Volume 67 · 230
Public Law 83–162
To permit the entry of five hundred eligible orphans under ten years of age, adopted abroad or to be adopted in the United States by United States citizens serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces or employed abroad by the United States Government.
Approved July 29, 1953
Statutory text
JOINT RESOLUTION
To permit the entry of five hundred eligible orphans under ten years of age, adopted abroad or to be adopted in the United States by United States citizens serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces or employed abroad by the United States Government.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That not to exceed five hundred special nonquota immigrant visas may be issued, subject to all provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act, to eligible
8 USC 1101 note.
orphans as defined in this Act who are under ten years of age at the time the visa application is filed and such eligible orphans may be admitted into the United States for permanent residence: Provided, That the issuance of visas under this Act shall terminate not later than December 31, 1954.
Sec. 2.
When used in this Act the term “eligible orphan” shall mean an alien child (1) who has suffered the death or disappearance of, or 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 child 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 while said citizen is or was serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces, or is or was employed abroad by the United States Government, or (b) concerning whom assurances, satisfactory to the consular officer to whom a visa application on behalf of such child is made, have been given by a United States citizen and spouse while said citizen is serving abroad in the United States Armed Forces, or is employed abroad by the United States Government, that if such child is admitted into the United States such citizen and spouse will legally adopt him in the United States and will care for him properly; and (3) who is ineligible for admission into the United States solely because the non preference 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.
Sec. 3.
No natural parent of any eligible orphan who shall be admitted into the United States pursuant to this Act shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Sec. 4.
Any eligible orphan granted a visa under this Act shall be deemed a nonquota immigrant for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Approved July 29, 1953.