Purpose. This NASA Procedures and Guidelines (NPG) provides instructions and guidance for the implementation of NASA Policy Directive (NPD) 1371.5, "Coordination and Authorization of Access by Foreign Nationals and U.S. Citizen Representatives of Foreign Entities to NASA." It provides instructions to NASA personnel who are specifically authorized to receive, coordinate, review, and approve certain types of visits and other access by foreign nationals or U.S. citizens who are representing foreign entities to NASA Installations and Facilities. It provides procedures for the timely and accurate processing of various types of foreign visits and other foreign national access requests, including requests that involve NASA being the sponsor for a foreign national who seeks to enter the United States on a J-1 exchange visitor visa. These procedures will help NASA to fulfill its responsibilities for facilitating visits and assignments that support U.S. national interests, as well as NASA's international program interests and operational requirements, while at the same time, screening such requests to determine whether they conform with Agency and national policies, including U.S. national security, nonproliferation and foreign policies, and export control laws and regulations. These procedures are also to be used to process requests by NASA contractors and grantees who seek access to a NASA Installation or Facility for their foreign national employees or visitors for the purpose of carrying out work under a NASA contract or grant. This NPG also establishes criteria for collecting and reporting of data on foreign nationals and U.S. citizen representatives of foreign entities (including foreign national visitors and foreign national contractor or grantee employees) who are authorized or denied access to each NASA Installation.

Applicability. This NPG is applicable to NASA Headquarters and NASA Centers, including Component Facilities.