(A) office closures; 
(B) airline flight cessations or delays; and 
(C) other closures, cessations, or delays af-
fecting case processing or travel necessary to 
satisfy legal requirements. 
(f) VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229c), if a period for voluntary departure of an 
alien under such section expired during the period begin-
ning on August 26, 2005, and ending on October 26, 
2005, and the alien was unable voluntarily to depart as 
a consequence of a specified hurricane disaster, such vol-
untary departure period is deemed extended for an addi-
tional 60 days. 
SEC. 4. HUMANITARIAN RELIEF FOR CERTAIN SURVIVING 
SPOUSES AND CHILDREN. 
(a) TREATMENT AS IMMEDIATE RELATIVES.—
(1) SPOUSES.—Notwithstanding the second 
sentence of section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigra-
tion 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1151(b)(2)(A)(i)), in the case of an alien who was 
the spouse of a citizen of the United States at the 
time of the citizen’s death and was not legally sepa-
rated from the citizen at the time of the citizen’s 
death, if the citizen died as a consequence of a speci-
fied hurricane disaster, the alien (and each child of 
the alien) shall be considered, for purposes of section 
201(b) of such Act, to be an immediate relative after 
the date of the citizen’s death, but only if the alien 
files a petition under section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) of such 
Act within 2 years after such date and only until the 
date the alien remarries. For purposes of such sec-
tion 204(a)(1)(A)(ii), an alien granted relief under 
the preceding sentence shall be considered an alien 
spouse described in the second sentence of section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of such Act. 
(2) CHILDREN.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an alien 
who was the child of a citizen of the United 
States at the time of the citizen’s death, if the 
citizen died as a consequence of a specified hur-
ricane disaster, the alien shall be considered, 
for purposes of section 201(b) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)), to 
remain an immediate relative after the date of 
the citizen’s death (regardless of changes in age 
or marital status thereafter), but only if the 
alien (or a parent or guardian of the alien) files 
a petition under subparagraph (B) within 2 
years after such date.
(B) PETITIONS.—An alien (or parent or 
guardian) described in subparagraph (A) may 
file a petition with the Secretary of Homeland 
Security for classification of the alien under 
section 201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)). 
For purposes of such Act, such a petition shall 
be considered a petition filed under section 
204(a)(1)(A) 
of 
such 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(A)). 
(3) UNCONDITIONAL
STATUS.—An alien who 
obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for 
permanent residence pursuant to this subsection 
shall not be considered to have obtained such status 
on a conditional basis, and shall not be subject to 
section 216 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1186a). 
(b) SPOUSES, CHILDREN, UNMARRIED SONS
AND 
DAUGHTERS
OF
LAWFUL
PERMANENT
RESIDENT 
ALIENS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any spouse, child, or unmar-
ried son or daughter of an alien described in para-
graph (3) who is included in a petition for classifica-
tion as a family-sponsored immigrant under section 
203(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1153(a)(2)) that was filed by such alien be-
fore August 29, 2005, shall be considered (if the 
spouse, child, son, or daughter has not been admit-
ted or approved for lawful permanent residence by 
such date) a valid petitioner for preference status 
under such section with the same priority date as 
that assigned prior to the death described in para-
graph (3)(A). No new petition shall be required to 
be filed. Such spouse, child, son, or daughter may be 
eligible for deferred action and work authorization. 
(2) SELF-PETITIONS.—Any spouse, child, or 
unmarried son or daughter of an alien described in 
paragraph (3) who is not a beneficiary of a petition 
for classification as a family-sponsored immigrant 
under section 203(a)(2) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act may file a petition for such classifica-
tion with the Secretary of Homeland Security, if the 
spouse, child, son, or daughter was present in the 
United States on August 29, 2005. Such spouse, 
child, son, or daughter may be eligible for deferred 
action and work authorization. 
(3) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if the alien—
(A) died as a consequence of a specified 
hurricane disaster; and