WAIVER OF VISA FEES FOR NONIMMIGRANTS Exchanges of notes at San Salvador August 25 and 26, September 29, and October 1, 1925 Entered into force August 26, 1925 Made obsolete by agreement of December 7 and 15, 1953 1 Department of State files The American Chargé d'Affaires to the Minister of Foreign Affairs LEGATION OF THE No. 61 EXCELLENCY: SAN SALVADOR August 25, 1925 With reference to our recent conversations and to Your Excellency's Note No. 1128 of August 19, 1925, regarding the proposed reciprocal waiver of fees for passport visas, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that I am authorized by my Government to effect an agreement on the subject in the following terms: The Government of the United States will, from the 26th day of August 1925, collect no fee for visaing passports or executing applications therefor in the case of citizens of El Salvador desiring to visit the United States (including the insular possessions) who are not "immigrants" as defined in the Immigration Act of the United States of 1924;2 namely, "(1) a government official, his family, attendants, servants, and employees, (2) an alien visiting the United States temporarily as a tourist or temporarily for business or pleasure, (3) an alien in continuous transit through the United States, (4) an alien lawfully admitted to the United States who later goes in transit from one part of the United States to another through foreign contiguous territory, (5) a bona fide alien seaman serving as such on a vessel arriving at a port of the United States solely in pursuit of his calling as a seaman, and (6) an alien entitled to enter the United States solely to carry on trade under and in pursuance of the provisions of a present existing treaty of commerce and navigation." 15 UST 859; TIAS 2977. 2 It is understood that from this same date, viz. August 26, 1925, the Government of El Salvador will not collect from non-immigrant citizens of the United States of like classes desiring to visit the Republic of El Salvador any fees for visas or applications therefor. I should be glad to receive from Your Excellency a confirmation of the above understanding. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration. C. VAN H. ENGERT Chargé d'Affaires a. i. His Excellency Dr. R. ARRIETA Rossi, Minister for Foreign Affairs, San Salvador. The Minister of Foreign Affairs to the American Chargé d'Affaires I have the honor to refer to your kind note No. 61 of the 25th instant, and to advise you that this Ministry accepts in toto the convention as proposed in your note above mentioned, in accordance with the following tenor: [For terms of agreement, see U.S. note, above.] I take this occasion to renew to your excellency the assurance of my distinguished consideration and esteem. Mr. CORNELIUS VAN H. ENGert, R. ARRIETA ROSSI The American Chargé d'Affaires to the Minister of Foreign Affairs LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 74 EXCELLENCY: SAN SALVADOR September 29, 1925 With further reference to the Exchange of Notes between Your Excellency's Department and this Legation, effected on August 25 and August 26, 1925, regarding the reciprocal waiver of visa fees, and in continuation of our subsequent conversations, I am directed by my Government to state that, in view of the fact that citizens of El Salvador leaving the United States are not charged any visa fees, it hopes that the Government of El Salvador will likewise not charge any fees for visas on passports of citizens of the United States leaving this Republic. I therefore have the honor to request Your Excellency to be so good as to confirm the above understanding-which is already informally in operation—as part of the agreement arrived at between our respective Governments as a result of the Exchange of Notes. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration. C. VAN H. ENGERT His Excellency Dr. R. ARRIETA ROSSI, Minister for Foreign Affairs, San Salvador. The Minister of Foreign Affairs to the American Chargé d'Affaires In reply to your esteemed Note No. 74 of September 29 last, the contents of which I have duly noted, I have the honor to quote below Decree No. 409 which has been issued under today's date: "National Palace, San Salvador, October 1, 1925. With reference to the Note from the Legation of the United States of America of September 29, and in amplification of the Decree of August 26 last, the Executive Power DECREES: To declare free the visaing of passports of American citizens who leave the Republic of El Salvador, in view of the reciprocity conceded to Salvadorean citizens. The above mentioned Note from the American Legation, together with this Decree, are ordered published in the Official Gazette. Let it be communicated. (Initialed by the President) The Minister of Foreign Affairs: I avail myself of this opportunity to reiterate to you my distinguished consideration and esteem. The Honorable C. VAN H. ENGERT, Chargé d'Affaires a.i. of the United States, City. R. ARRIETA ROSSI FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE, AND CONSULAR RIGHTS Treaty signed at San Salvador February 22, 1926; protocol of exchange signed at San Salvador September 5, 1930 Senate advice and consent to ratification May 28, 1926 Ratified by the President of the United States July 1, 1926 Ratified by El Salvador September 5, 1930 Ratifications exchanged at San Salvador September 5, 1930 Entered into force September 5, 1930 Proclaimed by the President of the United States September 8, 1930 46 Stat. 2817; Treaty Series 827 TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND CONSULAR RIGHTS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND SALVADOR PREAMBLE The United States of America and the Republic of Salvador, desirous of strengthening the bond of peace which happily prevails between them, by arrangements designed to promote friendly intercourse between their respective territories through provisions responsive to the spiritual, cultural, economic and commercial aspirations of the peoples thereof, have resolved to conclude a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights and for that purpose have appointed as their Plenipotentiaries: The President of the United States of America, Mr. Cornelius Van H. Engert, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of the United States of America in Salvador, and The President of the Republic of Salvador, Dr. Reyes Arrieta Rossi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Salvador, 1On Feb. 7, 1957, the United States gave notice of termination of art. VI. El Salvador replied on Sept. 7, 1957, that it could not accept termination of art. VI and that therefore the entire treaty would terminate. The United States concurred in this view by a note dated Dec. 31, 1957. |