An act to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide preferential treatment in the admission of certain children of United States citizens.

Summary

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to give first or fourth visa preference (sons and daughters of U.S. citizens) to an alien who was fathered by a U.S. serviceman after 1950 in Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Japan, Thailand, or the Philippines. Requires a five-year financial support guarantee signed by a U.S. citizen or permanent resident sponsor. Allows the Attorney General to enforce such guarantee against the sponsor in a civil suit unless such sponsor dies or is adjudicated bankrupt.

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• Public Law (PDF)

  Public Law · EN · 23 October 1982

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 1 October 1982

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 28 September 1982

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• Reported to Senate with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 23 September 1982

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 1 October 1981

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