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PUBLIC LAW 85-316-SEPT. 11, 1957

Public Law 85-316 AN ACT

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subparagraph (B) of section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to read as follows: " (B) a stepchild, whether or not born out of wedlock, provided the child had not reached the age of eighteen years at the time the marriage creating the status of stepchild occurred; or" SEC. 2. Section 101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraphs: " (D) an illegitimate child, by, through whom, or on whose behalf a status, privilege, or benefit is sought by virtue of the relationship of the child to its natural mother; " (E) a child adopted while under the age of fourteen years if the child has thereafter been in the legal custody of, and has resided with, the adopting parent or parents for at least two years: Provided, That no natural parent of any such adopted child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this Act." SEC. 3. Section 203(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is amended by striking out "him." and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "or following to join him.". SEC. 4. (a) On or before June 30, 1959, special nonquota immigrant visas may be issued to eligible orphans as defined in this section who are under fourteen years of age at the time the visa is issued. Not more than two such special nonquota immigrant visas may be issued to eligible orphans adopted or to be adopted by any one United States citizen and spouse, unless necessary to prevent the separation of brothers or sisters. (b) When used in this section, the term "eligible orphan" shall mean an alien child (1) who is an orphan because of the death or disappearance of both parents, or because of abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents, or who has only one parent due to the death or disappearance of, abandonment, or desertion by, or separation or loss from the other parent and the remaining parent is incapable of providing care for such orphan and has in writing irrevocably released him for emigration and adoption; (2)(A) who has been lawfully adopted abroad by a United States citizen and spouse, or (B) for whom assurances, satisfactory to the Attorney General, have been given by a United States citizen and spouse that if the orphan is admittea into the United States they will adopt him in the United States and will care for him properly and that the preadoption requirements, if any, of the State of the orphan's proposed residence have been met; and (3) who is ineligible tor admission into the United States solely because that portion of the quota to which he would otherwise be chargeable is oversubscribed by applicants registered on the consular waiting list at the time his visa application is made. No natural parent of any eligible orphan who shall be admitted into the United States pursuant to this section shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act. (c) Any visa which has been or shall be issued to an eligible orphan under this section or under any other immigration law to a child lawfully adopted by a United States citizen and spouse while such

September 11. 1957 [S. 2792]

Immigration and National i t y Act, amendments. 66 Stat. 171. 8 USC 1101 (b) (1)(B).

8 USC 1153.

Eligible orphans. Special v i s a s.

Adoption by U.S. citizen in Armed Forces abroad, etc.

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