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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS. -CH. 647-JUNE 25, 1948 the number of such special nonquota immigration visas shall not exceed three thousand. SEC. 4. (a) Any alien who (1) entered the United States prior to UCertainallens to April 1, 1948, and (2) is otherwise admissible under the immigration status.men laws, and (3) is a displaced person residing in the United States as defined in this section may apply to the Attorney General for an adjust- ment of his immigration status. If the Attorney General shall, upon Report to Congress. consideration of all the facts and circumstances of the case, determine that such alien is qualified under the provisions of this section, the Attorney General shall report to the Congress all of the pertinent facts in the case. If during the session of the Congress at which a case is reported, or prior to the end of the session of the Congress next follow- ing the session at which a case is reported, the Congress passes a concur- rent resolution stating in substance that it favors the granting of the status of permanent residence to such alien the Attorney General is authorized, upon receipt of a fee of $18.00, which shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the account of miscellaneous receipts, to record the admission of the alien for permanent residence as of the date of the alien's last entry into the United States. If prior Deportation. to the end of the session of the Congress next following the session at which a case is reported, the Congress does not pass such resolution, the Attorney General shall thereupon deport such alien in the manner pro- vided by law: Provided, That the number of displaced persons who Limitation. shall be granted the status of permanent residence pursuant to this sec- tion shall not exceed 15,000. Upon the grant of status of permanent Quota dedution- residence to such alien as provided for in this section, the Secretary of State shall, if the alien was a quota immigrant at the time of entry, reduce by one the immigration quota of the country of the alien's nationality as defined in Section 12 of the Immigration Act of May 26, 1924, for the fiscal year then current or the next succeeding fiscal year 8 U.S .C. 212. in which a quota number is available, but not more than 50 per centum of any quota shall be used for this purpose in any given fiscal year: Providedfurther, That quota deductions provided for in this section shall be made within the 50 per centum limitations contained in section 3 (b) of this Act. AnDs,p.l100. (b) When used in this section the term "Displaced Person residing res"dinsaced Perontd in the United States" means a person who establishes that he lawfully States. " entered the United States as a non-immigrant under section 3 or as a Ant e, p. 101o nonquota immigrant student under subdivision (e) of Section 4 of the Immigration Act of May 26, 1924, as amended, and that he is a person s8.t5. 5 . 204 (e). displaced from the country of his birth, or nationality, or of his last residence as a result of events subsequent to the out-break of World War II; and that he cannot return to any of such countries because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion or political opinions. SEC. 5. Quota nationality for the purposes of this Act shall be deter- Quotanationalty mined in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 of the Immigra- tion Act of 1924 (43 Stat. 160-161; 8 U. S . C. 212) and no eligible dis- placed person shall be issued an immigration visa if he is known or believed by the consular officer to be subject to exclusion from the United States under any provision of the immigration laws, with the exception of the contract labor clause of section 3 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, as amended (39 Stat. 875-878; 8 U. S . C . 136), and that part of the said Act which excludes from the United States persons whose ticket or passage is paid by another or by any corpora- tion, association, society, municipality, or foreign government, either directly or indirectly; and all eligible displaced persons and eligible Eemption from displaced orphans shall be exempt from paying visa fees and head taxes. taxes. 1011

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