§ 1204. Immediate relative and special immigrant visas

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1952

   Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609

   Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1204

   June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 3, § 224, 66 Stat. 195

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 3, § 224, 66 Stat. 195

2. 1965

   Pub. L. 89–236 § 11(d) · 79 Stat. 911

   1. Struck · 8 U.S.C. § 1204

      Pub. L. 89–236 struck out reference to sections 1154 and 1155 of this title

   2. Substituted · 8 U.S.C. § 1204

      Pub. L. 89–236 substituted “special immigrant or immediate relative” for “nonquota immigrant”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 89–236 struck out reference to sections 1154 and 1155 of this title and substituted “special immigrant or immediate relative” for “nonquota immigrant”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (d) Section 224 is amended to read as follows: “A consular officer may, subject to the limitations provided in section 221, issue an immigrant visa to a special immigrant or immediate relative as such upon satisfactory proof, under regulations prescribed under this Act, that the applicant is entitled to special immigrant or immediate relative status.”

   Effective date note
   For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 89–236, see section 20 of Pub. L. 89–236, set out as a note under section 1151 of this title.

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