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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 3398

PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986 respect to applications filed with a designated entity, that designated entity, to examine individual applications. Anyone who uses, publishes, or permits information to be examined in violation of this paragraph shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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"(6) PENALTIES FOR FALSE STATEMENTS IN APPLICATIONS.—Who-

ever files an application for adjustment of status under this section and knowingly and willfully falsifies, misrepresents, conceals, or covers up a material fact or makes any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. "(7) APPLICATION FEES.—

"(A) FEE SCHEDULE.—The Attorney General shall provide for a schedule of fees to be charged for the filing of applications for adjustment under subsection (a) or (b)(1). "(B) USE OF FEES.— The Attorney General shall deposit pa3maents received under this paragraph in a separate account and amounts in such account shall be available, without fiscal year limitation, to cover administrative and other expenses incurred in connection with the review of applications filed under this section. "(d) WAIVER OF NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS AND CERTAIN GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.— "(1) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS DO NOT APPLY.—The numerical

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limitations of sections 201 and 202 shall not apply to the adjustment of aliens to lawful p e r m a n e n t resident s t a t u s under this section. "(2) W A IV E R O F GROUNDS FOR EXCLUSION.—In the determination of an alien's admissibility under subsections (a)(4)(A), (b)(l)(C)(i), and (b)(2)(B)"(A) GROUNDS OF EXCLUSION NOT APPLICABLE.—The provisions of paragraphs (14), (20), (21), (25), and (32) of section 212(a) shall not apply.

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"(B) WAIVER OF OTHER GROUNDS.—

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"(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in clause (ii), the Attorney General may waive any other provision of section 212(a) in the case of individual aliens for humanitarian purposes, to assure family unity, or when it is otherwise in the public interest. "(ii) GROUNDS THAT MAY NOT BE WAIVED.—The following provisions of section 212(a) may not be waived by the Attorney General under clause (i): "(I) Paragraphs (9) and (10) (relating to criminals). "(II) Paragraph (15) (relating to aliens likely to become public charges) insofar as it relates to an application for adjustment to permanent residence by an alien other than an alien who is eligible for benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act or section 212 of Public Law 93-66 for the month in which such alien is granted lawful temporary residence status under subsection (a).