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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 717 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes. · Sec. 212

Sec. 212. Derivative status for permanent partners of nonimmigrant visa holders

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Section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A)— in clause (i), by inserting , which shall include permanent partners after immediate family ; in clause (ii), by inserting , which shall include permanent partners after immediate families ; and in clause (iii), by inserting , which shall include permanent partners, after immediate families, ; in subparagraph (E), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (F)(ii), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (G)(i), by inserting , which shall include his or her permanent partner after members of his or their immediate family ; in subparagraph (G)(ii), by inserting , which shall include permanent partners, after the members of their immediate families ; in subparagraph (G)(iii), by inserting , which shall include his permanent partner, after the members of his immediate family ; in subparagraph (G)(iv), by inserting , which shall include permanent partners after the members of their immediate families ; in subparagraph (G)(v), by inserting , which shall include permanent partners after the members of the immediate families ; in subparagraph (H), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (I), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (J), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (L), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (M)(ii), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (O)(iii), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (P)(iv), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (Q)(ii)(II), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (R), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (S), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (T)(ii)(I), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (T)(ii)(II), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (U)(ii)(I), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; in subparagraph (U)(ii)(II), by inserting or permanent partner after spouse ; and in subparagraph (V), by inserting permanent partner or after beneficiary (including a .
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