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108th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4018
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to assure that immigrants
do not have to wait longer for an immigrant visa as a result of a
reclassification from family second preference to family first
preference because of the naturalization of a parent or spouse.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 23, 2004
Mr. Case introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to assure that immigrants
do not have to wait longer for an immigrant visa as a result of a
reclassification from family second preference to family first
preference because of the naturalization of a parent or spouse.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PREVENTING IMMIGRANTS FROM WAITING LONGER FOR IMMIGRANT
VISAS AS A RESULT OF RECLASSIFICATION FROM FAMILY SECOND
PREFERENCE TO FAMILY FIRST PREFERENCE.
(a) In General.--Section 203 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1153) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
``(i) Assuring Immigrants Do not Have to Wait Longer for an
Immigrant Visa as a Result of Reclassification From Family Second
Preference to Family First Preference.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, in the case of a petition that has been approved to
accord preference status under subsection (a)(2)(A) may be deemed to
provide continued entitlement to status under that subsection in the
case of any alien petitioner who is subsequently naturalized as a
United States citizen, if a visa is not immediately available to the
beneficiary under subsection (a)(1).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) takes
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and applies to
petitions filed before, on, or after such date, without regard to when
an alien petitioner was naturalized as a citizen of the United States.
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