexibility for visa processing

Removes a specific goal from a previous order, giving the Departments of State and Homeland Security more freedom to set their own procedures for handling visas and foreign visitors.

When does this start?

This order became effective on June 21, 2017, the date it was signed.