Sec. 2. Special immigrant visas for certain Fulbright Scholars
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Section 602(b) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— by redesignating paragraphs
(4)through
(14)as paragraphs
(5)through (15), respectively; and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following new paragraph: An alien is described in this subparagraph if the alien— is a citizen or national of Afghanistan; and was selected on or after October 7, 2001, to participate in— the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program authorized under section 102 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(1) ) including the Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Grants and the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Program; the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program pursuant to section 112(a)(2) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2460(a)(2) ); the International Visitors Leadership Program pursuant to section 112(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2460(a)(3) ); or any other educational or cultural exchange activity administered by the Secretary of State pursuant to sections 102 or 112 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2452 ; 22 U.S.C. 2460 ) for which the Secretary determines that a participating alien is eligible for a special immigrant visa under this paragraph. Is the spouse or child of a principal alien described in subparagraph (A); and is accompanying or following to join the principal alien in the United States. A principal alien provided special immigrant status under this paragraph shall not count towards the total number of principal aliens who may be provided special immigrant status under this section pursuant to paragraph (3)(F) but may, as applicable, count towards the total number of principal aliens who have received a visa under the unused balance of visas pursuant to subparagraph
(D)or
(E)of paragraph (3). .
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