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(2) applied for such status during the 18-month 
application period beginning on the first day of the 
seventh month that begins after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(3) is otherwise admissible to the United States 
under section 212 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182), except as otherwise pro-
vided under section 647(b); and 
(4) has not been convicted of any felony or a 
misdemeanor, an element of which involves bodily in-
jury, threat of serious bodily injury, or harm to 
property in excess of $500. 
(b) AUTHORIZED TRAVEL.—An alien who is granted 
blue card status is authorized to travel outside the United 
States (including commuting to the United States from 
a residence in a foreign country) in the same manner as 
an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence. 
(c) AUTHORIZED
EMPLOYMENT.—The Secretary 
shall provide an alien who is granted blue card status an 
employment authorized endorsement or other appropriate 
work permit, in the same manner as an alien lawfully ad-
mitted for permanent residence. 
(d) TERMINATION OF BLUE CARD STATUS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may termi-
nate blue card status granted to an alien under this 
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section only if the Secretary determines that the 
alien is deportable. 
(2) GROUNDS
FOR
TERMINATION
OF
BLUE 
CARD
STATUS.—Before any alien becomes eligible 
for adjustment of status under section 645, the Sec-
retary may deny adjustment to permanent resident 
status and provide for termination of the blue card 
status granted such alien under paragraph (1) if— 
(A) the Secretary finds, by a preponder-
ance of the evidence, that the adjustment to 
blue card status was the result of fraud or will-
ful misrepresentation (as described in section 
212(a)(6)(C)(i) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)); or 
(B) the alien— 
(i) commits an act that makes the 
alien inadmissible to the United States as 
an immigrant, except as provided under 
section 647(b); 
(ii) is convicted of a felony or 3 or 
more misdemeanors committed in the 
United States; 
(iii) is convicted of an offense, an ele-
ment of which involves bodily injury, threat 
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of serious bodily injury, or harm to prop-
erty in excess of $500; or 
(iv) fails to perform the agricultural 
employment 
required 
under 
section 
645(a)(1)(A) unless the alien was unable 
to work in agricultural employment due to 
the extraordinary circumstances described 
in section 645(a)(3). 
(e) RECORD OF EMPLOYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each employer of an alien 
granted blue card status under this section shall an-
nually— 
(A) provide a written record of employ-
ment to the alien; and 
(B) provide a copy of such record to the 
Secretary. 
(2) SUNSET.—The obligation under paragraph 
(1) shall terminate on the date that is 6 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(f) REQUIRED FEATURES OF IDENTITY CARD.—The 
Secretary shall provide each alien granted blue card sta-
tus, and the spouse and any child of each such alien resid-
ing in the United States, with a card that contains— 
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