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110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1628
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 21, 2007
Mr. Pallone introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit the admission to the United States of nonimmigrant students and visitors who are the spouses and children of United States permanent resident aliens, and for other purposes.
Admission of certain
b
and f
visa nonimmigrants who are spouses or
children of United States permanent resident aliens
Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended—
by redesignating the subsection (t) added by section 1(b)(2) of Public Law 108–449 (118 Stat. 3469) as a subsection (u); and
by adding at the end the following:
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no alien—
who is—
the spouse or child of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence to the United States; and
not eligible to enter the United States as an immigrant except by reason of being such a spouse or child; and
who seeks admission to the United States for purposes of visiting the permanent resident spouse or parent or for studying in the United States; and
who is otherwise qualified;
Whenever an alien described in paragraph (1) seeks admission to the United States as a nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(B) who is coming temporarily for pleasure or as a nonimmigrant alien described in section 101(a)(15)(F), the fact that a petition has been filed on the alien’s behalf for classification of the alien as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence shall not constitute evidence of the alien’s intention to abandon his or her foreign residence.
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