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 100 STAT. 3394

PUBLIC LAW 99-603—NOV. 6, 1986 ai

any problems with the implementation of such projects, particularly as they may apply to implementation of the system referred to in subsection (c)(1). (2) REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF VERIFICATION SYSTEM.—The

C!omptroller General shall— ^^^ (A) monitor and analyze the implementation of such system, '.,,., (B) report to Congress and to the appropriate Secretaries %r % *'^ '• described in subsection (c)(4)(D)(ii), by not later than April 1, 1989, on such implementation, and (C) include in such report such recommendations for changes in the system as may be appropriate. ^

TITLE II—LEGALIZATION

SEC. 201. LEGALIZATION OF STATUS.

(a) PROVIDING FOR LEGAUZATION PROGRAM.—(1) Chapter 5 of title II is amended by inserting after section 245 (8 U.S.C. 1255) the following new section: "ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS OF CERTAIN ENTRANTS BEFORE JANUARY 1, 1982, TO THAT OF PERSON ADMITTED FOR LAWFUL RESIDENCE

8 USC 1255a.

245A. (a) TEMPORARY RESIDENT STATUS.—The Attorney General shall adjust the status of an alien to that of an alien lawfully admitted for temporary residence if the alien meets the following requirements: "SEC.

"(1) TIMELY APPLICATION.— "(A) DURING APPLICATION PERIOD.—Except as provided in

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8 USC 1252. • *>5

subparagraph (B), the alien must apply for such adjustment during the 12-month period beginning on a date (not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section) designated by the Attorney General. "(B)

APPLICATION

WITHIN

30

DAYS

OF SHOW-CAUSE

ORDER.—An alien who, at any time during the first 11 months of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A), is the subject of an order to show cause issued under section 242, must make application under this section not later than the end of the 30-day period beginning either on the first day of such 18-month period or on the date of the issuance of such order, whichever day is later. "(C) INFORMATION INCLUDED IN APPLICATION.—Each ap-

' filed

8 USC 1154.

plication under this subsection shall contain such information as the Attorney General may require, including information on living relatives of the applicant with respect to whom a petition for preference or other status may be by the applicant at any later date under section 204(a). "(2) CONTINUOUS UNLAWFUL RESIDENCE SINCE 1982.—

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"(A) IN GENERAL.—The alien must establish that he entered the United States before January 1, 1982, and that he has resided continuously in the United States in an unlawful status since such date and through the date the application is filed under this subsection. "(B) NONIMMIGRANTS.—In the case of an alien who entered the United States as a nonimmigrant before January 1, 1982, the alien must establish that the alien's period of authorized stay as a nonimmigrant expired before such

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