The US government has ended the NSEERS (National Registration Entry Exit Program) registration programme from Tuesday 02 December 2003. It would now be replaced with the US VISIT programme (US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology), which would become functional in phases starting from 05 January 2004.

As a consequence Pakistani nationals who had registered under NSEERS earlier would not repeat not have to report to their local INS offices after the 30-40 day or the one year deadlines. However, all such community members MUST repeat MUST re-register while exiting the United States.

Under the US VISIT programme, nationals of all countries requiring visas to enter the United States, including all Pakistani nationals, would be fingerprinted and photographed upon entry into the United States. Similarly, they would also be fingerprinted upon exiting the United States.

The Embassy requests Pakistani nationals to keep logging on to the Embassy website, www.embassyofpakistan.org for updates on new immigration regulations and also to contact their local USICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement) or USCIS (US Citizenship and Immigration Service) offices for information about new regulations.