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Volume 69 · A93

Private Law 84–266

For the relief of Margarete Gartner.

Approved August 1, 1955

Statutory text

AN ACT

For the relief of Margarete Gartner.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

That, in the administration of the Immigration and Nationality Act, Margarete Gartner, the fiancée of Sergeant First Class William M. Thompson, a citizen of the United States, shall be eligible for a visa as a nonimmigrant temporary visitor for a period of three months: Provided, That the administrative authorities find that the said Margarete Gartner is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said Sergeant First Class William M. Thompson and that she is found admissible under the Immigration and Nationality Act, other than the provisions of section 212 (a) (9) thereof: Provided further,

8 USC 1182.

That this exemption shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice had knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act. In the event the marriage between the above-named persons does not occur within three months after the entry of the said Margarete Gartner, 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. In the

8 USC 1252, 1253.

event that the marriage between the above-named persons shall occur within three months after the entry of the said Margarete Gartner, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Margarete Gartner as of the date of the payment by her of the required visa fee.

Approved August 1, 1955.

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