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FAR and DFARS › FAR Part 52: Solicitation Provisions and Contract Clauses › Subpart 52.2

FAR 52.222-29 Notification of visa denial.

The codified text (eCFR, as of 2026-10-02). Under the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul ↗, agencies follow class deviations with new text for many parts while the formal rules go through the Federal Register: check the solicitation and your contract's clauses, which rule.

In plain English

This clause makes it a violation of Executive Order 11246 for a contractor to refuse to employ or assign someone in certain U.S. locations because their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin is incompatible with the policies of the country where the work will be performed. It also requires the contractor to notify the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Labor when it knows an employee or potential employee was denied an entry visa to a country where the contract will be performed and believes the denial is based on those protected characteristics.

Applies to: Contractors performing work in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Wake Island.

What it requires

  • Notify the U.S. Department of State, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, when you have knowledge of an employee or potential employee being denied an entry visa to a country where thi

Key terms: Gender identity · Sexual orientation · Executive Order 11246 · Entry visa

Written by AI from this section's text. A guide, not legal advice: the text below rules.

The text

As prescribed in 22.810(g), insert the following clause:

Notification of Visa Denial (APR 2015)

(a) Definitions. As used in this clause—

Gender identity has the meaning given by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html.

Sexual orientation has the meaning given by the Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and is found at www.dol.gov/ofccp/LGBT/LGBT_FAQs.html.

(b) Requirement to notify. (1) It is a violation of Executive Order 11246 for a Contractor to refuse to employ any applicant or not to assign any person hired in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or Wake Island, on the basis that the individual's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin is not compatible with the policies of the country where or for whom the work will be performed (41 CFR 60-1.10).

(2) The Contractor shall notify the U.S. Department of State, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM), 2201 C Street NW., Room 6212, Washington, DC 20520, and the U.S. Department of Labor, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, when it has knowledge of any employee or potential employee being denied an entry visa to a country where this contract will be performed, and it believes the denial is attributable to the race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin of the employee or potential employee.

(End of clause)

Sections it refers to

  • 22.810 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

Sections that refer to it

  • 22.810 Solicitation provisions and contract clauses.

← 52.222-28 [Reserved] · 52.222-30 Construction Wage Rate Requirements—Price Adjustment (None or Separately Specified Method). →

Rule changes for FAR Part 52

Source: eCFR, 48 CFR chapters 1 and 2 (GPO GovInfo bulk data) ↗. Plain words for the terms: glossary.

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