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[71 Stat. 640]
PUBLIC LAW 000—MMMM. DD, 1957
[71 Stat. 640]

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Adjustment of status.

8 USC 1182.

67 Stat. 402. 50 USC app. 1971c. Certain excludable aliens. 8 USC 1182.

T ub ere u l o u s aliens. 8 USC 1182.

Report to Congress. Termination date. Deportation, non applicability. 8 USC 1251.

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citizen is serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces, or is employed abroad by the United States Government, or is temporarily abroad on business, shall be valid until such time, for a period not to exceed three years, as the adoptive citizen parent returns to the United States in due course of his service, employment, or business, (d) The Attorney General may, pursuant to such terms and conditions as he may by regulations prescribe, adjust the status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, as of the date of his arrival in the United States, in the case of an alien who was paroled into the United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act if such alien at the time of his arrival in the United States was an eligible orphan as defined in section 5 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended, and was, or thereafter has been, adopted by a United States citizen and spouse in a court of proper jurisdiction. SEC. 5. Any alien, who is excludable from the United States under paragraphs (9), (10), or (12) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, who (A) is the spouse or child, including a minor unmarried adopted child, of a United States citizen, or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or (B) has a son or daughter who is a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, shallj if otherwise admissible, be issued a visa and admitted to the United States for permanent residence (1) if it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that (A) the alien's exclusion would result in extreme hardship to the United States citizen or lawfully resident spouse, parent, or son or daughter of such alien, and (B) the admission to the United States of such alien would not be contrary to the national welfare, safety, or security of the United States; and (2) if the Attorney General, in his discretion, and pursuant to such terms, conditions, and procedures as he may by regulations prescribe, has consented to the alien's applying or reapplying for a visa and for admission to the United States. SEC. 6, Notwithstanding the provisions of section 212(a)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as far as they relate to aliens afflicted with tuberculosis, any alien who (A) is the spouse or child, including the minor unmarried adopted child, of a United States citizen, or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or (B) has a son or daughter who is a United States citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, shall, if otherwise admissible, be issued a visa and admitted to the United States for permanent residence in accordance with such terms, conditions, and controls, if any, including the giving of a bond, as the Attorney General, in his discretion, after consultation with the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, may by regulations prescribe: Provided, That the Attorney General shall promptly make a detailed report to the Congress in any case in which the provisions of this section are applied: Provided further, That no visa shall be issued under the authority of this section after June 30, 1959. SEC. 7. The provisions of section 241 of the Immigration and Nationality Act relating to the deportation of aliens within the United States on the ground that they were excludable at the time of entry as (1) aliens who have sought to procure, or have procured visas or other documentation, or entry into the United States by fraud or misrepresentation, or (2) aliens who were not of the nationality specified in their visas, shall not apply to an alien otherwise admissible at the time of entry who (A) is the spouse, parent, or a child of a United States citizen or of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; or (B) was admitted to the United States between December