A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include in the definition of special immigrant an immigrant entering the United States to pursue a course of religious study in order to carry on the vocation of minister.

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Introduced

2 August 1979

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to include within the definition of "special immigrant" an immigrant (and accompanying spouse and children) entering the United States to pursue a course of religious study at an institute of religious training, which is registered with the Attorney General, in order to carry out the vocation of minister of a religious denomination having a bona fide organization in the United States and needing the services of such immigrant.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/5153
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