SECTION 1. PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS FOR MARIA 
CARMEN CASTRO RAMIREZ AND J. REFUGIO 
CARRENO ROJAS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) 
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio 
Carreno Rojas shall each be eligible for issuance of an im-
migrant visa or for adjustment of status to that of an alien 
lawfully admitted for permanent residence upon filing an 
application for issuance of an immigrant visa under sec-
tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to lawful 
permanent resident. 
(b) ADJUSTMENT
OF STATUS.—If Maria Carmen 
Castro Ramirez or J. Refugio Carreno Rojas enters the 
United States before the filing deadline specified in sub-
section (d), he or she shall be considered to have entered 
and remained lawfully and shall, if otherwise eligible, be 
eligible for adjustment of status under section 245 of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act as of the date of the en-
actment of this Act. 
(c) WAIVER OF GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL OR DENIAL 
OF ADMISSION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sections 
212(a) and 237(a) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act, Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. 
Refugio Carreno Rojas may not be removed from the
United States, denied admission to the United 
States, or considered ineligible for lawful permanent 
residence in the United States by reason of any 
ground for removal or denial of admission that is re-
flected in the records of the Department of Home-
land Security or the Visa Office of the Department 
of State on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) RESCISSION OF OUTSTANDING ORDER OF 
REMOVAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall rescind any outstanding order of removal or de-
portation, or any finding of inadmissibility or de-
portability, that has been entered against Maria 
Carmen Castro Ramirez or J. Refugio Carreno 
Rojas by reason of any ground described in para-
graph (1). 
(d) DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF 
FEES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(e) REDUCTION
OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER.— 
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-
idence to Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio 
Carreno Rojas, the Secretary of State shall instruct the 
proper officer to reduce by 2, during the current or next
following fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas 
that are made available to natives of the country of the 
aliens’ birth under section 203(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act or, if applicable, the total number of immi-
grant visas that are made available to natives of the coun-
try of the aliens’ birth under section 202(e) of such Act. 
(f) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION TREAT-
MENT FOR CERTAIN RELATIVES.—The natural parents, 
brothers, and sisters of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez 
and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas shall not, by virtue of such 
relationship, be accorded any right, privilege, or status 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 4, 
2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 823 
AN ACT 
For the relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez 
and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas.