(3) CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENTING TIMELY AC-
TION.— 
(A) FILING
DELAYS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), circumstances preventing an 
alien from filing a timely application are— 
(i) injury; 
(ii) office closures; 
(iii) mail or courier service cessations 
or delays; and 
(iv) other closures, cessations, or 
delays affecting case processing or travel 
necessary to satisfy legal requirements. 
(B) DEPARTURE
DELAYS.—For purposes 
of paragraph (2), circumstances preventing an 
alien from timely departing the United States 
are— 
(i) injury; 
(ii) office closures; 
(iii) airline flight cessations or delays; 
and 
(iv) other closures, cessations, or 
delays affecting case processing or travel 
necessary to satisfy legal requirements. 
(c) DIVERSITY IMMIGRANTS.—
(1) WAIVER
OF
FISCAL
YEAR
LIMITATION.— 
Notwithstanding section 203(e)(2) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(e)(2)), an 
immigrant visa number issued to an alien under sec-
tion 203(c) of such Act for fiscal year 2005 may be 
used by the alien during the period beginning on Oc-
tober 1, 2005, and ending on April 1, 2006, if the 
alien establishes that the alien was prevented from 
using it during fiscal year 2005 due to a cir-
cumstance described in paragraph (4) that is a con-
sequence of a specified hurricane disaster. 
(2) WORLDWIDE
LEVEL.—In the case of an 
alien entering the United States as a lawful perma-
nent resident, or adjusting to that status, under 
paragraph (1) or (3), the alien shall be counted as 
a diversity immigrant for fiscal year 2005 for pur-
poses of section 201(e) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(e)), unless the world-
wide level under such section for such year has been 
exceeded, in which case the alien shall be counted as 
a diversity immigrant for fiscal year 2006. 
(3) TREATMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF CER-
TAIN
ALIENS.—In the case of a principal alien 
issued an immigrant visa number under section 
203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1153(c)) for fiscal year 2005, if such prin-
cipal alien died as a consequence of a specified hur-
ricane disaster, the aliens who were, on August 29, 
2005, the spouse and children of such principal alien 
shall, until June 30, 2006, if not otherwise entitled 
to an immigrant status and the immediate issuance 
of a visa under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of section 
203 of such Act, be entitled to the same status, and 
the same order of consideration, that would have 
been provided to such alien spouse or child under 
section 203(d) of such Act as if the principal alien 
were not deceased and as if the spouse or child’s 
visa application had been adjudicated by September 
30, 2005. 
(4) CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENTING TIMELY AC-
TION.—For 
purposes 
of 
paragraph 
(1), 
cir-
cumstances preventing an alien from using an immi-
grant visa number during fiscal year 2005 are— 
(A) office closures; 
(B) mail or courier service cessations or 
delays; 
(C) airline flight cessations or delays; and 
(D) other closures, cessations, or delays af-
fecting case processing or travel necessary to 
satisfy legal requirements.
(d) EXTENSION
OF EXPIRATION
OF IMMIGRANT 
VISAS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the limita-
tions under section 221(c) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(c)), in the case of 
any immigrant visa issued to an alien that expires 
or expired before February 26, 2006 if the alien was 
unable to effect entry into the United States due to 
a circumstance described in paragraph (2) that is a 
consequence of a specified hurricane disaster, then 
the period of validity of the visa is extended until 
February 26, 2006, unless a longer period of validity 
is otherwise provided under this Act. 
(2) CIRCUMSTANCES PREVENTING ENTRY.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), circumstances preventing 
an alien from effecting entry into the United States 
are— 
(A) destruction of, or damage rendering 
uninhabitable, the intended residence of the 
alien; 
(B) a legal prohibition on inhabiting or ac-
cessing the intended residence of the alien; 
(C) office closures; 
(D) airline flight cessations or delays; and