On July 29, 2016, the Department of Homeland Security announced in the Federal Register an expansion of the provisional waiver of admissibility rules, which was originally announced in 2013. The rule allows individuals who are inadmissible in the United States based on accrual of unlawful presence to seek and secure a “provisional waiver” of the ground of inadmissibility before they depart the United States for their visa. This announced expansion, which goes into effect on August 29, 2016, provides the following: