Sec. 4309. Special immigrant status for certain surviving spouses and children
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Section 101(a)(27)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(D) ) is amended— by striking an immigrant who is an employee and inserting the following: “an immigrant who— is an employee ; and by striking grant such status; and inserting the following: “grant such status; or is the surviving spouse or child of an employee of the United States Government abroad: Provided , That the employee performed faithful service for a total of not less than 15 years or was killed in the line of duty; . Section 602(b)(2)(C) of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— in clause (ii), by redesignating subclauses
(I)and
(II)as items
(aa)and (bb), respectively; by redesignating clauses
(i)and
(ii)as subclauses
(I)and (II), respectively, and moving such subclauses 2 ems to the right; in the matter preceding subclause (I), as redesignated, by striking An alien is described and inserting the following: A noncitizen is described ; in clause (i)(I), as redesignated, by striking who had a petition for classification approved and inserting who had submitted an application to the Chief of Mission ; and by adding at the end the following: An application by a surviving spouse or child of a principal noncitizen shall be subject to employment requirements set forth in subparagraph
(A)as of the date of the principal noncitizen’s filing of an application for the first time, or if no application has been filed, the employment requirements as of the date of the principal noncitizen’s death. . Section 602 of the Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended— in the paragraph and subparagraph headings, by striking each place it appears and inserting Aliens ; Noncitizens by striking an alien each place it appears and inserting a noncitizen ; by striking An alien each place it appears and inserting A noncitizen ; by striking alien each place it appears and inserting noncitizen ; by striking aliens each place it appears and inserting noncitizens ; and by striking alien's each place it appears and inserting noncitizen's . Section 1244(b)(3) of the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is amended— by striking described in subsection
(b)and inserting in this subsection ; in subparagraph (B), by redesignating clauses
(i)and
(ii)as subclauses
(I)and (II), respectively, and moving such subclauses 2 ems to the right; by redesignating subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)as clauses
(i)and (ii), respectively, and moving such clauses 2 ems to the right; in the matter preceding clause (i), as redesignated, by striking An alien is described and inserting the following: A noncitizen is described ; in subparagraph (A)(i), as redesignated, by striking who had a petition for classification approved and inserting who submitted an application to the Chief of Mission ; and by adding at the end the following: An application by a surviving spouse or child of a principal noncitizen shall be subject to employment requirements set forth in paragraph
(1)as of the date of the principal noncitizen’s filing of an application for the first time, or if the principal noncitizen did not file an application, the employment requirements as of the date of the principal noncitizen’s death. . The Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of 2007 ( 8 U.S.C. 1157 note) is amended by— in the subsection headings, by striking each place it appears and inserting Aliens ; Noncitizens in the paragraph headings, by striking each place it appears and inserting Aliens ; Noncitizens by striking an alien each place it appears and inserting a noncitizen ; by striking An alien each place it appears and inserting A noncitizen ; by striking alien each place it appears and inserting noncitizen ; by striking aliens each place it appears and inserting noncitizens ; and by striking alien's each place it appears and inserting noncitizen's . The amendments made by this section shall be effective on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall have retroactive effect.
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Sec. 4309
Special immigrant status for certain surviving spouses and children
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