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PUBLIC LAW 91-225-APR. 7, 1970

[84 STAT.

Public Law 91-225 AN ACT April 7, 1970

[s. 2593]

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the entry of certain nonimmigrants into the United States, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Immigration and United /Sttttes of Amevica in Congress assembled, That (a) section amln°dminLf''' 101 (a) (15)(H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 66 Stat. 168. 1101 (a) (15)(H)), is amended to read as follows: " (H) an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning (i) who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform services of an exceptional nature requiring such merit and ability; or (ii) who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform temporary services or labor, if unemployed persons capable of performing such service or labor cannot be found in this country; or (iii) who is coming temporarily to the United States as a trainee; and the alien spouse and minor children of any such alien specified in this paragraph if accompanying him or following to join him." (b) Section 101(a) (15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 75 Stat. 534. (8 U.S.C. 1101(a) (15)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraphs: " (K) an alien who is the fiancee or fiance of a citizen of the United States and who seeks to enter the United States solely to conclude a valid marriage with the petitioner within ninety days after entry, and the minor children of such fiancee or fiance accompanying him or following to join him. " (L) an alien who, immediately preceding the time of his application for admission into the United States, has been employed continuously for one year by a firm or corporation or other legal entity or an affiliate or subsidiary thereof and who seeks to enter the United States temporarily in order to continue to render his services to the same employer or a subsidiary or affiliate thereof in a capacity that is managerial, executive, or involves specialized knowledge, and the alien spouse and minor children of any such alien if accompanying him or following to join him." SEC. 2. Section 212(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e)) is amended to read as follows: "(e) No person admitted under section 101(a) (15)(J) or acquiring such status after admission whose (i) participation in the program for which he came to the United States was financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, by an agency of the Government of the United States or by the government of the country of his nationality or his last residence, or (ii) who at the time of admission or acquisition of status under section 101(a) (15)(J) was a national or resident of a country which the Secretary of State, pursuant to regulations prescribed by him, had designated as clearly requiring the services of persons engaged in the field of specialized knowledge or skill in which

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