# Classification symbols.
**AGENCY:**
Department of State.
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
The Department of State (the Department) is correcting a regulation that was amended by a final rule published in the *Federal Register* on July 14, 2023. This final rule made a typographical error in the immigrant visa classification symbols and incorrectly listed the IB1 classification for “Self-petition Spouse of U.S. Citizen” as “IBI” rather than “IB1.” This mistake could cause confusion.
**DATES:**
Effective on July 26, 2024.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Jami Thompson, Senior Regulatory Coordinator, Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, 600 19th St. NW, Washington, DC 20522, (202) 485-7586, *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In FR Doc. 2023-14538, at 88 FR 45072 in the *Federal Register* of Friday, July 14, 2023, in table 1 to § 42.11, the symbol for the class “Self-petition Spouse of U.S. Citizen” is changed from “IBI” to “IB1.”
**List of Subjects in 22 CFR Part 42**
Administrative practice and procedure, Aliens, Fees, Foreign officials, Immigration passports and visas.
Accordingly, 22 CFR part 42 is corrected by making the following correcting amendment:
**PART 42—VISAS: DOCUMENTATION OF IMMIGRANTS UNDER THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT, AS AMENDED**
**22 CFR Part 42**
1. The authority citation for part 42 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
8 U.S.C. 1104 and 1182; Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681; Pub. L. 108-449, 118 Stat. 3469; The Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption (done at the Hague, May 29, 1993), S. Treaty Doc. 105-51 (1998), 1870 U.N.T.S. 167 (Reg. No. 31922 (1993)); 42 U.S.C. 14901-14954 (Pub. L. 106-279, 114 Stat. 825); 8 U.S.C. 1101 (Pub L. 117-31, 135 Stat. 309); 8 U.S.C. 1154 (Pub. L. 109-162, 119 Stat. 2960); 8 U.S.C. 1201 (Pub. L. 114-70, 129 Stat. 561).
**22 CFR Part 42**
2. In § 42.11, in table 1, remove the entry “IBI” and add the entry “IB1” in its place to read as follows:
§ 42.11
| Symbol | Class | Section of law |
| --- | --- | --- |
| | | |
| * * * * * | | |
| IB1 | Self-petition Spouse of U.S. Citizen | INA 204(a)(1)(A)(iii). |
| | | |
| * * * * * | | |
Julie M. Stufft,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services, Consular Affairs, Department of State.