Volume 68 · a88
Private Law 83–445
For the relief of Katharina Link.
Approved June 22, 1954
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Katharina Link.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That, in the administration
Katharina Link.
8 USC 1101 note, 1182.
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and notwithstanding the provision of section 212 (a) (9) of such Act, Katharina Link, the German fiancée of Sergeant Richard T. Tyler, a citizen of the United States and a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, shall be eligible for a visa as a nonimmigrant temporary visitor for a period of three months: Provided, That this exemption shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice has knowledge prior to the en-actment of this Act: Provided further, That the administrative authorities find that the said Katharina Link is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said Sergeant Richard T. Tyler and that she is found to be otherwise admissible under the immigration laws. If the marriage between the above-named persons does not occur within three months after the entry of the said Katharina Link, she shall be required to depart from the United States and upon failure to do so shall be deported in accordance with the provisions of sections 242 and 243 of the Immigration and Nationality
Act. If the marriage between the above-named persons shall occur within three months after the entry of the said Katharina Link, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Katharina Link as of the date of the payment by her of the required visa fee.
Approved June 22, 1954.