SEC. 10. The quota deductions required under the provisions of the Termination following Acts are terminated effective July 1, 1957 Quota deductions. date. 8 USC 1151. 50 USC app. 1951, 1952, 1954. 8 USC 1184 note. 8 USC 1434. Adopted child. Nonquota immigrants. 8 USC 1153. Application for adjustment of status. 8 USC 1101. 8 USC 1101 note. Report to Congress. (1) section 201 (e) (2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; (2) the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 1009, 64 Stat. 219; 65 Stat. 96); (3) the Act of June 30, 1950 (64 Stat. 306); and (4) the Act of April 9, 1952 (66 Stat. 50). SEC. 11. Section 323 of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(c) Any such adopted child (1) one of whose adoptive parents is (A) a citizen of the United States, (B) in the Armed Forces of the United States or in the employment of the Government of the United States, or of an American institution of research recognized as such by the Attorney General, or of an American firm or corporation engaged in whole or in part in the development of foreign trade and commerce of the United States, or a subsidiary thereof, or of a public international organization in which the United States participates by treaty or statute, and (C) regularly stationed abroad in such service or employment, and (2) who is in the United States at the time of naturalization, and (3) whose citizen adoptive parent declares before the naturalization court in good faith an intention to have such child take up residence within the United States immediately upon the termination of such service or employment abroad of such citizen adoptive parent, may be naturalized upon compliance with all the requirements of the naturalization laws except that no prior residence or specified period of physical presence within the United States or within the jurisdiction of the naturalization court or proof thereof shall be required, and paragraph (3) of subsection (a) of this section shall not be applicable. SEC. 12. Any alien eligible for a quota immigrant status under the provisions of section 203 (a) (1), (2), or (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act on the basis of a petition approved by the Attorney General prior to July 1, 1957, shall be held to be a nonquota immigrant and, if otherwise admissible under the provisions of that Act, shall be issued a nonquota immigrant visa: Provided, That, upon his application for an immigrant visa, and for admission to the United States, the alien is found to have retained his relationship to the petitioner, and status, as established in the approved petition. SEC. 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law (a) Any alien admitted to the United States as a nonimmigrant under the provisions of either section 101 (a) (15) (A) (i) or (ii) or 101 (a) (15) (G) (i) or (ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, who has failed to maintain a status under any of those provisions, may apply to the Attorney General for adjustment of his status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. (b) If, after consultation with the Secretary of State, it shall appear to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the alien is a person of good moral character, that he is admissible for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act, and that such action would not be contrary to the national welfare, safety, or security, the Attorney General, in his discretion, may record the alien's lawful admission for permanent residence as of the date of the order of the Attorney General approving the application for adjustment of status is made. (c) A complete and detailed statement of the facts and pertinent provisions of law in the case shall be reported to the Congress with the reasons for such adjustment of status. Such reports shall be submitted on the first day of each calendar month 8 USC 1152. Admission for permanent resiFiscal year (d) The number of aliens who may be granted the status of aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence in any fiscal dence. year, pursuant to this section, shall not exceed fifty. SEC. 14. Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Act, the definitions contained in subsections (a) and (b) of section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall apply to sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, and 15 of this Act. SEC. 15. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended (67 Stat. 400; 68 Stat. 1044), special nonquota immigrant visas authorized to be issued under section 3 of that Act which remained unissued on January 1, 1957, shall be allotted, and may be issued by consular officers as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the following manner: (1) Not to exceed two thousand five hundred visas to aliens described in paragraph (1) of section 4 (a) of the Refugee Relief Act, as amended; (2) Not to exceed one thousand six hundred visas to aliens described in paragraphs (9) or (10) of such section 4 (a); (3) All the rest and remainder of said visas to aliens who are refugee-escapees as defined in subsection (c). (b) The allotments provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be available for the issuance of immigrant visas to the spouses and unmarried sons or daughters under twenty-one years of age, including stepsons or stepdaughters and sons or daughters adopted prior to July 1, 1957, of persons referred to in subsection (a) of this section if accompanying them: Provided, That each such alíen, as described in this section, is found to be eligible to be issued an immigrant visa and to be admitted to the United States under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That all special nonquota immigrant visas authorized to be issued under this section shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That a quota number is not available to such alien at the time of his application for a visa. (c) (1) For purposes of subsection (a), the term "refugee-escapee" means any alien who, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion has fled or shall flee (A) from any Communist, Communist-dominated, or Communistoccupied area, or (B) from any country within the general area of the Middle East, and who cannot return to such area, or to such country, on account of race, religion, or political opinion. total. 8 USC 1101. 50 USC app. 1971q. 50 USC 197 lb. Availability of allotments. 8 USC 1201. "Refugeecapee". "General area of the Middle East". not e. (2) For the purposes of this section, the term "general area of the Middle East" means the area between and including (1) Libya on the west, (2) Turkey on the north, (3) Pakistan on the east, and (4) Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia on the south. (d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section, 50 USC app. 1971 nothing in this section shall be held to extend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended (67 Stat. 400; 68 Stat. 1044), and nothing in this section shall be held to authorize the issuance of special nonquota immigrant visas in excess of the number provided in section 3 of that Act. Absences from U.S. 8 USC 140 1. SEC. 16. In the administration of section 301 (b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, absences from the United States of less than twelve months in the aggregate, during the period for which continuous physical presence in the United States is required, shall not be considered to break the continuity of such physical presence. Approved September 11, 1957. |