‘‘(6) a request for review under this section 
must be made in writing to the Board within 60 
days after receipt of notice of the denial, revocation, 
or cancellation. 
‘‘(d) INTERESTED PARTIES.—The Board shall review 
each decision described in subsection (b) upon request by 
the petitioner of an immigrant visa petition approved 
under section 201(2)(A)(i) and (ii) or 203(a). 
‘‘(e) CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not be con-
strued to restrict any right to further administrative or 
judicial review established under any other provision of 
law. 
‘‘(f) FEES.—The Secretary of State shall charge, and 
collect, an appropriate fee associated with a request to the 
Board for a review. Such fee shall be sufficient to cover 
the cost of the administration of this section.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 222(f) (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end: ‘‘An interested party under 
section 225(d) or court shall be permitted to inspect 
the record of proceeding as described in subsections 
(c)(2) and (c)(3) of section 225.’’. 
(2) Section 104(a)(1) (8 U.S.C. 1104(a)(1)) is 
amended by striking the ‘‘except’’ and inserting ‘‘in-
cluding’’. 
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(3) The table of contents is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 224 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 225. Board of Visa Appeals.’’. 
TITLE III—ELIMINATION OF 
UNFAIR RESTRICTIONS 
SEC. 301. ACQUISITION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR CHILDREN 
BORN ABROAD AND OUT OF WEDLOCK TO A 
UNITED STATES CITIZEN FATHER. 
(a) 
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CITIZENSHIP
ELIGI-
BILITY.—Section 309(a) (8 U.S.C. 1409(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by striking paragraph (3); 
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘while the 
person is under the age of 18 years—’’ and inserting 
‘‘at any time—’’; and 
(4) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
(b) CLARIFICATION REGARDING DECEASED PAR-
ENTS OF CHILDREN BORN ABROAD AND OUT OF WED-
LOCK.—Section 309 (8 U.S.C. 1409) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pre-
clude a person who is a citizen or national of the United 
States by virtue of a provision of this section from estab-
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lishing such status under this title after the death of the 
person’s father, mother, or parents.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION
OF CITIZENSHIP PROVISIONS.— 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply to persons 
born out of wedlock who are alive on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. ALLOW AUNTS AND UNCLES OR GRANDPARENTS 
TO ADOPT ORPHANED OR ABANDONED CHIL-
DREN OF THE DECEASED RELATIVE. 
Section 101(b) is amended by— 
(1) striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(E) and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (F) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by inserting the following subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) a child adopted in the United States 
or abroad or who is coming to the United 
States for adoption by a grandparent, aunt or 
uncle while under the age of eighteen years, 
who has suffered the death or disappearance of, 
abandonment or desertion by, or separation or 
loss from, both parents, or for whom the sole or 
surviving parent is incapable of providing prop-
er care and has consented in writing to the 
adoption, if the Secretary of Homeland Security 
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is satisfied that proper care will be furnished 
the child if admitted to the United States. No 
natural parent or prior adoptive parent of any 
such child shall thereafter, by virtue of such 
parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or 
status under this Act. Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed to require the child to 
be released to an orphanage as a prerequisite 
for eligibility.’’. 
SEC. 303. RELIEF FOR SURVIVING SPOUSES, CHILDREN 
AND PARENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The second sentence of section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1151(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 
at least 2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘, and if married for less 
than two years at the time of the citizen’s death proves 
by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was 
entered into in good faith and not solely for the purpose 
of obtaining an immigration benefit,’’ after ‘‘within 2 
years after such date’’; and by inserting the following sen-
tence after the sentence ending with ‘‘remarries’’: ‘‘In the 
case of an alien who was the child or parent of a citizen 
of the United States at the time of the citizen’s death, 
the alien shall be considered, for purposes of this sub-
section, to remain an immediate relative after the date of 
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the citizen’s death but only if the alien files a petition 
under section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii), as amended, within two 
years after such date in the case of a parent, or prior to 
reaching the age of 21 in the case of a child.’’. 
(b) PETITION.—Section 204(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Im-
migration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1154(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or an alien 
child or alien parent described in the third sentence of sec-
tion 201(b)(2)(A)(i)’’ after ‘‘section 201(b)(2)(A)(i)’’. 
(c) TRANSITION
PERIOD.—In applying section 
201(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, 
as amended, in the case of an alien whose citizen relative 
died before the date of the enactment of this Act, the alien 
relative may (notwithstanding the deadlines specified in 
such subsection) file the classification petition referred to 
in such subsection within 2 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. In the case of an alien who was 
excluded, deported, removed or departed voluntarily before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, such alien shall be 
eligible for parole into the United States pursuant to the 
Attorney General’s authority under section 212(d)(5), and 
such alien’s application for adjustment of status shall be 
considered notwithstanding section 212(a)(9). 
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