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Subtitle B—VAWA Petitioners 
SEC. 911. DEFINITION OF VAWA PETITIONER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(51) The term ‘VAWA petitioner’ means an alien 
whose application or petition for classification or relief 
under any of the following provisions (whether as a prin-
cipal or as a derivative) has been filed and has not been 
denied after exhaustion of administrative appeals: 
‘‘(A) Clause (iii), (iv), or (vii) of section 
204(a)(1)(A). 
‘‘(B) Clause (ii) or (iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B). 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 
216(c)(4). 
‘‘(D) The first section of Public Law 89–732 
(commonly known as the Cuban Adjustment Act) as 
a child or spouse who has been battered or subjected 
to extreme cruelty. 
‘‘(E) Section 902(d)(1)(B) of the Haitian Ref-
ugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 (division A of 
section 101(h) of Public Law 105–277). 
‘‘(F) Section 202(d)(1) of the Nicaraguan Ad-
justment and Central American Relief Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255 note; Public Law 105–100).
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‘‘(G) Section 309(c)(5) of the Illegal Immigra-
tion Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 
1996 (division C of Public Law 104–208; 8 U.S.C. 
1101 note).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 212(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking 
‘‘qualifies for immigrant status under subparagraph 
(A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 
204(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(2) Section 212(a)(9)(C)(ii) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(C)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘to 
whom the Attorney General has granted classification 
under clause (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 204(a)(1)(A), 
or classification under clause (ii), (iii), or (iv) of sec-
tion 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a VAWA peti-
tioner’’. 
(3) Subsections (h)(1)(C) and (g)(1)(C) of section 
212 (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by striking ‘‘qualifies 
for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
204(a)(1)(A) or classification under clause (ii) or 
(iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a 
VAWA petitioner’’. 
(4) Section 212(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(i)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘an alien granted
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classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 
204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 
204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(5) Section 237(a)(1)(H)(ii) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(H)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘is 
an alien who qualifies for classification under clause 
(iii) or (iv) of section 204(a)(1)(A) or clause (ii) or 
(iii) of section 204(a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘is a 
VAWA petitioner’’. 
(6) Section 240A(b)(4)(B) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229b(b)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘they were 
applications filed under section 204(a)(1) (A)(iii), 
(A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘the appli-
cants were VAWA petitioners’’. 
(7) Section 245(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘under subpara-
graph (A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of section 
204(a)(1) or’’ and inserting ‘‘as a VAWA petitioner’’. 
(8) Section 245(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(c)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘under subparagraph (A)(iii), 
(A)(iv), (A)(v), (A)(vi), (B)(ii), (B)(iii), or (B)(iv) of 
section 204(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘as a VAWA peti-
tioner’’. 
(9) For additional conforming amendments to 
sections 212(a)(4)(C)(i) and 240(c)(7)(C)(iv)(I) of the
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Immigration and Nationality Act, see sections 
832(b)(2) and 817(a) of this Act. 
SEC. 912. SELF-PETITIONING FOR CHILDREN. 
(a) SELF-PETITIONING
BY CHILDREN
OF PARENT- 
ABUSERS UPON DEATH OR OTHER TERMINATION OF PAR-
ENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP.— 
(1) CITIZEN PARENTS.—Section 204(a)(1)(A)(iv) 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(A)(iv)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or who’’ and inserting 
‘‘who’’; and 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘domestic violence,’’ 
the following: ‘‘or who was a child of a United 
States citizen parent who within the past 2 
years (or, if later, two years after the date the 
child attains 18 years of age) died or otherwise 
terminated the parent-child relationship (as de-
fined under section 101(b)),’’. 
(2) LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT PARENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 204(a)(1)(B)(iii) 
of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)(B)(iii)) is 
amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or who’’ and inserting 
‘‘who’’; and