Source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2011-title8/html/USCODE-2011-title8-chap12-subchapII-partIV-sec1229b.htm
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 16:36:37+00:00

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Notwithstanding subsection (d)(2) of this section, for purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii) or for purposes of section 1254(a)(3) of this title (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996), an alien shall not be considered to have failed to maintain continuous physical presence by reason of an absence if the alien demonstrates a connection between the absence and the battering or extreme cruelty perpetrated against the alien. No absence or portion of an absence connected to the battering or extreme cruelty shall count toward the 90-day or 180-day limits established in subsection (d)(2) of this section. If any absence or aggregate absences exceed 180 days, the absences or portions of the absences will not be considered to break the period of continuous presence. Any such period of time excluded from the 180-day limit shall be excluded in computing the time during which the alien has been physically present for purposes of the 3-year requirement set forth in this subparagraph, subparagraph (A)(ii), and section 1254(a)(3) of this title (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996).
The grant of parole shall extend from the time of the grant of relief under subsection (b)(2) of this section or section 1254(a)(3) of this title (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) to the time the application for adjustment of status filed by aliens covered under this paragraph has been finally adjudicated. Applications for adjustment of status filed by aliens covered under this paragraph shall be treated as if the applicants were VAWA self-petitioners. Failure by the alien granted relief under subsection (b)(2) of this section or section 1254(a)(3) of this title (as in effect before the title III–A effective date in section 309 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) to exercise due diligence in filing a visa petition on behalf of an alien described in clause (i) or (ii) may result in revocation of parole.
Section 1254 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (b)(2)(B), (C), (4), (c)(6), and (e)(1), (3)(B), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §308(b)(7), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–615.
Section 1182(c) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c)(6), was repealed by Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §304(b), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–597.
2008—Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 110–457 added par. (6).
2006—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 109–162, §813(c)(1)(A), substituted “, subject to paragraph (5)” for “(except in a case described in section 1227(a)(7) of this title where the Attorney General exercises discretion to grant a waiver)”.
Subsec. (b)(2)(A)(iv). Pub. L. 109–162, §813(c)(1)(B), substituted “, subject to paragraph (5)” for “(except in a case described in section 1227(a)(7) of this title where the Attorney General exercises discretion to grant a waiver)”.
Subsec. (b)(2)(B). Pub. L. 109–162, §822(a)(2), which directed amendment of fourth sentence by substituting “this subparagraph, subparagraph (A)(ii),” for “subsection (b)(2)(B) of this section”, was executed by making the substitution for language which read in the original “section 240A(b)(2)(B)”, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Pub. L. 109–162, §822(a)(1), substituted “(A)(ii)” for “(A)(i)(II)” in first sentence.
Subsec. (b)(2)(C). Pub. L. 109–162, §822(b), substituted “(A)(iii)” for “(A)(i)(III)”.
Subsec. (b)(4)(B). Pub. L. 109–271 substituted “the applicants were VAWA self-petitioners” for “they were applications filed under section 1154(a)(1)(A)(iii), (A)(iv), (B)(ii), or (B)(iii) of this title for purposes of section 1255 (a) and (c) of this title”.
2000—Subsec. (b)(1)(C). Pub. L. 106–386, §1505(b)(2), inserted before semicolon “(except in a case described in section 1227(a)(7) of this title where the Attorney General exercises discretion to grant a waiver)”.
“(E) the removal would result in extreme hardship to the alien, the alien's child, or (in the case of an alien who is a child) to the alien's parent.
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106–386, §1506(b)(1), substituted “(A) except in the case of an alien who applies for cancellation of removal under subsection (b)(2) of this section, when the alien is served a notice to appear under section 1229(a) of this title, or (B)” for “when the alien is served a notice to appear under section 1229(a) of this title or”.
1997—Subsec. (b)(1), (2). Pub. L. 105–100, §204(b), in introductory provisions, substituted “may cancel removal of, and adjust to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, an alien” for “may cancel removal in the case of an alien”.
“(1) In general.—The Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State shall continue to have discretion to consent to an alien's reapplication for admission after a previous order of removal, deportation, or exclusion.
For definition of the term “removable” used in subsec. (d)(1), see section 1229a(e) of this title.

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 §304
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 §822
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 §1505
 §1506
 §204