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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · S. 2344 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize additional visas for well-educated aliens to live and work... · Sec. 205

Sec. 205. Adjustment of status for employment-based immigrants

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Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1255 ) is amended— in subsection (c)— by striking to
(1)an alien and inserting the following: “to— an alien ; by striking
(2)subject and inserting the following: subject ; by striking
(3)any alien and inserting the following: any alien ; by striking
(4)an alien and inserting the following: an alien ; by striking
(5)an alien and inserting the following: an alien ; by striking section 101(a)(15)(S),
(6)an alien and inserting the following: “section 101(a)(15)(S); an alien ; by striking
(7)any alien and inserting the following: any alien ; in paragraph (7), by inserting or 203(i) after 203(b) ; and by striking status; or
(8)any alien and inserting the following: “status; or any alien ; and by adding at the end the following: Any alien, and any eligible dependent of such alien, who has an approved petition for immigrant status, may file an application with the Secretary of Homeland Security for adjustment of status regardless of whether an immigrant visa is immediately available at the time the application is filed. If a visa is not immediately available at the time an application is filed under paragraph (1), the beneficiary of such application shall pay a supplemental fee of $500, which shall be deposited into the Promoting American Ingenuity Account established under section 286(w). This fee shall not be collected from any dependent accompanying or following to join such beneficiary. An application filed under this subsection may not be approved until the date on which an immigrant visa becomes available. .
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