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 PUBLIC LAW 101-649-NOV. 29, 1990 104 STAT. 5009 section 203(a)(3) or section 203(a)(4), respectively, of such Act (as amended by this title). (d) ADMISSIBILITY STANDARDS. — When an immigrant, in possession of an unexpired immigrant visa issued before October 1, 1991, makes application for admission, the immigrant's admissibility under paragraph (7)(A) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be determined under the provisions of law in effect on the date of the issuance of such visa. (e) CONSTRUCTION.— Nothing in this title shall be construed as affecting the provisions of section 19 of Public Law 97-116, section 2(c)(1) of Public Law 97-271, or section 202(e) of Public Law 99-603. SEC. 162. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. (a) RESTATEMENT OF DERIVATIVE STATUS, ORDER OF CONSIDERATION, ETC.— (1) Section 203, as amended by subtitle B, is further amended 8 USC 1153. by striking all that follows subsection (c) and inserting the following: "(d) TREATMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS.—A spouse or child as defined in subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) of section 10ia))(l) shall, if not otherwise entitled to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance of a visa under subsection (a), (b), or (c), be entitled to the same status, and the same order of consideration provided in the respective subsection, if accompanying or following to join, the spouse or parent. "(e) ORDER OF CONSIDERATION. —(1) Immigrant visas made available under subsection (a) or (b) shall be issued to eligible immigrants in the order in which a petition in behalf of each such immigrant is filed with the Attorney General (or in the case of special immigrants under section 101(a)(27)(D), with the Secretary of State) as provided in section 204(a). "(2) Immigrant visa numbers made available under subsection (c) (relating to diversity immigrants) shall be issued to eligible qualified immigrants strictly in a random order established by the Secretary of State for the fiscal year involved. "(3) Waiting lists of applicants for visas under this section shall be Regulations. maintained in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State. "(f) PRESUMPTION.—Every immigrant shall be presumed not to be described in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, section 101(a)(27), or section 2010t))(2), until the immigrant establishes to the satisfaction of the consular officer and the immigration officer that the immigrant is so described. In the case of any alien claiming in his application for an immigrant visa to be described in section 201(b)(1) or in subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the consular officer shall not grant such status until he has been authorized to do so as provided by section 204. "(g) LISTS.— For purposes of carrying out the Secretary's responsibilities in the orderly administration of this section, the Secretary of State may make reasonable estimates of the anticipated numbers of visas to be issued during any quarter of any fiscal year within each of the categories under subsections (a), (b), and (c) and to rely upon such estimates in authorizing the issuance of visas. The Secretary of State shall terminate the registration of any alien who fails to apply for an immigrant visa within one year following notification to the alien of the availability of such visa, but the Secretary shall reinstate the registration of any such alien who establishes within 2 years following the date of notification of the

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