《IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT WITH NOTES AND RELATED LAWS》

IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT1

Title Ⅰ-General (??101-106)7

Title Ⅱ-Immigration33

Chapter 1-Selection System (??201-210A)33

Chapter 2-Qualifications for Admission of Aliens; Travel Control of Citizens and Aliens (??211-218)73

Chapter 3-Issuance of Entry Documents(??221-224)124

Chapter 4-Provisions Relating to Entry and Exclusion (??231-240)129

Chapter 5-Deportation; Adjustment of Status (??241-250)139

Chapter 6-Special Provisions Relating to Alien Crewmen (??251-258)182

Chapter 7-Registration of Aliens (??261-266)192

Chapter 8-General Penalty Provisions (??271-280)194

Chapter 9-Miscellaneous (??281-293)227

Title ⅢNationality and Naturalization241

Chapter 1Nationality at Birth and by Collective Naturalization (??301-309)241

Chapter 2-Nationality Through Naturalization (??310-348)247

Chapter 3-Loss of Nationality (??349-357)281

Chapter 4-Miscellaneous (??358-360)284

Title Ⅳ--Miscellaneous and Refugee Assistance287

Chapter 1-Miscellaneous (??401-407)287

Chapter 2-Refugee Assistance (??411-414)290

[Miscellaneous provisions in title 8, U.S. Code, relating to administration of the Immigration and Naturalization Service].302

APPENDIXES305

Ⅰ. Selected Provisions of Title 18, United States Code305

Ⅱ. Excerpts From Recent Acts313

A. Immigration Act of 1990, INA Provisions Superseded313

1. Immigration Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-649)313

2. Selected Provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act Before Revision by the Immigration Act of 1990356

3. Miscellaneous and Technical Immigration and Naturalization Amendments of 1991 (Public Law 102-232)379

B. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and SAVE Provisions384

1. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Public Law 99603)384

2. System for Alien Verification of Eligibility (SAVE)405

C. Emergency Immigrant Education Act of 1984412

D. Amerasian Immigration (?584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, Public Law 100-202)415

E. Title IX of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204)417

F. Immigration Amendments of 1988 (Public Law 100-658)419

G. Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-690)421

H. Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167)425

I. Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-238)428

J. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991(Public Law 101-246)431

K. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993(Public Law 102-138)432

Ⅲ. Refugee-Related Provisions433

A. Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-510)433

B. Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees435

C. Geneva Convention Relating to Status of Refugees438

D. Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212)451

E. Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-422)454

F. Refugee Assistance Extension Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-605)462

G. Cuban Political Prisoners and Immigrants (in Public Law 100-202)464

Ⅳ. Current or Recent Alien Adjustment Provisions467

A. Cuban Adjustment (Public Law 89-732)467

B. Indochina Refugee Adjustment (title I of Public Law 95-145)467

C. Conditional Entrants Adjustment (Former ??203(a)(7),203(g),203(g),＆203(h) of the INA)468

D. Virgin Islands Nonimmigrant Alien Adjustment Act of 1982 (Public Law 97-271)469

E. Cuban/Haitian Adjustment (?02 of Public Law 99-603)471

F. EVD Adjustment of Status (title IX of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1988, as contained in Public Law 100-202)472

G. Soviet and Vietnamese Parolee Adjustment (section 599E of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, Public Law 101-167)473

H. H-1 Nonimmigrant Nurse Adjustment (section 2 of the Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989, Public Law 101-238)474

Ⅴ. Excerpts From Laws Relating to Commonwealths and Former Territories475

A. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands475

1. Public Law 94-241 (Covenant for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands)475

2. Sections 19-24 of Public Law 98-213477

B. Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands (Public Law 99-239, Compact of Free Association Act of 1985479

C. Note on Palau483

Ⅵ. Chapter 15 of the United States-Canada Free-Trade Agreement485

Ⅶ. Description of Other Provisions Relating to Immigration or Treatment of Aliens491

A. Military Service491

B. Social Security Act Provisions491

1. OASDI491

2. Social Security Account numbers491

3. AFDC492

4. System for Alien Verification of Eligibility (SAVE)492

5. SSI492

6. Medicare492

7. Medicaid493

C. Labor Law493

D. Food Stamp Act of 1977494

E. Federal Employment494

F. Housing Assistance Programs495

G. Legal Services Program495

H. Educational Assistance Programs496

I. Unemployment Compensation Program496

J. Income Tax Treatment of Certain Aliens496

K. License Restrictions497

L. Miscellaneous497

M. Bracero Program498

Ⅷ. Information Relating to Processing of Immigrants and Nonimmigrants501

A. Provisions of the Law and Numerical Limitations on Immigrant Visas501

B. Allocation of Immigrant Visa Numbers504

1. Operation of the Immigrant Numerical Control System504

2. Comparison of the Former Series of Immigrant Visa Categories and the Revisions Made by the Immigration Act of 1990506

3. List of Foreign States Subject to Annual Limitation of Immigrants Under Section 202(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act513

4. List of Dependent Areas Subject to Annual Limitation of Immigrants Under Section 202(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act515

5. Transition Diversity Program—AA-1516

C. Treaties Containing Treaty Trader and Treaty Investor Provisions In Effect Between the United States and Other Countries517

D. Visa Symbols521

E. List of Selected Forms Relating to Visa Processing528

F. Offices of State Department531

1. List of American Diplomatic and Consular Offices Issuing Visas531

2. Alphabetical Listing of Visa Issuing Posts535

Ⅸ. Offices and Forms of Immigration and Naturalization Service539

A. Listing of Immigration and Naturalization Service Offices539

B. Map of Districts of the Immigration <##> Naturalization Service543

C. Additional Forms of the Immigration and Naturalization Service544

Ⅹ. Brief History of United States Immigration Policy548

A. Summary548

B. Introduction549

C. Early Immigration550

D.19th Century Immigration551

E.1820-1880552

F.The 1880's Through World War I553

G. The 1920's: Numerical Restrictions555

H. The 1930's and 1940's: Refugees and Braceros556

I. The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952557

J. Refugee Admissions in the 1950's and 1960's558

K. The Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments of 1965 and Their Aftermath558

L. The 1970's through 1990's: Immigration Issues, Review, and Revision559

1. Refugees and the Refugee Act of 1980560

2. Illegal Immigration and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986560

3. Legal Immigration and the Immigration Act of 1990561

M. Selected References562

1. Table 1.-Immigration by Region and Selected Country of Birth, Fiscal Years 1820-1989563

2. Table 2.-Refugees and Asylees Granted Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Region and Selected Country of Birth, Fiscal Years 1946-1989569

ⅩⅠ.Miscellaneous Lists and Tables Relating to Immigration and Nationality571

A. List of United States Code Provisions Corresponding to Provisions in the Immigration and Nationality Act571

B. Cross-references in law to provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act575

C. List of Recent Legislation (1979-1991) Amending the Immigration and Nationality Act or Otherwise Affecting Aliens595

D. Tables of Transmission Requirements Over Time for Citizenship for Certain Individuals Born Abroad608

E. Table of Applicability of Grounds of Visa Ineligibility and Waivers Under the mmigration and Nationality Act, As Amended616