Sec. 13. Protections for stepchildren
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Section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(A)(iv) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of this clause— residence includes any period of visitation; and the term citizen parent includes citizen step-parent ; and none of the following shall affect the ability of a step-child who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty to file a self-petition or have the self-petition favorably adjudicated and shall not lead to revocation of an approved VAWA self-petition— death of the step-child self-petitioner’s natural parent; death of the step-child self-petitioner’s step-parent; or divorce between the step-child VAWA self-petitioner’s parent and step-parent. ;
Section 204(a)(1)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)(iii) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of this clause: residence includes any period of visitation; and the term permanent resident parent includes permanent resident step-parent ; and none of the following shall affect the ability of a step-child who was battered or subjected to extreme cruelty to file a self-petition or have the self-petition favorably adjudicated and shall not lead to revocation of an approved VAWA self-petition— death of the step-child self-petitioner’s natural parent; death of the step-child self-petitioner’s step-parent; or divorce between the step-child VAWA self-petitioner’s parent and step-parent. .
The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to VAWA self-petitions filed before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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Protections for stepchildren
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