Memo

United States Department of State
Washington. D.C 20520

October 25, 2019
Oliver Potts, Director
Office of the Federal Register (F)
The National Archives and Records Administration
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20740-6001
Director Potts:
Pursuant to 5 CFR § 1320.13, the Department of State requests OMB emergency approval to
begin a new collection of information for DS-5541, Immigrant Health Insurance Coverage.

The Presidential Proclamation on the Suspension of Entry of Immigrants Who Will Financially
Burden the United States Healthcare System ("PP 9945") was signed on October 4, 2019.
Proclamation No. 9945, 84 FR 53991 (Oct. 4, 2019). PP 9945 requires immigrant visa
applicants to establish, to the satisfaction of a consular officer, that the applicant will be covered
by an approved health insurance plan within 30 days of entry into the United States, unless the
applicant possesses sufficient financial resources to cover reasonably foreseeable medical costs,
Or if an exception in Section 2(b) appl ies. Section 3 of the Proclamation authorizes the Secretary
of State to establish standards and procedures for governing such determinations.
Therefore, the Department of State requests emergency OMB review and approval for this
collection by November 1,2019, to implement PP9945 when it goes into effect on November
2019.
Sincerely,

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Edward 1. Ramotowski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary

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