A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Summary

Provides that an alien who would be ineligible to receive a visa, pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act, or would be excludable, for seeking to procure a visa by fraud or by willful misrepresentation of a material fact may be granted a visa and admitted to the United States, if otherwise admissible: (1) if it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that the act or acts rendering such alien ineligible to receive a visa, or excludable, were committed more than 10 years prior to the date of application for a visa; and (2) if the Attorney General, in his discretion, and pursuant to such conditions 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. (Adds 8 U.S.C. 1182 (j))

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 January 1973

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