Volume 71 · A8
Private Law 85–16
For the relief of Shigeko Kimura and her minor child.
Approved May 16, 1957
Statutory text
AN ACT
For the relief of Shigeko Kimura and her minor child.
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, Shigeko Kimura, the fiancee of Sergeant First Class Francis J. Luddy, a citizen of the United States, and her minor child, shall be eligible for visas as nonimmigrant temporary visitors for a period of three months: Provided, That the administrative authorities find that the said Shigeko Kimura is coming to the United States with a bona fide intention of being married to the said Sergeant First Class Francis J. Luddy and that they are found otherwise admissible under the immigration laws,
except that section 212 (a) (6) of the said Act shall be inapplicable in the case of Shigeko Kimura, and she may be issued a visa and be admitted to the United States under such conditions and controls which the Attorney General, after consultation with the Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare may deem necessary to impose: Provided further, That if the said Shigeko Kimura is not entitled to medical
care under the Dependents’ Medical Care Act (70 Stat. 250). a suitable and proper bond or undertaking, approved by the Attorney
General, be deposited as prescribed by section 213 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. In the event the.marriage between the above-named persons does not occur within three months after the entry of the said Shigeko Kimura and her minor child, they 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 event that the marriage between the above-named persons shall occur within three months after the entry of the said Shigeko Kimura and her minor child, the Attorney General is authorized and directed to record the lawful admission for permanent residence of the said Shigeko Kimura and her minor child as of the date of the payment by them of the required visa fees. The exemption provided herein in the case of the said Shigeko Kimura shall apply only to a ground for exclusion of which the Department of State or the Department of Justice has knowledge prior to the enactment of this Act.
Approved May 16, 1957.