Sec. 15. Treatment of Hong Kong applications for visas to study or work in the United States
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Section 206 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 ( 22 U.S.C. 5725 ) is amended— by striking subsections
(a)and (c); by redesignating subsection
(b)as subsection (d); by inserting before subsection (d), as so redesignated, the following: The laws of the United States pertaining to the issuance of visas, immigration, and application for entry to the United States shall continue to apply to Hong Kong, and to natives and residents of Hong Kong, in the same manner as such laws were applied to Hong Kong, and to natives and residents of Hong Kong, prior to the date of the enactment of the Hong Kong Policy Act of 2024 . Hong Kong residents shall be treated as a separate foreign state from the People’s Republic of China for the purposes of visas to visit or reside permanently in the United States, so long as such treatment is consistent with the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ). Notwithstanding any other provision of law— applications for visas to enter, study, or work in the United States, which are submitted by otherwise qualified applicants who resided in Hong Kong in 2014 and later, may not be denied primarily on the basis of the applicant’s subjection to politically motivated arrest, detention, or other adverse government action; and an applicant’s prior subjection to politically motivated arrest, detention, or other adverse government action may not be considered as a primary factor in evaluating the applicant’s immigrant intent. ; and in subsection (d)(2), as so redesignated, by inserting irrespective of whether any such individual was charged, detained, or convicted for a national security offense or under a non-national security offense for which there are reasonable grounds to believe the non-national security offense was used as a pretext for politically motivated action, after December 19, 1966, .
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Treatment of Hong Kong applications for visas to study or work in the United States
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