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Immigration and nationality act INA (section 2, Chapter 1)

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TITLE II - IMMIGRATION<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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CHAPTER 1 - SELECTION SYSTEM<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sec. 201. [8 U.S.C. 1151] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(a) In general. - Exclusive of aliens described in
subsection (b), aliens born in a foreign state or dependent area who may be
issued immigrant visas or who may otherwise acquire the status of an alien
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence are limited
to- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(1) family-sponsored immigrants described in
section </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;">203(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">(or who are admitted under section </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: windowtext;">211(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to
their accompanying parent under section 203(a)) in a number not to exceed in
any fiscal year the number specified in subsection (c) for that year, and not
to exceed in any of the first 3 quarters of any fiscal year 27 percent of the
worldwide level under such subsection for all of such fiscal year; </span></div>
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(2) employment-based immigrants described in section
203(b) (or who are admitted under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">211(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to
their accompanying parent under section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">), in a number not to exceed in any fiscal year
the number specified in subsection (d) for that year, and not to exceed in any
of the first 3 quarters of any fiscal year 27 percent of the worldwide level
under such subsection for all of such fiscal year; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1995,
diversity immigrants described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(c) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(or who are admitted under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">211(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to
their accompanying parent under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(c) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">) in a number not to exceed in any fiscal year
the number specified in subsection (e) for that year, and not to exceed in any
of the first 3 quarters of any fiscal year 27 percent of the worldwide level
under such subsection for all of such fiscal year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(b) Aliens Not Subject to Direct Numerical Limitations.
- Aliens described in this subsection, who are not subject to the worldwide
levels or numerical limitations of subsection (a), are as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) (A) Special immigrants
described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Aliens whose status is adjusted to permanent
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(D) Aliens whose removal is canceled under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">240A(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(E) Aliens provided permanent resident status under
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(2)(A) (i) Immediate
relatives. - For purposes of this subsection, the term "immediate
relatives" means the children, spouses, and parents of a citizen of the
United States, except that, in the case of parents, such citizens shall be at
least 21 years of age. In the case of an alien who was the spouse of a citizen
of the United States </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and was not legally separated from the citizen
at the time of the citizen's death, the alien (and each child of the alien)
shall be considered, for purposes of this subsection, to remain an immediate
relative after the date of the citizen's death but only if the spouse files a
petition under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(a)(1)(A)(ii) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">within 2 years after such date and only until
the date the spouse remarries. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">3/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">For purposes of this clause, an alien who has
filed a petition under clause (iii) or (iv) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(a)(1)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">of this Act remains an immediate relative in
the event that the United States citizen spouse or parent loses United States
citizenship on account of the abuse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Aliens admitted under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">211(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">on the basis of a prior issuance of a visa to
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(B) Aliens born to an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence during a temporary visit abroad.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) (A) The worldwide level
of family-sponsored immigrants under this subsection for a fiscal year is,
subject to subparagraph (B), equal to - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) 480,000, minus <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) the sum of the number computed under paragraph (2)
and the number computed under paragraph (4), plus <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) the number (if any) computed under paragraph
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(B) (i) For each of fiscal
years 1992, 1993, and 1994, 465,000 shall be substituted for 480,000 in
subparagraph (A)(i). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) In no case shall the number computed under
subparagraph (A) be less than 226,000. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) The number computed under this paragraph for a
fiscal year is the sum of the number of aliens described in subparagraphs (A)
and (B) of subsection (b)(2) who were issued immigrant visas or who otherwise
acquired the status of aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence in the previous fiscal year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) (A) The number computed
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(B) The number computed under this paragraph for fiscal
year 1993 is the difference (if any) between the worldwide level established
under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal year and the number of visas issued
under section 203(a) during that fiscal year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) The number computed under this paragraph for a
subsequent fiscal year is the difference (if any) between the maximum number of
visas which may be issued under section 203(b) (relating to employment-based
immigrants) during the previous fiscal year and the number of visas issued
under that section during that year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) The number computed under this paragraph for a
fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1999) is the number of aliens who were
paroled into the United States under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(d)(5) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">in the second preceding fiscal year- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) who did not depart from the United States (without
advance parole) within 365 days; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) who (i) did not acquire the status of aliens
lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence in the two
preceding fiscal years, or (ii) acquired such status in such years under a
provision of law (other than section 201(b)) which exempts such adjustment from
the numerical limitation on the worldwide level of immigration under this
section. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(5) If any alien described in paragraph (4) (other than
an alien described in paragraph (4)(B)(ii)) is subsequently admitted as an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, such alien shall not again be
considered for purposes of paragraph (1). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(d) Worldwide level of employment-based immigrants<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) The worldwide level of employment-based immigrants
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(2) (A) The number computer
under this paragraph for fiscal year 1992 is zero.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) The number computed under this paragraph for fiscal
year 1993 is the difference (if any) between the worldwide level established
under paragraph (1) for the previous fiscal year and the number of visas issued
under section 203(b) during that fiscal year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) The number computed under this paragraph for a
subsequent fiscal year is the difference (if any) between the maximum number of
visas which may be issued under section 203(a) (relating to family-sponsored
immigrants) during the previous fiscal year and the number of visas issued
under that section during that year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(e) Worldwide level of diversity immigrants.- The
worldwide level of diversity immigrants is equal to 55,000 for each fiscal
year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) AGE ON PETITION FILING DATE- Except as provided in
paragraphs (2) and (3), for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(A)(i), a
determination of whether an alien satisfies the age requirement in the matter
preceding subparagraph (A) of section 101(b)(1) shall be made using the age of
the alien on the date on which the petition is filed with the Attorney General
under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to classify the alien as an immediate relative
under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) AGE ON PARENT'S NATURALIZATION DATE- In the case of a petition under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">initially filed for an alien child's
classification as a family-sponsored immigrant under section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, based on the child's parent being lawfully
admitted for permanent residence, if the petition is later converted, due to
the naturalization of the parent, to a petition to classify the alien as an
immediate relative under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i), the determination described
in paragraph (1) shall be made using the age of the alien on the date of the
parent's naturalization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) AGE ON MARRIAGE TERMINATION DATE- In the case of a petition under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">initially filed for an alien's classification
as a family-sponsored immigrant under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(3) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, based on the alien's being a married son or
daughter of a citizen, if the petition is later converted, due to the legal
termination of the alien's marriage, to a petition to classify the alien as an
immediate relative under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i) or as an unmarried son or
daughter of a citizen under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(1) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, the determination described in paragraph (1)
shall be made using the age of the alien on the date of the termination of the
marriage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) through (3) shall apply to self-petitioners and derivatives of
self-petitioners.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act (August 6, 2002) and shall apply to any alien who is a derivative
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(1) a petition for classification under section 204 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) approved before such date but only if a final
determination has not been made on the beneficiary's application for an
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(A) IN GENERAL- The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to all
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preference or priority or be discriminated against in the issuance of an
immigrant visa because of the person's race, sex, nationality, place of birth,
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the processing of immigrant visa applications or the locations where such
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of immigrant visas made available to natives of any single foreign state or
dependent area under subsections (a) and (b) of section 203 in any fiscal year
may not exceed 7 percent (in the case of a single foreign state) or 2 percent
(in the case of a dependent area) of the total number of such visas made
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states or dependent areas, the total number of visas available under both
subsections (a) and (b) of section 203 for a calendar quarter exceeds the
number of qualified immigrants who otherwise may be issued such a visa, paragraph
(2) shall not apply to visas made available to such states or areas during the
remainder of such calendar quarter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) Special rules for spouses and children of lawful
permanent resident aliens. - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) 75 percent of 2nd preference set-aside for spouses
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(i) In general. - Of the visa numbers made available
under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to immigrants described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">in any fiscal year, 75 percent of the 2-A floor
(as defined in clause (ii)) shall be issued without regard to the numerical
limitation under paragraph (2). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) 2-A floor defined. - In this paragraph, the term
"2-A floor" means, for a fiscal year, 77 percent of the total number
of visas made available under section 203(a) to immigrants described in section
203(a)(2) in the fiscal year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Treatment of remaining 25 percent for countries
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(i) In general. - Of the visa numbers made available
under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to immigrants described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">in any fiscal year, the remaining 25 percent of
the 2-A floor shall be available in the case of a state or area that is subject
to subsection (e) only to the extent that the total number of visas issued in
accordance with subparagraph (A) to natives of the foreign state or area is
less than the subsection (e) ceiling (as defined in clause (ii)). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Subsection (e) ceiling defined. - In clause (i),
the term "subsection (e) ceiling" means, for a foreign state or
dependent area, 77 percent of the maximum number of visas that may be made
available under section 203(a) to immigrants who are natives of the state or
area under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">consistent with subsection (e). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Treatment of unmarried sons and daughters in
countries subject to subsection (e). - In the case of a foreign state or
dependent area to which subsection (e) applies, the number of immigrant visas
that may be made available to natives of the state or area under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(B) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">may not exceed - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) 23 percent of the maximum number of visas that may
be made available under section 203(a) to immigrants of the state or area described
in section 203(a)(2) consistent with subsection (e), or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) the number (if any) by which the maximum number of
visas that may be made available under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to immigrants of the state or area described in
section 203(a)(2) consistent with subsection (e) exceeds the number of visas
issued under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, whichever is greater. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(D) Limiting pass down for certain countries subject to
subsection (e). - In the case of a foreign state or dependent area to which
subsection (e) applies, if the total number of visas issued under section
203(a)(2) exceeds the maximum number of visas that may be made available to
immigrants of the state or area under section 203(a)(2) consistent with
subsection (e) (determined without regard to this paragraph), in applying
paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 203(a) under subsection (e)(2) all visas
shall be deemed to have been required for the classes specified in paragraphs
(1) and (2) of such section. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(5) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">RULES FOR EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANTS-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRANTS NOT SUBJECT TO PER COUNTRY LIMITATION IF
ADDITIONAL VISAS AVAILABLE- If the total number of visas available under
paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">for a calendar quarter exceeds the number of
qualified immigrants who may otherwise be issued such visas, the visas made
available under that paragraph shall be issued without regard to the numerical
limitation under paragraph (2) of this subsection during the remainder of the
calendar quarter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) LIMITING FALL ACROSS FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (e)- In
the case of a foreign state or dependent area to which subsection (e) applies,
if the total number of visas issued under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">exceeds the maximum number of visas that may be
made available to immigrants of the state or area under section
203(b)consistent with subsection (e) (determined without regard to this
paragraph),in applying subsection (e) all visas shall be deemed to have been
required for the classes of aliens specified in section 203(b).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(b) Rules for Chargeability. - Each independent country,
self-governing dominion, mandated territory, and territory under the
international trusteeship system of the United Nations, other than the United
States and its outlying possessions, shall be treated as a separate foreign
state for the purposes of a numerical level established under subsection (a)(2)
when approved by the Secretary of State. All other inhabited lands shall be
attributed to a foreign state specified by the Secretary of State. F or the
purposes of this Act the foreign state to which an immigrant is chargeable
shall be determined by birth within such foreign state except that- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) an alien child, when accompanied by or following to
join his alien parent or parents, may be charged to the foreign state of either
parent if such parent has received or would be qualified for an immigrant visa,
if necessary to prevent the separation of the child from the parent or parents,
and if immigration charged to the foreign state to which such parent has been
or would be chargeable has not reached a numerical level established under
subsection (a)(2) for that fiscal year; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) if an alien is chargeable to a different foreign
state from that of his spouse, the foreign state to which such alien is
chargeable may, if necessary to prevent the separation of husband and wife, be
determined by the foreign state of the spouse he is accompanying or following
to join, if such spouse has received or would be qualified for an immigrant
visa and if immigration charged to the foreign state to which such spouse has
been or would be chargeable has not reached a numerical level estab lished
under subsection (a)(2) for that fiscal year; (3)
an alien born in the United States shall be considered as having been born in
the country of which he is a citizen or subject, or, if he is not a citizen or
subject of any country, in the last foreign country in which he had his
residence as determined by the consular officer; and (4)
an alien born within any foreign state in which neither of his parents was born
and in which neither of his parents had a residence at the time of such alien's
birth may be charged to the foreign state of either parent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(c) Chargeability for Dependent Areas. - Any immigrant
born in a colony or other component or dependent area of a foreign state
overseas from the foreign state, other than an alien described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, shall be chargeable for the purpose of the
limitation set forth in subsection (a), to the foreign state. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(d) Changes in Territory. - In the case of any change in
the territorial limits of foreign states, the Secretary of State shall, upon
recognition of such change, issue appropriate instructions to all diplomatic
and consular offices. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(e) Special Rules for Countries at Ceiling. - If it is
determined that the total number of immigrant visas made available under
subsections (a) and (b) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to natives of any single foreign state or
dependent area will exceed the numerical limitation specified in subsection
(a)(2) in any fiscal year, in determining the allotment of immigrant visa
numbers to natives under subsections (a) and (b) of section 203, visa numbers
with respect to natives of that state or area shall be allocated (to the extent
practicable and otherwise consistent with this section and section 203) in a
manner so that <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) the ratio of the visa numbers made available under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to the visa numbers made available under
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immigration under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(c) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to such level under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(d); <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) except as provided in subsection (a)(4), the
proportion of the visa numbers made available under each of paragraphs (1)
through (4) of section 203(a) is equal to the ratio of the total number of
visas made available under the respective paragraph to the total number of
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visas made available under the respective paragraph to the total number of
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Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the number of visas
that may be issued to natives of a foreign state or dependent area under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">or </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">if there is insufficient demand for visas for
such natives under section 203(b) or 203(a), respectively, or as limiting the
number of visas that may be issued under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(A). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as limiting the number of visas
that may be issued to natives of a foreign state or dependent area under
section 203(a) or </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">if there is insufficient demand for visas for
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visas that may be issued under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(A).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FN 1a     Section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">104(b)(1) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">of Public Law 106-313, dated October 17, 2000,
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(a) Preference Allocation for Family-Sponsored
Immigrants. - Aliens subject to the worldwide level specified in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(c) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">for family-sponsored immigrants shall be
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(1) Unmarried sons and daughters of citizens. -
Qualified immigrants who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the
United States shall be allocated visas in a number not to exceed 23,400, plus
any visas not required for the class specified in paragraph (4). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) who are the spouses or children of an alien lawfully
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(B) who are the unmarried sons or unmarried daughters
(but are not the children) of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence, shall be allocated visas in a number not to exceed 114,200, plus the
number (if any) by which such worldwide level exceeds 226,000, plus any visas
not required for the class specified in paragraph (1); except that not less
than 77 percent of such visa numbers shall be allocated to aliens described in
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(3) Married sons and married daughters of citizens. -
Qualified immigrants who are the married sons or married daughters of citizens
of the United States shall be allocated visas in a number not to exceed 23,400,
plus any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and
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(4) Brothers and sisters of citizens. - Qualified
immigrants who are the brothers or sisters of citizens of the United States, if
such citizens are at least 21 years of age, shall be allocated visas in a
number not to exceed 65,000, plus any visas not required for the classes
specified in paragraphs (1) through (3). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(b) Preference Allocation for Employment-Based
Immigrants. - Aliens subject to the worldwide level specified in section 201(d)
for employment-based immigrants in a fiscal year shall be allotted visas as
follows: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) Priority workers. - Visas shall first be made
available in a number not to exceed 28.6 percent of such worldwide level, plus
any visas not required for the classes specified in paragraphs (4) and (5), to
qualified immigrants who are aliens described in any of the following
subparagraphs (A) through (C): <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Aliens with extraordinary ability. - An alien is
described in this subparagraph if - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) the alien has extraordinary ability in the sciences,
arts, education, business, or athletics which has been demonstrated by
sustained national or international acclaim and whose achievements have been
recognized in the field through extensive documentation, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) the alien seeks to enter the United States to
continue work in the area of extraordinary ability, and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) the alien's entry into the United States will
substantially benefit prospectively the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Outstanding professors and researchers. -An alien is
described in this subparagraph if - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) the alien is recognized internationally as
outstanding in a specific academic area, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) the alien has at least 3 years of experience in
teaching or research in the academic area, and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) the alien seeks to enter the United States- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(I) for a tenured position (or tenure-track position) within a university or
institution of higher education to teach in the academic area, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(II) for a comparable position with a university or institution of higher
education to conduct research in the area, or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(III) for a comparable position to conduct research in the area with a
department, division, or institute of a private employer, if the department,
division, or institute employs at least 3 persons full-time in research
activities and has achieved documented accomplishments in an academic
field. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Certain multinational executives and managers. An
alien is described in this subparagraph if the alien, in the 3 years preceding
the time of the alien's application for classification and admission into the
United States under this subparagraph, has been employed for at least 1 year by
a firm or corporation or other legal entity or an affiliate or subsidiary
thereof and the alien seeks to enter the United States in order to continue to
render services to the same employer or to a subsidiary or affiliate thereof in
a capacity that is managerial or executive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Aliens who are members of the professions holding
advanced degrees or aliens of exceptional ability. - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) In general. - Visas shall be made available, in a
number not to exceed 28.6 percent of such worldwide level, plus any visas not
required for the classes specified in paragraph (1), to qualified immigrants
who are members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent
or who because of their exceptional ability in the sciences, arts, or business,
will substantially benefit prospectively the national economy, cultural or
educational interests, or welfare of the United States, an d whose services in
the sciences, arts, professions, or business are sought by an employer in the
United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) (i) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/ </span><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1a/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Subject to clause (ii), the Attorney General
may, when the Attorney General deems it to be in the national interest, waive
the requirements of subparagraph (A) that an alien's services in the sciences,
arts, professions, or business be sought by an employer in the United States.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) (I) The Attorney
General shall grant a national interest waiver pursuant to clause (i) on behalf
of any alien physician with respect to whom a petition for preference
classification has been filed under subparagraph (A) if-- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(aa) the alien physician agrees to work full time as a physician in an area or
areas designated by the Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a
shortage of health care professionals or at a health care facility under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(bb) a Federal agency or a department of public health in any State has
previously determined that the alien physician's work in such an area or at
such facility was in the public interest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(II) No permanent resident visa may be issued to an
alien physician described in subclause (I) by the Secretary of State under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, and the Attorney General may not adjust the
status of such an alien physician from that of a nonimmigrant alien to that of
a permanent resident alien under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, until such time as the alien has worked full
time as a physician for an aggregate of 5 years (not including the time served
in the status of an alien described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(15)(J) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">), in an area or areas designated by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services as having a shortage of health care
professionals or at a health care facility under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(III) Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to prevent the filing of a
petition with the Attorney General for classification under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, or the filing of an application for
adjustment of status under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, by an alien physician described in subclause
(I) prior to the date by which such alien physician has completed the service
described in subclause (II).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(IV) The requirements of this subsection do not affect waivers on behalf of alien
physicians approved under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(2)(B) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">before the enactment date of this subsection.
In the case of a physician for whom an application for a waiver was filed under
section 203(b)(2)(B) prior to November 1, 1998, the Attorney General shall
grant a national interest waiver pursuant to section 203(b)(2)(B) except that
the alien is required to have worked full time as a physician for an aggregate
of 3 years (not including time served in the status of an alien described in
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(15)(J) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">) before a visa can be issued to the alien
under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">or the status of the alien is adjusted to
permanent resident under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Determination of exceptional ability. - In
determining under subparagraph (A) whether an immigrant has exceptional
ability, the possession of a degree, diploma, certificate, or similar award
from a college, university, school, or other institution of learning or a
license to practice or certification for a particular profession or occupation
shall not by itself be considered sufficient evidence of such exceptional
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(3) Skilled workers, professionals, and other
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(A) In general. - Visas shall be made available, in a
number not to exceed 28.6 percent of such worldwide level, plus any visas not
required for the classes specified in paragraphs (1) and (2), to the following
classes of aliens who are not described in paragraph (2): <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) Skilled workers. - Qualified immigrants who are
capable, at the time of petitioning for classification under this paragraph, of
performing skilled labor (requiring at least 2 years training or experience),
not of a temporary or seasonal nature, for which qualified workers are not
available in the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Professionals. - Qualified immigrants who hold
baccalaureate degrees and who are members of the professions. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) Other workers. - Other qualified immigrants who
are capable, at the time of petitioning for classification under this
paragraph, of performing unskilled labor, not of a temporary or seasonal
nature, for which qualified workers are not available in the United
States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Limitation on other workers. - Not more than 10,000
of the visas made available under this paragraph in any fiscal year may be
available for qualified immigrants described in subparagraph (A)(iii). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Labor certification required.- An immigrant visa may
not be issued to an immigrant under subparagraph (A) until the consular officer
is in receipt of a determination made by the Secretary of Labor pursuant to the
provisions of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a)(5)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) Certain special immigrants. - Visas shall be
made available, in a number not to exceed 7.1 percent of such worldwide level,
to qualified special immigrants described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(other than those described in subparagraph (A)
or (B) thereof), of which not more than 5,000 may be made available in any
fiscal year to special immigrants described in subclause (II) or (III) of
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)(C)(ii) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and not more than 100 may be made available in
any fiscal year to special immigrants, excluding spouses and children, who are
described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)(M) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) In general. - Visas shall be made available, in
a number not to exceed 7.1 percent of such worldwide level, to qualified
immigrants seeking to enter the United States for the purpose of engaging in a
new commercial </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">enterprise (including a limited partnership)--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">in which such alien has invested (after the
date of the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990) or, is actively in the
process of investing, capital in an amount not less than the amount specified
in subparagraph (C), and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">which will benefit the United States economy
and create full-time employment for not fewer than 10 United States citizens or
aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence or other immigrants lawfully
authorized to be employed in the United States (other than the immigrant and
the immigrant's spouse, sons, or daughters).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Set-aside for targeted employment areas.- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) In general. - Not less than 3,000 of the visas
made available under this paragraph in each fiscal year shall be reserved for
qualified immigrants who </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">invest in a new commercial enterprise described
in subparagraph (A) which will create employment in a targeted employment area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Targeted employment area defined. - In this
paragraph, the term ``targeted employment area'' means, at the time of the
investment, a rural area or an area which has experienced high unemployment (of
at least 150 percent of the national average rate).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) Rural area defined. - In this paragraph, the
term ``rural area'' means any area other than an area within a metropolitan
statistical area or within the outer boundary of any city or town having a
population of 20,000 or more (based on the most recent decennial census of the
United States). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) In general. - Except as otherwise provided in this
subparagraph, the amount of capital required under subparagraph (A) shall be
$1,000,000. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor
and the Secretary of State, may from time to time prescribe regulations
increasing the dollar amount specified under the previous sentence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Adjustment for targeted employment areas.- The
Attorney General may, in the case of investment made in a targeted employment
area, specify an amount of capital required under subparagraph (A) that is less
than (but not less than 1/2 of) the amount specified in clause (i). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) Adjustment for high employment areas.-In the case
of an investment made in a part of a metropolitan statistical area that at the
time of the investment - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(II) is an area with an unemployment rate significantly below the national
average unemployment rate, the Attorney General may specify an amount of
capital required under subparagraph (A) that is greater than (but not greater
than 3 times) the amount specified in clause (I). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(D) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Full-time employment defined.--In this
paragraph, the term `full-time employment' means employment in a position that
requires at least 35 hours of service per week at any time, regardless of who
fills the position.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(6) Special rules for "k" special immigrants.
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(A) Not counted against numerical limitation in year
involved. - Subject to subparagraph (B), the number of immigrant visas made
available to special immigrants under section 101(a)(27)(K) in a fiscal year
shall not be subject to the numerical limitations of this subsection or of
section 202(a). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Counted against numerical limitations in following
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(i) Reduction in employment-based immigrant
classifications. - The number of visas made available in any fiscal year under
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall each be reduced by 1/3 of the number of
visas made available in the previous fiscal year to special immigrants
described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)(K) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Reduction in per country level. - The number of
visas made available in each fiscal year to natives of a foreign state under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">202(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">shall be reduced by the number of visas made
available in the previous fiscal year to special immigrants described in
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)(K) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">who are natives of the foreign state. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) Reduction in employment-based immigrant
classifications within per country ceiling. - In the case of a foreign state
subject to section 202(e) in a fiscal year (and in the previous fiscal year),
the number of visas made available and allocated to each of paragraphs (1)
through (3) of this subsection in the fiscal year shall be reduced by 1/3 of
the number of visas made available in the previous fiscal year to special
immigrants described in section 101(a)(27)(K) who are natives of the forei gn
state.(C)[Subparagraph (C) was stricken by Sec. 212(b) of the Immigration and
Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (Pub. L. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">103-416 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, 108 Stat. 4314, Oct. 25, 1994)] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">INA: ACT 204 -
PROCEDURE FOR GRANTING IMMIGRANT VISAS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Sec. 204. [8 U.S.C. 1154]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(a) (1) (A) (i) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4a</span> Except
as provided in clause (viii), any citizen of the United States claiming that an
alien is entitled to classification by reason of a relationship described in
paragraph (1), (3), or (4) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or to an immediate relative status under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b)(2)(A)(i)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may file a petition with the Attorney
General for such classification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii) An alien
spouse described in the second sentence of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b)(2)(A)(i)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> also may file a petition with the
Attorney General under this subparagraph for classification of the alien (and
the alien's children) under such section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(iii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (I) An alien who is described in
subclause (II) may file a petition with the Attorney General under this clause for
classification of the alien (and any child of the alien) if the alien
demonstrates to the Attorney General that--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aa) the
marriage or the intent to marry the United States citizen was entered into in
good faith by the alien; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bb) during the
marriage or relationship intended by the alien to be legally a marriage, the
alien or a child of the alien has been battered or has been the subject of
extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien's spouse or intended spouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) For
purposes of subclause (I), an alien described in this subclause is an alien--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aa)(AA) who is
the spouse of a citizen of the United States;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(BB) who
believed that he or she had married a citizen of the United States and with
whom a marriage ceremony was actually performed and who otherwise meets any
applicable requirements under this Act to establish the existence of and bona
fides of a marriage, but whose marriage is not legitimate solely because of the
bigamy of such citizen of the United States; or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(CC) who was a
bona fide spouse of a United States citizen within the past 2 years and--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aaa) whose
spouse died within the past 2 years;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bbb) whose
spouse lost or renounced citizenship status within the past 2 years related to
an incident of domestic violence; or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ccc) who
demonstrates a connection between the legal termination of the marriage within
the past 2 years and battering or extreme cruelty by the United States citizen
spouse;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bb) who is a
person of good moral character;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(cc) who is
eligible to be classified as an immediate relative under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b)(2)(A)(i)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or who would have been so classified but
for the bigamy of the citizen of the United States that the alien intended to
marry; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(dd) who has
resided with the alien's spouse or intended spouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(iv) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">5</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> An alien who is the child of a citizen of
the United States, or who was a child of a United States citizen parent who
within the past 2 years lost or renounced citizenship status related to an
incident of domestic violence, and who is a person of good moral character, who
is eligible to be classified as an immediate relative under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b)(2)(A)(i)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, and who resides, or has resided in the past,
with the citizen parent may file a petition with the Attorney General under
this subparagraph for classification of the alien (and any child of the alien)
under such section if the alien demonstrates to the Attorney General that the
alien has been battered by or has been the subject of extreme cruelty
perpetrated by the alien's citizen parent. For purposes of this clause,
residence includes any period of visitation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(v) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> An alien who--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(I) is the
spouse, intended spouse, or child living abroad of a citizen who--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aa) is an
employee of the United States Government;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bb) is a
member of the uniformed services (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10,
United States Code); or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(cc) has
subjected the alien or the alien's child to battery or extreme cruelty in the
United States; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) is
eligible to file a petition under clause (iii) or (iv), shall file such
petition with the Attorney General under the procedures that apply to
self-petitioners under clause (iii) or (iv), as applicable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(vi) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> For the purposes of any petition filed
under clause (iii) or (iv), the denaturalization, loss or renunciation of
citizenship, death of the abuser, divorce, or changes to the abuser's
citizenship status after filing of the petition shall not adversely affect the
approval of the petition, and for approved petitions shall not preclude the
classification of the eligible self- petitioning spouse or child as an
immediate relative or affect the alien's ability to adjust status under
subsections (a) and (c) of section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or obtain status as a lawful permanent
resident based on the approved self-petition under such clauses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(vii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">6ab</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> An alien may file a petition with the
Secretary of Homeland Security under this subparagraph for classification of
the alien under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b)(2)(A)(i)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> if the alien--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(I) is the
parent of a citizen of the United States or was a parent of a citizen of the
United States who, within the past 2 years, lost or renounced citizenship
status related to an incident of domestic violence or died;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) is a
person of good moral character;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(III) is
eligible to be classified as an immediate relative under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">201(b)(2)(A)(i)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(IV) resides,
or has resided, with the citizen daughter or son; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(V)
demonstrates that the alien has been battered or subject to extreme cruelty by
the citizen daughter or son.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(viii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (I) Clause (i) shall not apply to a
citizen of the United States who has been convicted of a specified offense
against a minor, unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary's
sole and unreviewable discretion, determines that the citizen poses no risk to
the alien with respect to whom a petition described in clause (i) is filed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) For
purposes of subclause (I), the term “specified offense against a minor” is
defined as in section 111 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of
2006.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(B) (i) (I)
Except as provided in subclause (II), any alien </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">7a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> lawfully admitted for permanent residence
claiming that an alien is entitled to a classification by reason of the
relationship described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may file a petition with the Attorney
General for such classification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(I) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">7a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Subclause (I) shall not apply in the case
of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence who has been convicted of
a specified offense against a minor (as defined in subparagraph (A)(viii)(II)),
unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary's sole and
unreviewable discretion, determines that such person poses no risk to the alien
with respect to whom a petition described in subclause (I) is filed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">7</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (I) An alien who is described in
subclause (II) may file a petition with the Attorney General under this clause
for classification of the alien (and any child of the alien) if such a child
has not been classified under clause (iii) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> and if the alien demonstrates to the
Attorney General that--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aa) the
marriage or the intent to marry the lawful permanent resident was entered into
in good faith by the alien; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bb) during the
marriage or relationship intended by the alien to be legally a marriage, the
alien or a child of the alien has been battered or has been the subject of
extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien's spouse or intended spouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) For
purposes of subclause (I), an alien described in this paragraph is an alien--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aa)(AA) who is
the spouse of a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(BB) who
believed that he or she had married a lawful permanent resident of the United
States and with whom a marriage ceremony was actually performed and who otherwise
meets any applicable requirements under this Act to establish the existence of
and bona fides of a marriage, but whose marriage is not legitimate solely
because of the bigamy of such lawful permanent resident of the United States;
or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(CC) who was a
bona fide spouse of a lawful permanent resident within the past 2 years and--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aaa) whose
spouse lost status within the past 2 years due to an incident of domestic
violence; or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bbb) who
demonstrates a connection between the legal termination of the marriage within
the past 2 years and battering or extreme cruelty by the lawful permanent
resident spouse;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bb) who is a
person of good moral character;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(cc) who is
eligible to be classified as a spouse of an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or who would have been so classified but
for the bigamy of the lawful permanent resident of the United States that the
alien intended to marry; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(dd) who has
resided with the alien's spouse or intended spouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(iii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">8</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> An alien who is the child of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence, or who was the child of a lawful permanent
resident who within the past 2 years lost lawful permanent resident status due
to an incident of domestic violence, and who is a person of good moral
character, who is eligible for classification under section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)(A)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, and who resides, or has resided in the past,
with the alien's permanent resident alien parent may file a petition with the
Attorney General under this subparagraph for classification of the alien (and
any child of the alien) under such section if the alien demonstrates to the
Attorney General that the alien has been battered by or has been the subject of
extreme cruelty perpetrated by the alien's permanent resident parent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(iv) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> An alien who--<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(I) is the
spouse, intended spouse, or child living abroad of a lawful permanent resident
who-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(aa) is an
employee of the United States Government;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(bb) is a
member of the uniformed services (as defined in section 101(a) of title 10,
United States Code); or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(cc) has
subjected the alien or the alien's child to battery or extreme cruelty in the
United States; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) is
eligible to file a petition under clause (ii) or (iii), shall file such petition
with the Attorney General under the procedures that apply to self-petitioners
under clause (ii) or (iii), as applicable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(v) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">9a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (I) For the purposes of any petition
filed or approved under clause (ii) or (iii), divorce, or the loss of lawful
permanent resident status by a spouse or parent after the filing of a petition
under that clause shall not adversely affect approval of the petition, and, for
an approved petition, shall not affect the alien’s ability to adjust status
under subsections (a) and (c) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or obtain status as a lawful permanent
resident based on an approved self-petition under clause (ii) or (iii).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) Upon the
lawful permanent resident spouse or parent becoming or establishing the
existence of United States citizenship through naturalization, acquisition of
citizenship, or other means, any petition filed with the Immigration and
Naturalization Service and pending or approved under clause (ii) or (iii) on
behalf of an alien who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty shall
be deemed reclassified as a petition filed under subparagraph (A) even if the
acquisition of citizenship occurs after divorce or termination of parental
rights.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(C) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Notwithstanding section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(f)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, an act or conviction that is waivable with
respect to the petitioner for purposes of a determination of the petitioner's
admissibility under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or deportability under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">237(a)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> shall not bar the Attorney General from
finding the petitioner to be of good moral character under subparagraph
(A)(iii),(A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) if the Attorney General finds that the
act or conviction was connected to the alien's having been battered or
subjected to extreme cruelty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(D) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (i)(I) Any child who attains 21 years of
age who has filed a petition under clause (iv) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(a)(1)(A)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(a)(1)(B)(iii)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> that was filed or approved before the
date on which the child attained 21 years of age shall be considered (if the
child has not been admitted or approved for lawful permanent residence by the
date the child attained 21 years of age) a petitioner for preference status
under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(a), whichever paragraph is
applicable, with the same priority date assigned to the self-petition filed
under clause (iv) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">204(a)(1)(A)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. No new petition shall be required to be
filed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) Any
individual described in subclause (I) is eligible for deferred action and work
authorization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(III) Any
derivative child who attains 21 years of age who is included in a petition
described in clause (ii) that was filed or approved before the date on which
the child attained 21 years of age shall be considered (if the child has not
been admitted or approved for lawful permanent residence by the date the child
attained 21 years of age) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> a VAWA self-petitioner with the same
priority date as that assigned to the petitioner in any petition described in
clause (ii). No new petition shall be required to be filed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(IV) Any
individual described in subclause (III) and any derivative child of a petition
described in clause (ii) is eligible for deferred action and work authorization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii) The
petition referred to in clause (i)(III) is a petition filed by an alien under
subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii)or (B)(iii) in which the child is
included as a derivative beneficiary.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (iii) Nothing in the amendments made by
the Child Status Protection Act shall be construed to limit or deny any right
or benefit provided under this subparagraph.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (iv) Any alien who benefits from this
subparagraph may adjust status in accordance with subsections (a) and (c) of
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> as an alien having an approved petition
for classification under subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (v) For purposes of this paragraph, an
individual who is not less than 21 years of age, who qualified to file a
petition under subparagraph (A)(iv) or (B)(iii) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> as of the day before the date on which
the individual attained 21 years of age, and who did not file such a petition
before such day, shall be treated as having filed a petition under such
subparagraph as of such day if a petition is filed for the status described in
such subparagraph before the individual attains 25 years of age and the
individual shows that the abuse was at least one central reason for the filing
delay. Clauses (i) through (iv) of this subparagraph shall apply to an
individual described in this clause in the same manner as an individual filing
a petition under subparagraph (A)(iv) or (B)(iii). </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10a</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(E) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Any alien desiring to be classified under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(1)(A)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, or any person on behalf of such an alien, may
file a petition with the Attorney General for such classification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(F) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Any employer desiring and intending to
employ within the United States an alien entitled to classification under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(1)(B)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(1)(C)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(2)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, or </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(3)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may file a petition with the Attorney
General for such classification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(G) (i) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (i) Any alien (other than a special
immigrant under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)(D)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">) desiring to be classified under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(4)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, or any person on behalf of such an alien, may
file a petition with the Attorney General for such classification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii) Aliens
claiming status as a special immigrant under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(27)(D)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may file a petition only with the
Secretary of State and only after notification by the Secretary that such
status has been recommended and approved pursuant to such section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(H) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Any alien desiring to be classified under
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(b)(5)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may file a petition with the Attorney
General for such classification.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(I) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> (i) Any alien desiring to be provided an
immigrant visa under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(c)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may file a petition at the place and time
determined by the Secretary of State by regulation. Only one such petition may
be filed by an alien with respect to any petitioning period established. If
more than one petition is submitted all such petitions submitted for such
period by the alien shall be voided.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii)(I) The
Secretary of State shall designate a period for the filing of petitions with
respect to visas which may be issued under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(c)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> for the fiscal year beginning after the
end of the period.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(II) Aliens who
qualify, through random selection, for a visa under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(c)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> shall remain eligible to receive such
visa only through the end of the specific fiscal year for which they were
selected.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Secretary of State shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to
carry out this clause.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(iii) A
petition under this subparagraph shall be in such form as the Secretary of
State may by regulation prescribe and shall contain such information and be
supported by such documentary evidence as the Secretary of State may require.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(iv) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10ad</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Each petition to compete for
consideration for a visa under section 1153(c) of this title shall be
accompanied by a fee equal to $30. All amounts collected under this clause
shall be deposited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.': <i>Provided</i>,
that the department of State, in consultation with the Department of Homeland
Security, shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
of this Act on the steps being taken to implement the recommendations of
GAO-07-1174.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(J) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> In acting on petitions filed under clause
(iii) or (iv) of subparagraph (A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (B),</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> or in making determinations under
subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Attorney General shall consider any credible
evidence relevant to the petition. The determination of what evidence is
credible and the weight to be given that evidence shall be within the sole
discretion of the Attorney General.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(K) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10ab</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Upon the approval of a petition as a VAWA
self-petitioner, the alien --<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(i) is eligible
for work authorization; and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii) may be
provided an ‘employment authorized’ endorsement or appropriate work permit
incidental to such approval.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(L) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><sup><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">10ac</span></sup></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> Notwithstanding the previous provisions
of this paragraph, an individual who was a VAWA petitioner or who had the
status of a nonimmigrant under subparagraph (T) or (U) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(15)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> may not file a petition for
classification under this section or section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">214</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> to classify any person who committed the
battery or extreme cruelty or trafficking against the individual (or the
individual’s child) which established the individual’s (or individual's child)
eligibility as a VAWA petitioner or for such nonimmigrant status.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(2) (A) The
Attorney General may not approve a spousal second preference petition for the
classification of the spouse of an alien if the alien, by virtue of a prior
marriage, has been accorded the status of an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence as the spouse of a citizen of the United States or as the
spouse of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, unless-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(i) a period of
5 years has elapsed after the date the alien acquired the status of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(ii) the alien
establishes to the satisfaction of the Attorney General by clear and convincing
evidence that the prior marriage (on the basis of which the alien obtained the
status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence) was not entered
into for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">In this
subparagraph, the term "spousal second preference petition" refers to
a petition, seeking preference status under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">203(a)(2)</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, for an alien as a spouse of an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(B) Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply to a petition filed for the classification of the spouse of
an alien if the prior marriage of the alien was terminated by the death of his
or her spouse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">INA: ACT 205 - REVOCATION OR APPROVAL OF
PETITIONS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sec. 205. [8 U.S.C. 1155] The Secretary of Homeland Security </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">may, at any time, for what he deems to be good
and sufficient cause, revoke the approval of any petition approved by him under
section 204. Such revocation shall be effective as of the date of approval of
any such petition. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FOOTNOTES FOR SECTION 205 <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INA: ACT 205 FN 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FN 1     Section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">5304(c)(1) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(2) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">of Public Law 108-458 amended section 205 by
(1) striking "Attorney General" and inserting "Secretary of
Homeland Security"; and (2) by striking the final two sentences. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(d) Effective Date- The amendments made by this section shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act (Public Law </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">108-458 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">) and shall apply to revocations under
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U.S.C. 1155, 1201(i)) made before, on, or after such date. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sec. 206. [8 U.S.C. 1156] If an immigrant having an immigrant visa is denied
admission to the United States and removed, or does not apply for admission
before the expiration of the validity of his visa, or if an alien having an
immigrant visa issued to him as a preference immigrant is found not to be a
preference immigrant, an immigrant visa or a preference immigrant visa, as the
case may be, may be issued in lieu thereof to another qualified alien.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ADMISSION OF EMERGENCY SITUATION REFUGEES<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(a) (1) Except as provided
in subsection (b), the number of refugees who may be admitted under this
section in fiscal year 1980, 1981, or 1982, may not exceed fifty thousand
unless the President determines, before the beginning of the fiscal year and
after appropriate consultation (as defined in subsection (e)), that admission
of a specific number of refugees in excess of such number is justified by
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Except as provided in subsection (b), the number of
refugees who may be admitted under this section in any fiscal year after fiscal
year 1982 shall be such number as the President determines, before the beginning
of the fiscal year and after appropriate consultation, is justified by
humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the national interest. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) Admissions under this subsection shall be allocated
among refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States in
accordance with a determination made by the President after appropriate
consultation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) In the determination made under this subsection for
each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1992), the President shall
enumerate, with the respective number of refugees so determined, the number of
aliens who were granted asylum in the previous year. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(b) If the President determines, after appropriate
consultation, that (1) an unforeseen emergency refugee situation exists,
(2) the admission of certain refugees in response
to the emergency refugee situation is justified by grave humanitarian concerns
or is otherwise in the national interest, and (3) the admission to the United
States of these refugees cannot be accomplished under subsection (a), the
President may fix a number of refugees to be admitted to the United States
during the succeeding period (not to exceed twelve months) in response to the
emergency refugee situation and such admissions shall be allocated among
refugees of special humanitarian concern to the United States in accordance
with a determination made by the President after the appropriate consultation
provided under this subsection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(c) (1) Subject to the
numerical limitations established pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), the
Attorney General may, in the Attorney General's discretion and pursuant to such
regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe, admit any refugee who is not
firmly resettled in any foreign country, is determined to be of special humanitarian
concern to the United States, and is admissible (except as otherwise provided
under paragraph (3)) as an immigrant under this Act.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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admission under paragraph (1) shall, if not otherwise entitled to admission
under paragraph (1) and if not a person described in the second sentence of
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(42) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, be entitled to the same admission status as
such refugee if accompanying, or following to join, such refugee and if the
spouse or child is admissible (except as otherwise provided under paragraph
(3)) as an immigrant under this Act. Upon the spouse's or child's admission to
the United States, such admission shall be charged against the numerical
limitation established in accordance with the appropriate subsection under
which the refugee's admission is charged.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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alien who seeks to accompany, or follow to join, a parent granted admission as
a refugee under this subsection, and who was under 21 years of age on the date
on which such parent applied for refugee status under this section, shall
continue to be classified as a child for purposes of this paragraph, if the
alien attained 21 years of age after such application was filed but while it
was pending. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) The provisions of paragraphs (4), (5), and (7)(A) of
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to the United States under this subsection, and the Attorney General may waive
any other provision of such section (other than paragraph (2)(C) or
subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph (3)) with respect to such an
alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is
otherwise in the public interest. Any such waiver by the Attorney General shall
be in writing and shall be granted only on an individual basis following an
investigation. The Attorney General shall provide for the annual reporting to
Congress of the number of waivers granted under this paragraph in the previous
fiscal year and a summary of the reasons for granting such waivers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) The refugee status of any alien (and of the spouse
or child of the alien) may be terminated by the Attorney General pursuant to
such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe if the Attorney General
determines that the alien was not in fact a refugee within the meaning of
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(42) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">at the time of the alien's admission. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(d) (1) Before the start of
each fiscal year the President shall report to the Committee on the Judiciary
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate regarding the foreseeable
number of refugees who will be in need of resettlement during the fiscal year
and the anticipated allocation of refugee admissions during the fiscal year.
The President shall provide for periodic discussions between designated
representatives of the President and members of such committees regarding
changes in the worldwide refugee situation, the progress of refugee admissions,
and the possible need for adjustments in the allocation of admissions among refugees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) As soon as possible after representatives of the
President initiate appropriate consultation with respect to the number of
refugee admissions under subsection (a) or with respect to the admission of
refugees in response to an emergency refugee situation under subsection (b),
the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the
Senate shall cause to have printed in the Congressional Record the substance of
such consultation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) (A) After the President
initiates appropriate consultation prior to making a determination under
subsection (a), a hearing to review the proposed determination shall be held
unless public disclosure of the details of the proposal would jeopardize the
lives or safety of individuals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) After the President initiates appropriate
consultation prior to making a determination, under subsection (b), that the
number of refugee admissions should be increased because of an unforeseen
emergency refugee situation, to the extent that time and the nature of the
emergency refugee situation permit, a hearing to review the proposal to
increase refugee admissions shall be held unless public disclosure of the
details of the proposal would jeopardize the lives or safety of
individuals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(e) For purposes of this section, the term
"appropriate consultation" means, with respect to the admission of
refugees and allocation of refugee admissions, discussions in person by
designated Cabinet-level representatives of the President with members of the
Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of the House of Representatives
to review the refugee situation or emergency refugee situation, to project the
extent of possible participation of the United States therein, to discuss the
reasons f or believing that the proposed admission of refugees is justified by
humanitarian concerns or grave humanitarian concerns or is otherwise in the
national interest, and to provide such members with the following
information: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) A description of the nature of the refugee
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(2) A description of the number and allocation of the
refugees to be admitted and an analysis of conditions within the countries from
which they came. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) A description of the proposed plans for their
movement and resettlement and the estimated cost of their movement and
resettlement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) An analysis of the anticipated social, economic, and
demographic impact of their admission to the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(5) A description of the extent to which other countries
will admit and assist in the resettlement of such refugees. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(6) An analysis of the impact of the participation of
the United States in the resettlement of such refugees on the foreign policy
interests of the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(7) Such additional information as may be appropriate or
requested by such members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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To the extent possible, information described in this subsection shall be
provided at least two weeks in advance of discussions in person by designated
representatives of the President with such members.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the Secretary of State, shall provide all United States officials
adjudicating refugee cases under this section with the same training as that
provided to officers adjudicating asylum cases under section 208. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Such training shall include country-specific conditions, instruction on the
internationally recognized right to freedom of religion, instruction on methods
of religious persecution practiced in foreign countries, and applicable
distinctions within a country between the nature of and treatment of various
religious practices and believers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INA: ACT 208 - ASYLUM </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">1/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sec. 208. (a) Authority to Apply for Asylum.- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) In general. - Any alien who is physically present in
the United States or who arrives in the United States (whether or not at a
designated port of arrival and including an alien who is brought to the United
States after having been interdicted in international or United States waters),
irrespective of such alien's status, may apply for asylum in accordance with
this section or, where applicable, section 235(b). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Safe third country. - Paragraph (1) shall not apply
to an alien if the Attorney General determines that the alien may be removed,
pursuant to a bilateral or multilateral agreement, to a country (other than the
country of the alien's nationality or, in the case of an alien having no
nationality, the country of the alien's last habitual residence) in which the
alien's life or freedom would not be threatened on account of race, religion,
nationality, membership in a particular social group, or po litical opinion,
and where the alien would have access to a full and fair procedure for
determining a claim to asylum or equivalent temporary protection, unless the
Attorney General finds that it is in the public interest for the alien to
receive asylum in the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Time limit. - Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph
(1) shall not apply to an alien unless the alien demonstrates by clear and convincing
evidence that the application has been filed within 1 year after the date of
alien's arrival in the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Previous asylum applications. - Subject to
subparagraph (D), paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if the alien has
previously applied for asylum and had such application denied. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(D) Changed conditions. - An application for asylum of
an alien may be considered, notwithstanding subparagraphs (B) and (C), if the
alien demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Attorney General either the
existence of changed circumstances which materially affect the applicant's
eligibility for asylum or extraordinary circumstances relating to the delay in
filing the application within the period specified in subparagraph (B).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not apply to an unaccompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) Limitation on judicial review.3/4No court shall have
jurisdiction to review any determination of the Attorney General under
paragraph (2). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) In general. - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(A) ELIGIBILITY- The Secretary of Homeland
Security or the Attorney General may grant asylum to an alien who has
applied for asylum in accordance with the requirements and procedures
established by </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">the Secretary of Homeland Security or the
Attorney General under this section if </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">the Secretary of Homeland Security or the
Attorney General determines that such alien is a refugee within the meaning of
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(42)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">BURDEN OF PROOF-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) IN GENERAL- The burden of proof is on the applicant
to establish that the applicant is a refugee, within the meaning of
section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(42)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. To establish that the applicant is a
refugee within the meaning of such section, the applicant must establish that
race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or
political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for persecuting
the applicant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) SUSTAINING BURDEN- The testimony of the applicant
may be sufficient to sustain the applicant's burden without corroboration, but
only if the applicant satisfies the trier of fact that the applicant's
testimony is credible, is persuasive, and refers to specific facts sufficient
to demonstrate that the applicant is a refugee. In determining whether the
applicant has met the applicant's burden, the trier of fact may weigh the
credible testimony along with other evidence of record. Where the trier of fact
determines that the applicant should provide evidence that corroborates
otherwise credible testimony, such evidence must be provided unless the
applicant does not have the evidence and cannot reasonably obtain the evidence.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) CREDIBILITY DETERMINATION- Considering the
totality of the circumstances, and all relevant factors, a trier of fact may
base a credibility determination on the demeanor, candor, or responsiveness of
the applicant or witness, the inherent plausibility of the applicant's or
witness's account, the consistency between the applicant's or witness's written
and oral statements (whenever made and whether or not under oath, and
considering the circumstances under which the statements were made), the
internal c onsistency of each such statement, the consistency of such
statements with other evidence of record (including the reports of the
Department of State on country conditions), and any inaccuracies or falsehoods
in such statements, without regard to whether an inconsistency, inaccuracy, or
falsehood goes to the heart of the applicant's claim, or any other relevant
factor. There is no presumption of credibility, however, if no adverse
credibility determination is explicitly made, the applicant or witness shall
have a rebuttable presumption of credibility on appeal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) In general. - Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an
alien if the Attorney General determines that - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) the alien ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise
participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion,
nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) the alien, having been convicted by a final
judgment of a particularly serious crime, constitutes a danger to the community
of the United States; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) there are serious reasons for believing that the
alien has committed a serious nonpolitical crime outside the United States
prior to the arrival of the alien in the United States; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iv) there are reasonable grounds for regarding the
alien as a danger to the security of the United States; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(v) the alien is </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">5/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">described in subclause (I), (II), (III), (IV),
or (VI) </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a)(3)(B)(i) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">or section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">237(a)(4)(B) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">(relating to terrorist activity), unless, in
the case only of an alien </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">5/</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">described in subclause (IV) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a)(3)(B)(i) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, the Attorney General determines, in the
Attorney General's discretion, that there are not reasonable grounds for
regarding the alien as a danger to the security of the United States; or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(vi) the alien was firmly resettled in another country
prior to arriving in the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) Conviction of aggravated felony. - For purposes of
clause (ii) of subparagraph (A), an alien who has been convicted of an
aggravated felony shall be considered to have been convicted of a particularly
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(ii) Offenses. - The Attorney General may designate by
regulation offenses that will be considered to be a crime described in clause
(ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Additional limitations. - The Attorney General may
by regulation establish additional limitations and conditions, consistent with
this section, under which an alien shall be ineligible for asylum under
paragraph (1). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(D) No judicial review. - There shall be no judicial
review of a determination of the Attorney General under subparagraph
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section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(b)(1)(A) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(B) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(C) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(D) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, or </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">(E) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">) of an alien who is granted asylum under this
subsection may, if not otherwise eligible for asylum under this section, be
granted the same status as the alien if accompanying, or following to join,
such alien.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) CONTINUED CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS AS
CHILDREN- An unmarried alien who seeks to accompany, or follow to join, a
parent granted asylum under this subsection, and who was under 21 years of age
on the date on which such parent applied for asylum under this section, shall
continue to be classified as a child for purposes of this paragraph and section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">209(b)(3) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, if the alien attained 21 years of age after
such application was filed but while it was pending.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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asylum officer (as defined in section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">235(b)(1)(E) </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">) shall have initial
jurisdiction over any asylum application filed by an unaccompanied alien child
(as defined in section 462(g) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C.
279(g))), regardless of whether filed in accordance with this section or
section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">235(b) </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) In general.- In the case of an alien granted asylum
under subsection (b), the Attorney General - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) shall not remove or return the alien to the alien's
country of nationality or, in the case of a person having no nationality, the
country of the alien's last habitual residence; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) shall authorize the alien to engage in employment in
the United States and provide the alien with appropriate endorsement of that
authorization; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) may allow the alien to travel abroad with the prior
consent of the Attorney General. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Termination of asylum. - Asylum granted under
subsection (b) does not convey a right to remain permanently in the United
States, and may be terminated if the Attorney General determines that - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) the alien no longer meets the conditions described
in subsection (b)(1) owing to a fundamental change in circumstances; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) the alien meets a condition described in subsection
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(C) the alien may be removed, pursuant to a bilateral or
multilateral agreement, to a country (other than the country of the alien's
nationality or, in the case of an alien having no nationality, the country of
the alien's last habitual residence) in which the alien's life or freedom would
not be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a
particular social group, or political opinion, and where the alien is eligible
to receive asylum or equivalent temporary protection; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(D) the alien has voluntarily availed himself or herself
of the protection of the alien's country of nationality or, in the case of an
alien having no nationality, the alien's country of last habitual residence, by
returning to such country with permanent resident status or the reasonable
possibility of obtaining such status with the same rights and obligations
pertaining to other permanent residents of that country; or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(E) the alien has acquired a new nationality and enjoys
the protection of the country of his new nationality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) Removal when asylum is terminated. - An alien
described in paragraph (2) is subject to any applicable grounds of
inadmissibility or deportability under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">237(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, and the alien's removal or return shall be
directed by the Attorney General in accordance with sections </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">240 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">and </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">241 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(d) Asylum Procedure. - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) Applications. - The Attorney General shall establish
a procedure for the consideration of asylum applications filed under subsection
(a). The Attorney General may require applicants to submit fingerprints and a
photograph at such time and in such manner to be determined by regulation by
the Attorney General. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Employment. - An applicant for asylum is not
entitled to employment authorization, but such authorization may be provided
under regulation by the Attorney General. An applicant who is not otherwise
eligible for employment authorization shall not be granted such authorization
prior to 180 days after the date of filing of the application for asylum. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) Fees. - The Attorney General may impose fees for the
consideration of an application for asylum, for employment authorization under
this section, and for adjustment of status under section 209(b). Such fees
shall not exceed the Attorney General's costs in adjudicating the applications.
The Attorney General may provide for the assessment and payment of such fees
over a period of time or by installments. Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to require the Attorney General to charge fee s for adjudication
services provided to asylum applicants, or to limit the authority of the
Attorney General to set adjudication and naturalization fees in accordance with
section 286(m). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) Notice of privilege of counsel and consequences of
frivolous application. - At the time of filing an application for asylum, the
Attorney General shall -<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) advise the alien of the privilege of being
represented by counsel and of the consequences, under paragraph (6), of
knowingly filing a frivolous application for asylum; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) provide the alien a list of persons (updated not
less often than quarterly) who have indicated their availability to represent
aliens in asylum proceedings on a pro bono basis. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(5) Consideration of asylum applications. - <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Procedures. - The procedure established under
paragraph (1) shall provide that - (i) asylum
cannot be granted until the identity of the applicant has been checked against
all appropriate records or databases maintained by the Attorney General and by
the Secretary of State, including the Automated Visa Lookout System, to
determine any grounds on which the alien may be inadmissible to or deportable
from the United States, or ineligible to apply for or be granted asylum; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) in the absence of exceptional circumstances, the initial
interview or hearing on the asylum application shall commence not later than 45
days after the date an application is filed; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) in the absence of exceptional circumstances, final
administrative adjudication of the asylum application, not including
administrative appeal, shall be completed within 180 days after the date an
application is filed; <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iv) any administrative appeal shall be filed within 30
days of a decision granting or denying asylum, or within 30 days of the
completion of removal proceedings before an immigration judge under section
240, whichever is later; and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(v) in the case of an applicant for asylum who fails
without prior authorization or in the absence of exceptional circumstances to
appear for an interview or hearing, including a hearing under section 240, the
application may be dismissed or the applicant may be otherwise sanctioned for
such failure. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Additional regulatory conditions. - The Attorney
General may provide by regulation for any other conditions or limitations on
the consideration of an application for asylum not inconsistent with this
Act. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(6) Frivolous applications. - If the Attorney General
determines that an alien has knowingly made a frivolous application for asylum
and the alien has received the notice under paragraph (4)(A), the alien shall
be permanently ineligible for any benefits under this Act, effective as of the
date of a final determination on such application. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(7) No private right of action. - Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to create any substantive or procedural right or
benefit that is legally enforceable by any party against the United States or
its agencies or officers or any other person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The provisions of this section and section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">209(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">shall apply to persons physically present in
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands or arriving in the
Commonwealth (whether or not at a designated port of arrival and including
persons who are brought to the Commonwealth after having been interdicted in
international or United States waters) only on or after January 1, 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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INA: ACT 209 -ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF REFUGEES<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sec. 209. [8 U.S.C. 1159] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(a) (1) Any alien who has
been admitted to the United States under section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">207 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) whose admission has not been terminated by the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney
General pursuant to such regulations as the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General
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(B) who has been physically present in the United States
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shall, at the end of such year period, return or be returned to the custody of
the Department of Homeland Security </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">2/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">for inspection and examination for admission to
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(2) Any alien who is found upon inspection and
examination by an immigration officer pursuant to paragraph (1) or after a
hearing before an immigration judge to be admissible (except as otherwise
provided under subsection (c)) as an immigrant under this Act at the time of
the alien's inspection and examination shall, notwithstanding any numerical
limitation specified in this Act, be regarded as lawfully admitted to the
United States for permanent residence as of the date of such alien's arrival
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Attorney General, in the Secretary's or the Attorney General's discretion and
under such regulations as the Secretary or the Attorney General may prescribe,
may adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence
the status of any alien granted asylum who- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) continues to be a refugee within the meaning of
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(5) is admissible (except as otherwise provided under
subsection (c)) as an immigrant under this Act at the time of examination for
adjustment of such alien. Upon approval of an application under this
subsection, the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">3/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney
General shall establish a record of the alien's admission for lawful permanent
residence as of the date one year before the date of the approval of the
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adjustment of status under this section, and the </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">4/ </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney
General may waive any other provision of such section (other than paragraph
(2)(C) or subparagraph (A), (B), (C), or (E) of paragraph (3)) with respect to
such an alien for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is
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    (a) The numerical limitation set forth in </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">section 209(b) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
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(b) An alien described in subsection (a) is an alien who was a United States
Government employee, employee of a nongovernmental organization based in the
United States, or other Iraqi national who was moved to Guam by the United
States Government in 1996 or 1997 pursuant to an arrangement made by the United
States Government, and who was granted asylum in the United States under </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">section 208(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
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(1) In general.- The Attorney General shall adjust the
status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for temporary
residence if the Attorney General determines that the alien meets the following
requirements: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Application Period.- The alien must apply for such
adjustment during the 18-month period beginning on the first day of the seventh
month that begins after the date of enactment of this section. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Performance of seasonal agricultural services and
residence in the united states.- The alien must establish that he has- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) resided in the United States, and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) performed seasonal agricultural services in the
United States for at least 90 man-days, during the 12-month period ending on
May 1, 1986. For purposes of the previous sentence, performance of seasonal
agricultural services in the United States for more than one employer on any
one day shall be counted as performance of services for only 1 man-day. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Admissible as immigrant.- The alien must establish
that he is admissible to the United States as an immigrant, except as otherwise
provided under subsection (c)(2). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Adjustment to permanent residence. - The Attorney
General shall adjust the status of any alien provided lawful temporary resident
status under paragraph (1) to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence on the following date: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Group 1. - Subject to the numerical limitation
established under subparagraph (C), in the case of an alien who has
established, at the time of application for temporary residence under paragraph
(1), that the alien performed seasonal agricultural services in the United
States for at least 90 man-days during each of the 12-months periods ending on
May 1, 1984, 1985, and 1986, the adjustment shall occur on the first day after
the end of the one-year period that begins on the later of (I) the dat e the
alien was granted such temporary resident status, or (II) the day after the
last day of the application period described in paragraph (1)(A). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Group 2.-In the case of aliens to which subparagraph
(A) does not apply, the adjustment shall occur on the day after the last day of
the two-year period that begins on the later of (I) the date the alien was
granted such temporary resident status, or (II) the day after the last day of
the application period described in paragraph (1)(A). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(C) Numerical limitation.-Subparagraph (A) shall not
apply to more than 350,000 aliens. If more than 350,000 aliens meet the
requirements of such subparagraph, such subparagraph shall apply to the 350,000
aliens whose applications for adjustment were first filed under paragraph (1)
and subparagraph (B) shall apply to the remaining aliens. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) Termination of temporary residence.-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) During the period of temporary resident status
granted an alien under paragraph (1), the Attorney General may terminate such
status only upon a determination under this Act that the alien is deportable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Before any alien becomes eligible for adjustment of
status under paragraph (2), the Attorney General may deny adjustment to
permanent status and provide for termination of the temporary resident status
granted such alien under paragraph (1) if- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) the Attorney General finds by a preponderance of the
evidence that the adjustment to temporary resident status was the result of
fraud or willful misrepresentation as set out in section</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a)(6)(C)(i) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">, or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) the alien commits an act that (I) makes the alien
inadmissible to the United States as an immigrant, except as provided under
subsection (c)(2), or (II) is convicted of a felony or 3 or more misdemeanors
committed in the United States. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) Authorized travel and employment during temporary
residence.-During the period an alien is in lawful temporary resident status
granted under this subsection, the alien has the right to travel abroad
(including commutation from a residence abroad) and shall be granted
authorization to engage in employment in the United States and shall be
provided an "employment authorized" endorsement or other appropriate
work permit, in the same manner as for aliens lawfully admitted for permanent
residence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(5) In general.-Except as otherwise provided in this
subsection, an alien who acquires the status of an alien lawfully admitted for
temporary residence under paragraph (1), such status not having changed, is
considered to be an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence (as
described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(20) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">), other than under any provision of the
immigration laws. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(b) Applications for Adjustment of Status.- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Within the United States.-The Attorney General shall
provide that applications for adjustment of status under subsection (a) may be
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(i) with the Attorney General, or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) with a designated entity (designated under
paragraph (2)), but only if the applicant consents to the forwarding of the
application to the Attorney General. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Outside the United States.-The Attorney General, in
cooperation with the Secretary of State, shall provide a procedure whereby an
alien may apply for adjustment of status under subsection (a)(1) at an
appropriate consular office outside the United States. If the alien otherwise
qualifies for such adjustment, the Attorney General shall provide such
documentation of authorization to enter the United States and to have the
alien's status adjusted upon entry as may be necessary to carry out the pr
ovisions of this section. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Designation of entities to receive applications.-For
purposes of receiving applications under this section, the Attorney
General- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) shall designate qualified voluntary organizations
and other qualified State, local, community, farm labor organizations, and
associations of agricultural employers, and <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) may designate such other persons as the Attorney
General determines are qualified and have substantial experience, demonstrated
competence, and traditional long-term involvement in the preparation and
submittal of applications for adjustment of status under section 209 or 245,
Public Law 89-732, or Public Law 95-145. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) In general.-An alien may establish that he meets the
requirement of subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) through government employment records,
records supplied by employers or collective bargaining organizations, and such
other reliable documentation as the alien may provide. The Attorney General
shall establish special procedures to credit properly work in cases in which an
alien was employed under an assumed name. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) An alien applying for adjustment of status under
subsection (a)(1) has the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence
that the alien has worked the requisite number of man-days (as required under
subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii)). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) If an employer or farm labor contractor employing
such an alien has kept proper and adequate records respecting such employment,
the alien's burden of proof under clause (i) may be met by securing timely
production of those records under regulations to be promulgated by the Attorney
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(iii) An alien can meet such burden of proof if the
alien establishes that the alien has in fact performed the work described in
subsection (a)(1)(B)(ii) by producing sufficient evidence to show the extent of
that employment as a matter of just and reasonable inference. In such a case,
the burden then shifts to the Attorney General to disprove the alien's evidence
with a showing which negates the reasonableness of the inference to be drawn
from the evidence. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(4) Treatment of applications by designated
entities.-Each designated entity must agree to forward to the Attorney General
applications filed with it in accordance with paragraph (1)(A)(ii) but not to
forward to the Attorney General applications filed with it unless the applicant
has consented to such forwarding. No such entity may make a determination
required by this section to be made by the Attorney General. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(5) Limitation on access to information.-Files and
records prepared for purposes of this section by designated entities operating
under this section are confidential and the Attorney General and the Service
shall not have access to such files or records relating to an alien without the
consent of the alien, except as allowed by a court order issued pursuant to
paragraph (6) of this subsection. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) In general.-Except as provided in this paragraph,
neither the Attorney General, nor any other official or employee of the
Department of Justice, or bureau or agency thereof, may- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) use the information furnished by the applicant
pursuant to an application filed under this section for any purpose other than
to make a determination on the application, including a determination under
subsection (a)(3)(B), or for enforcement of paragraph (7); <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) make any publication whereby the information
furnished by any particular individual can be identified; or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(iii) permit anyone other than the sworn officers and
employees of the Department or bureau or agency or, with respect to
applications filed with a designated entity, to examine individual
applications. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Required disclosures.-The Attorney General shall
provide information furnished under this section, and any other information
derived from such furnished information, to a duly recognized law enforcement
entity in connection with a criminal investigation or prosecution, when such
information is requested in writing by such entity, or to an official coroner
for purposes of affirmatively identifying a deceased individual (whether or not
such individual is deceased as a result of a crime). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) In general.-Nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to limit the use, or release, for immigration enforcement purposes or
law enforcement purposes of information contained in files or records of the
Service pertaining to an application filed under this section, other than
information furnished by an applicant pursuant to the application, or any other
information derived from the application, that is not available from any other
source. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Criminal convictions.-Information concerning
whether the applicant has at any time been convicted of a crime may be used or
released for immigration enforcement or law enforcement purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(D) Crime.-Whoever knowingly uses, publishes, or permits
information to be examined in violation of this paragraph shall be fined not
more than $10,000. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Criminal penalty.-Whoever- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) files an application for adjustment of status under
this section and knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up a
material fact or makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or
representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the
same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry,
or <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) creates or supplies a false writing or document for
use in making such an application, shall be fined in accordance with title 18,
United States Code, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) Exclusion.-An alien who is convicted of a crime
under subparagraph (A) shall be considered to be inadmissible to the United
States on the ground described in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a)(6)(C)(i) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(c) Waiver of Numerical Limitations and Certain Grounds
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(1) Numerical limitations do not apply.-The numerical
limitations of sections 201 and 202 shall not apply to the adjustment of aliens
to lawful permanent resident status under this section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) Waiver of grounds for exclusion.-In the
determination of an alien's admissibility under subsection (a)(1)(C)-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) Grounds of exclusion not applicable.-The provisions
of paragraphs (5) and (7)(A) of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">212(a) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">shall not apply.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(i) In general.-Except as provided in clause (ii), the
Attorney General may waive any other provision of section 212(a) in the case of
individual aliens for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it
is otherwise in the public interest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(ii) Grounds that may not be waived.-The following
provisions of section 212(a) may not be waived by the Attorney General under
clause (i):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(I) Paragraph (2)(A) and (2)(B) (relating to criminals).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(III) Paragraph (2)(C) (relating to drug offenses),
except for so much of such paragraph as relates to a single offense of simple
possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(IV) Paragraph (3) (relating to security and related grounds), other than
subparagraph (E) thereof. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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An alien is not ineligible for adjustment of status under this section due to
being inadmissible under section 212(a)(4) if the alien demonstrates a history
of employment in the United States evidencing self-support without reliance on
public cash assistance. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) Before application period.-The Attorney General
shall provide that in the case of an alien who is apprehended before the
beginning of the application period described in subsection (a)(1) and who can
establish a nonfrivolous case of eligibility to have his status adjusted under
subsection (a) (but for the fact that he may not apply for such adjustment
until the beginning of such period), until the alien has had the opportunity
during the first 30 days of the application period to complete the f iling of
an application for adjustment, the alien- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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employment in the United States and be provided an "employment
authorized" endorsement or other appropriate work permit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(2) During application period.-The Attorney General
shall provide that in the case of an alien who presents a nonfrivolous
application for adjustment of status under subsection (a) during the
application period, and until a final determination on the application has been
made in accordance with this section, the alien- <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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employment in the United States and be provided an "employment
authorized" endorsement or other appropriate work permit. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(3) No application fees collected by the Service
pursuant to this subsection may be used by the Service to offset the costs of
the special agricultural worker legalization program until the Service
implements the program consistent with the statutory mandate as follows: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(A) During the application period described in
subsection (a)(1)(A) the Service may grant temporary admission to the United
States, work authorization, and provide an "employment authorized"
endorsement or other appropriate work permit to any alien who presents a
preliminary application for adjustment of status under subsection (a) at a
designated port of entry on the southern land border. An alien who does not
enter through a port of entry is subject to deportation and removal as
otherwise provid ed in this Act. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(B) During the application period described in
subsection (a)(1)(A) any alien who has filed an application for adjustment of
status within the United States as provided in subsection (b)(1)(A) pursuant to
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(C) A preliminary application is defined as a fully
completed and signed application with fee and photographs which contains
specific information concerning the performance of qualifying employment in the
United States and the documentary evidence which the applicant intends to
submit as proof of such employment. The applicant must be otherwise admissible
to the United States and must establish to the satisfaction of the examining
officer during an interview that his or her claim to eligibility fo r special
agriculture worker status is credible. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(1) Administrative and judicial review.-There shall be
no administrative or judicial review of a determination respecting an
application for adjustment of status under this section except in accordance
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(B) Standard for review.-Such administrative appellate
review shall be based solely upon the administrative record established at the
time of the determination on the application and upon such additional or newly
discovered evidence as may not have been available at the time of the
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(A) Limitation to review of exclusion or deportation.-
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an order of exclusion or deportation under section 106 (as in effect before
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(B) Standard for judicial review.-Such judicial review
shall be based solely upon the administrative record established at the time of
the review by the appellate authority and the findings of fact and
determinations contained in such record shall be conclusive unless the
applicant can establish abuse of discretion or that the findings are directly
contrary to clear and convincing facts contained in the record considered as a
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(f) Temporary Disqualification of Newly Legalized Aliens
From Receiving Aid to Families With Dependent Children.-During the five- year
period beginning on the date an alien was granted lawful temporary resident
status under subsection (a), and notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the alien is not eligible for aid under a State plan approved under part A of
title IV of the Social Security Act. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, in
the case of an alien who would be eligible for aid under a S tate plan approved
under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act but for the previous
sentence, the provisions of paragraph (3) of section 245A(h) shall apply in the
same manner as they apply with respect to paragraph (1) of such section and,
for this purpose, any reference in section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">245A(h)(3) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">to paragraph (1) is deemed a reference to the
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(g) Treatment of Special Agricultural Workers.-For all
purposes (subject to subsections (a)(5) and (f)) an alien whose status is
adjusted under this section to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence, such status not having changed, shall be considered to be an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence (within the meaning of section </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">101(a)(20) </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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(h) Seasonal Agricultural Services Defined.-In this
section, the term "seasonal agricultural services" means the
performance of field work related to planting, cultural practices, cultivating,
growing and harvesting of fruits and vegetables of every kind and other
perishable commodities, as defined in regulations by the Secretary of
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INA: ACT 210 FN 1<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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FN 1     The final sentence of paragraph (6) was first
amended by § 384 of IIRIRA, which was effective for "offenses occurring on
or after the date of the enactment of this Act." However, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">§ 623(b) of IIRIRA </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">rewrites the entire paragraph as shown. The
language that was overwritten read as follows: "Anyone who uses,
publishes, or permits information to be examined in violation of this paragraph
shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action and subject to a civil
money penalty of not more than $5,000 for each violation." See also,
section 245A(c) as amended by § 623 of IIRIRA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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SHORTAGES ADN ADMISSION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL WORKERS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sec. 210A. [8 U.S.C. 1161] [Sec. 210A was repealed by Sec. 219(ee)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (Pub. L. 103-416,
108 Stat. 4319, Oct. 25, 1994); it would appear that this amendment was
effective as of November 29, 1990 (namely as if included in the enactment of
the Immigration Act of 1990), under Sec. 219(dd) of Pub. L. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;"><span style="color: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">103-416 </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">.] <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">والرّوضُ، عن مائِه الفضّيّ، مبتسمٌ</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">كما شقَقتَ، عنِ اللَّبّاتِ، أطواقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">يَوْمٌ، كأيّامِ لَذّاتٍ لَنَا انصرَمتْ</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">بتْنَا لها، حينَ نامَ الدّهرُ، سرّاقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">نلهُو بما يستميلُ العينَ من زهرٍ</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">جالَ النّدَى فيهِ، حتى مالَ أعناقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">كَأنّ أعْيُنَهُ، إذْ عايَنَتْ أرَقى </span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">بَكَتْ لِما بي، فجالَ الدّمعُ رَقَرَاقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">وردٌ تألّقَ، في ضاحي منابتِهِ</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">فازْدادَ منهُ الضّحى ، في العينِ، إشراقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">سرى ينافحُهُ نيلوفرٌ عبقٌ</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">وَسْنَانُ نَبّهَ مِنْهُ الصّبْحُ أحْدَاقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">كلٌّ يهيجُ لنَا ذكرَى تشوّقِنَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">إليكِ، لم يعدُ عنها الصّدرُ أن ضاقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">لا سكّنَ اللهُ قلباً عقّ ذكرَكُمُ</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">فلم يطرْ، بجناحِ الشّوقِ، خفّاقَا</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-top: none; border: solid windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">لوْ شاء حَملي نَسيمُ الصّبحِ حينَ سرَى</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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  <td style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-right: none; border-top: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-right-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; padding: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; width: 213.05pt;" width="284"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" dir="LTR" style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span dir="RTL" lang="AR-SA" style="color: #373737; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">وافاكُمُ بفتى ً أضناهُ ما لاقَى</span><span style="color: #6d6d6d; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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أبو الوليد أحمد بن عبدالله بن أحمد بن غالب بن زيدون القرطبي (394 ـ 463هـ/ 1003
ـ 1070م) هو الشاعر الكبير والناثر الفذ والأديب الذي يقف في مقدمة الصف الأول بين
شعراء الأندلس وأدبائها، وهو منهم في مكان الصدارة. وهو سليل أسرة اشتهر أفرادها
بالعلم والأدب، وكانت هذه الأسرة تنتمي إلى أصل رفيع، إذ تنتسب لمخزوم من بطون
قبيلة قريش. كان والده فقيهاً ذا مكانة علمية ودينية محترمة حملت حكام قرطبة على
تعيينه مستشاراً لقاضي قرطبة في شؤون القضاء والدين. ومع ذلك فإنّ مكانة ابن زيدون
الأب كانت تقوم على مكانته العلمية ومنزلته الدينية قبل كل شيء. واهتم هذا الفقيه
العظيم بابنه منذ نعومة أظفاره، فأحضر له الأدباء والمثقفين، ووصله بالعلماء
والفقهاء من أصحابه، وكان هو نفسه أول أساتذته، إذ كان متفنناً في ضروب العلم،
جَمّ الرواية والمعرفة باللغة والآداب، على أنّ تلمذته له لم تطل، فقد توفي وابنه
في الحادية عشرة من عمره سنة (405 هـ /1014م</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">نشأ ابن زيدون في قرطبة
وطلب الأدب وبرع فيه، وذاع صيته بالمهارة في نظم الشعر. وشق ابن زيدون طريقه في
الأوساط الثقافية والأدبية مستخدماً نبوغه الأدبي وكفاءته الشعرية لارتقاء سلم
المجد الأدبي والاجتماعي</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">عاش ابن زيدون حياة الصبا
في قرطبة في أحلك عهودها وأظلم عصورها في عهد غروب شمس الخلافة الأموية وزوال
نورها وانطفاء نجمها، فترة التناحر على الخلافة وإثارة الفتن وبعث الاضطرابات
وانتشار الدسائس والانقلابات</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">وأسهم ابن زيدون في تأسيس
الدولة الجهورية بقرطبة، وتولى فيها أرقى المناصب، ولكن الدسائس قد لاحقته فأفسدت
ما بينه وبين مؤسسها أبي الحزم بن جهور، فألقى به في السجن زهاء عام ونصف، وأصم
أذنيه عن توسلاته، ففر من سجنه ولكنه تابع توسلاته إليه، والاستشفاع بأصدقائه، حتى
ظفر بالعفو عنه. وبعد وفاة أبي الحزم وتولي أبي الوليد زمام الحكم في قرطبة دخل
ابن زيدون في خدمة هذا الأخير، وقد ساعدته صلته بالأمير أبي الوليد وقابلياته
الأدبية على أن يجد له محلاً في مناصب دولته، وعلت منزلته لديه، فعُيّن في ديوان
أهل الذمة ردحاً من الزمن، بيد أنّ الحال لم يدم على هذه العلاقة الطيبة فتوترت
العلاقة بينهما، غير أنّ أبا الوليد بن جهور عفا عنه وأعاده إلى مكانته ثم اتخذه
سفيراً إلى عدد من ملوك الطوائف</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<br />
</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">وكثر أصدقاؤه بين ملوك عصره
وشعرائهم، ويدور في ديوانه شعر يتصل بِهذه السفارات والرحلات ومن تعرَّف عليهم من
الملوك والوزراء</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">وقد ترك ابن زيدون ذخيرة
أدبية من أروعها وأصدقها ما أنشده خلال الأزمات التي عصفت به</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">وكان ابن زيدون أديباً
فصيحاً بليغاً فطمع كل ملك في اجتذابه إلى بلاطه غير أنّه فضّل الإقامة في بلاط
المعتضد فسار إلى إشبيلية سنة (441 هـ ـ 1049م)، إذ كان أشدَّ ملوك الطوائف رغبة
فيه، وأكثرهم تمسّكاً بالأدباء، وكان المعتضد شاعراً، فزاد الشعر ابن زيدون قيمة
في نظره. واستراحت نفس ابن زيدون عند المعتضد، وأعلى المعتضد مكانته وقرب مجلسه
وأدناه، فألقى إليه مقاليد وزارته، وأصبح صاحب أمره ونهيه</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<br />
</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">ففي إشبيلية بدأ الشاعر حياة جديدة
وصل فيها إلى أعلى درجات المجد الأدبي والاجتماعي والسياسي. ففي إشبيلية برز ابن
زيدون، فلم يعد شاعراً فقط، بل أصبح شخصية بارزة من شخصيات الدولة الإشبيلية وحصل
على اللقب الرفيع «ذو الوزارتين» الذي لم يكن يمنح إلاّ لأرفع شخصية في الدولة
وأقربها إلى الملك والحاكم. ومن المؤكد أنّ دور ابن زيدون في بلاط المعتضد في هذه
الفترة الطويلة التي امتدت عشرين عاماً لم يكن دور شاعر بسيط، ولا حتى دور كاتب
مقرّب، وإنّما كان الوزير الأول للمعتضد ومحل ثقته واعتماده ومساعده الأيمن</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<br />
</span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">فقد أقام ابن زيدون في كنف المعتضد
مدة فجاء جانب من شعره سجلاً حافلاً ببعض حوادثه الجسام. ولم يترك ابن زيدون
مناسبة عيد إلاّ انتهز الفرصة لمدح المعتضد، وبيان سياسته الحصيفة وحروبه المظفرة
على خصومه</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 150%;">وظل ابن زيدون في بلاط
المعتضد مرعي الجانب كريم المنزلة متقلّداً للوزارة لدى المعتضد حتى توفي الأخير
وتولى بعده ابنه المعتمد الذي زاد في إكرام ابن زيدون. فقد أبقى المعتمد ابن زيدون
أنيساً وجليساً، وكان لتصرفه في شؤون النظم يتبادل القصائد معه. ولقد سعى حساد ابن
زيدون وخصومه في إسقاطه عن مكانته وإبعاده عن بلاط بني عباد، حتى أشار بعضهم على
المعتمد أن يرسل ابن زيدون لتهدئة الثائرة التي قام بِها العامة ضد اليهود في
إشبيلية، فسار ابن زيدون على رأس الحملة على مضض وقد أثقلته الأمراض وأوهنت جلده
الأسقام ليلفظ أنفاسه الأخيرة في رجب (463هـ/1070)م</span></div>
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"<strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">Forex</span></strong>" stands for<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">for</span></strong>eign<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">ex</span></strong>change;
it's also known as FX. In a forex trade, you buy one currency while
simultaneously selling another - that is, you're exchanging the sold currency
for the one you're buying. The foreign exchange market is an over-the-counter
market.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Currencies
trade in pairs, like the Euro-US Dollar (EUR/USD) or US Dollar / Japanese Yen
(USD/JPY). Unlike stocks or futures, there's no centralized exchange for forex.
All transactions happen via phone or electronic network.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For
example, imagine a situation where the U.S. dollar is expected to weaken in
value relative to the euro. A forex trader in this situation will sell dollars
and buy euros. If the euro strengthens, the purchasing power to buy dollars has
now increased. The trader can now buy back more dollars than they had to begin
with, making a profit.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Compare this to the New York Stock Exchange,
which has a daily turnover of around US$50 billion and it’s easy to see how the
foreign exchange market is the biggest financial market in the world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Essentially,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">forex trading</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>is the act of simultaneously buying
one currency while selling another, primarily for the purpose of speculation.
Currency values rise (appreciate) and fall (depreciate) against each other due
to a number of factors including economics and geopolitics. The common goal of
forex traders is to profit from these changes in the value of one currency
against another by actively speculating on which way forex prices are likely to
turn in the future.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unlike most financial markets, the OTC
(over-the-counter) forex market has no physical location or central exchange
and trades 24-hours a day through a global network of businesses, banks and
individuals. This means that currency prices are constantly fluctuating in
value against each other, offering multiple trading opportunities.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why trade Forex?<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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With
average daily turnover of US$4 trillion, forex is the most traded
financial market in the world.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A true
24-hour market from Sunday 5 PM ET to Friday 5 PM ET, forex trading begins in
Sydney, and moves around the globe as the business day begins, first to Tokyo,
London, and New York.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unlike
other financial markets, investors can respond immediately to currency
fluctuations, whenever they occur - day or night.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Other
people consider:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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One of the key elements behind forex’s
popularity is the fact that forex markets are open 24-hours a day from Sunday
evening through to Friday night. Trading follows the clock, opening on Monday
morning in Wellington, New Zealand, progressing to Asian trade spearheaded out
of Tokyo and Singapore, before moving to London and closing on Friday evening
in New York.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The fact that prices are available to trade 24
hours a day helps to ensure that price gapping (when a price jumps from one
level to the next without trading in between) is less and ensures that traders
can take a position whenever they want, regardless of time, though in truth
there are certain ‘lull’ times when volumes are below their daily average which
can widen market spreads.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Leverage<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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Foreign exchange is a leveraged (or margined)
product, which means that you are only required to deposit a small percentage
of the full value of your position to place a forex trade. This means that the
potential for profit, or loss, from an initial capital outlay is significantly
higher than in traditional trading. Find out more about<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.cityindex.co.uk/forex-trading/risk-management-orders.aspx" title="risk management"><span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; color: windowtext; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0cm; padding: 0cm; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">risk management</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pricing<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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All forex is quoted in terms of one currency
versus another. Each currency pair has a ‘base’ currency and a ‘counter’ currency.
The base currency is the currency on the left of the currency pair and the
counter currency is on the right.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For example, in EUR/USD, EUR is the ‘base’
currency and USD the ‘counter’ currency. Forex price movements are triggered by
currencies either appreciating in value (strengthening) or depreciating in
value (weakening). If the price of EUR/USD for example was to fall, this would
indicate that the counter currency (US dollars) was appreciating, whilst the
base currency (Euros) was depreciating.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When trading forex prices, you would buy a
currency pair if you believed that the base currency will strengthen against
the counter currency. Alternatively, you would sell a currency pair if you
believed that the base currency will weaken in value against the counter
currency. Some examples of major currency pairs are:<o:p></o:p></div>
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value of 1 EUR expressed in US dollars)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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value of 1 USD expressed in Swiss francs)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pip stands for Percentage in Points. Most of
our currency pairs are quoted to 5 decimal places with the change from the 4th
decimal place (0.0001) in price commonly referred to as a ‘pip'. For example,
if the price of the EUR/USD forex pair moved from 1.33800 to 1.33920, it is
said to have climbed by 12 ‘pips’ (92-80=12).<o:p></o:p></div>
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The difference in the BID/ASK of the currency
pairs is referred to as the 'spread'. An example would be EUR/USD dealing at
1.33800/1.33808 (in this case the spread is 0.8 pips or 0.00008). The
exceptions to this are the JPY pairs which are quoted to just 2 decimal places.
A USD/JPY price of 97.41/97.44 displays a 3 pip 'spread'.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Forex prices are influenced by a multitude of
different factors, from international trade or investment flows to economic or
political conditions. This is what makes trading forex so interesting and
exciting. High market liquidity means that prices can change rapidly in
response to news and short-term events, creating multiple trading opportunities
for retail forex traders.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some of the key factors that influence forex
prices are:<o:p></o:p></div>
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economic stability<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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intervention<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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disasters (earthquakes, tsunamis etc)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The
foreign exchange market is a global decentralized marketplace that determines
the relative values of different currencies. Unlike other markets, there is no
centralized depository or exchange where transactions are
conducted. Instead, these transactions are conducted by several market
participants in several locations. It is rare that any two currencies will
be identical to one another in value, and it's also rare that any two
currencies will maintain the same relative value for more than a short period
of time.  In forex, the exchange rate between two currencies constantly
changes.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For
example, on January 3, 2011, one euro was worth about $1.33.  By May 3,
2011, one euro was worth about $1.48.  The euro increased in value by
about 10% relative to the U.S. dollar during this time.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Who trades currencies?<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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Daily
turnover in the world's currencies comes from two sources:<o:p></o:p></div>
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profits from foreign sales into domestic currency.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Most
traders focus on the biggest, most liquid currency pairs. "<strong><span style="font-weight: normal; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi;">The Majors</span></strong>" include US Dollar,
Japanese Yen, Euro, British Pound, Swiss Franc, Canadian Dollar and Australian
Dollar. In fact, more than 85% of daily forex trading happens in the major
currency pairs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">The
important US Forex Brokers<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_2066272464">http://www.forex.com<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_2066272464">http://www.fxcm.com<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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سيدتي دراسة استرالية تؤكد أن الشوكولا الداكنة (السوداء) تقي من أمراض القلب والأوعية الدموية وتحافظ على الذاكرة

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أكسدة متمثلة فى مركبات الفلافونويد التى تعمل على زيادة مرونة الأوعية الدموية
وكذلك التقليل من مخاطر العوامل المؤدية لأمراض القلب مثل ارتفاع كل من
الكوليسترول والضغط، وذلك بالإضافة إلى دورها المهم فى منع تكون جلطات القلب
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خطر الإصابة بمشكلات القلب، ومنها السكتات والنوبات القلبية وذلك بالإضافة لأخطر
الأمراض كضعف عضلة القلب وتصلب الشرايين، وأوصى العلماء بتناول قطعة واحدة كل يوم
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">كما توصل علماء من جامعة لاكويلا الإيطالية إلى استنتاج مفاده
أن الشوكولا الداكنة تساعد في الحفاظ على الذاكرة وتقليص خطر الإصابة بمرض
الزهايمر</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">وأجرى العلماء دراسة شملت 90 شخصا في سن الـ70. ووزع
علماء الجامعة المتطوعين على ثلاث مجموعات طلبوا من الأولى تناول الكاكاو بكميات
كبيرة والثانية بكميات متوسطة ولثالثة بكميات أقل</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">وأُعد المشروب الذي تناوله المشاركون في الدراسة على مدى
8 أسابيع من حبوب الكاكاو وكان يحتوي على نسبة عالية من مادة
"الفلافانول" التي تحسن الدورة الدموية وتفعل النشاط الذهني. ومع ذلك لم
يتضمن النظام الغذائي للمتطوعين مواد أخرى تحتوي على الفلافانويدات كالشاي مثلا</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">واختبر العلماء الذاكرة لدى المشاركين في التجربة وسرعة
استيعابهم للمعلومات الجديدة. وتبين أن الأشخاص من المجموعتين الأولى والثانية
الذين تناولوا الكاكاو بكميات عالية ومتوسطة سجلوا مؤشرات ذكاء أفضل من سواهم. كما
سجل لدى هؤلاء انخفاض في ضغط الدم</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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تقي الشوكولا السوداء من أمراض القلب والأوعية الدموية من خلال ما تحتوى عليه من مضادات أكسدة متمثلة فى مركبات الفلافونويد التى تعمل على ...

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لسيدات المجتمع: كيف تحافظين على أحمر الشفاه أطول مدة ممكنة على الشفتين

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التي تواجهها كل فتاة وسيدة عصرية، خاصة إذا كانت ممن يرغبن بإطلالة متألقة وجذابة.
ولتجاوز هذه المشكلة يمكن الاعتماد على بعض النصائح التي تطيل من أمد بقاء الروج
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الشفاه قبل وضع أحمر الشفاه فذلك يساعد على ثبات اللون. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">٣- تحديد الشفاه بقلم تحديد من نفس لون أحمر
الشفاه، وهذا يفيد في المحافظة على الروج داخل حدود الشفاه وعدم السيلان لخارجها
خاصة عند استعمال الروج المائي.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">٤- ينصح بوضع أحمر الشفاه على مرحلتين،
الأولى بعد تحديدها ويستخدم بعدها منديل بالضغط قليلاً على الشفاه من أجل امتصاص
الكمية الزائدة ثم الانتظار لمدة دقيقة وبعدها نطبق المرحلة الثانية أي إعادة وضع
أحمر الشفاه مرة أخرى. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">5- إن استخدام الروج عديم أو قليل اللمعان يزيد
من مدة بقائه على الشفاه. وعند الرغبة بوضع أحمر شفاه يتصف باللمعان عندها يفضل
عند تطبيق البند /4/ أن يوضع فوق المنديل قليل من البودرة ولا توضع البودرة على
الشفاه مباشرة وبعدها تطبق المرحلة الثانية أي وضع الروج على الشفاه مرة ثانية وأخيرة.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">6- في جميع الأحوال
يجب الحرص على عدم الإكثار من مص الشفاه ومسحها باللسان أو باليد أو ما شابه.</span></div>
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لتعديل مكياجك وتصحيح الروج على شفتيك، واستمتعي بإطلالة وابتسامة رائعة وساحرة.</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: AR-SY; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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