An Act to provide for the entry of certain relatives of U.S. citizens and lawfully resident aliens
PL 86-363 (H.R.5896), enacted 09/22/1959

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PUBLIC LAW 86-363-BEPT. 22, 1969 
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Effective date. 
(2) If any such day shall occur on a regular weekly nonwork-
day of any officer or employee whose basic workweek is other 
than Monday through Friday (except the regular weekly non-
workday administratively scheduled for such officer or employee 
in lieu of Sunday) the workday immediately preceding such 
regular weekly nonworkday shall be held and considered to be 
a legal public holiday for such officer or employee in lieu of such 
day which so occurs on such regular weekly nonworkday. 
SEC. 2. The first section of this Act, except clause (B) of paragraph 
(1) of such section, shall not apply to any officer or employee whose 
basic workweek is Monday through Saturday. 
SEC. 3. The preceding sections of this Act shall take effect on 
July 1, 195^. 
Approved September 22, 1959. 
September 22> 1959 
[H. R. 5896] 
Public Law 86-363 
AN ACT 
To provide for the entry of certain relatives of United States citizens and law-
fully resident aliens. 
Immigration and 
Nationality 
A c t , 
amendments. 
8 u s e 1153. 
I m m i g r ation 
q u o t a s , 
l i b e r -
alization. 
8 u s e 1153. 
8 u s e 1153. 
Sp o u s e 
a n d 
m i n o r c h i l d r e n 
of aliens. 
8 u s e 1153. 
N o n quota stc 
B. 
8 u s e 1155. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 203(a) 
(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178) is hereby 
amended by striking out the period and adding the following: "or 
who are the unmarried sons or daughters of citizens of the United 
States". 
SEC. 2. Section 203(a) (3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(66 Stat. 178) is hereby amended by striking out the word "children" 
and substituting in lieu thereof "unmarried sons or daughters". 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of paragraph 4 of section 203(a) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (66 Stat. 178-179) is hereby 
amended to read: "Qualified quota immigrants of each quota area who 
are the brothers, sisters, married sons or married daughters of citizens 
of the United States shall be entitled to a preference of not exceeding 
cO per centum of the immigrant visas available for issuance for each 
quota area under this paragraph, and such preference shall be avail-
able to the spouses and children of such qualified quota immigrants 
if accompanying them." 
SEC. 4. Any alien who (1) is registered on a consular waiting list 
pursuant to section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(66 Stat. 179) under a priority date earlier than December 31, 1953, 
and (2) is eligible for a quota immigrant status under the provisions of 
section 203(a) (2), (3), or (4) of such Act on the basis of a petition 
approved by the Attorhey General prior to January 1, 1959, and the 
spouse and the children of such alien, shall be held to be nonquota 
immigrants and, if otherwise admissible under the provisions of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, shall be issued nonquota immi-
grant visas: Provided, That, upon his application for an immigrant 
visa, and for his admission into the United States, the alien is found 
to have retained his relationship to the petitioner, and status, as 
established in the approved petition. 
SEC. 5. (a) Section 205(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(66 Stat. 180) is hereby amended to read: 
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"(b) Any citizen of the United States claiming that any immigrant 
Filing of p et i-
is his spouse or child and that such immigrant is entitled to a non- "°"* 
quota immigrant status under section 101(a) (27) (A), or any citizen ,^8^u s c i lo i, 
of the United States claiming that any immigrant is his parent or 
unmarried son or unmarried daughter and that such immigrant is 
entitled to a quota immigrant status under section 203(a)(2), or 
nny alien lawfully admitted for permanent • residence claiming that 
any immigrant is his spouse or his unmarried son or his unmarried 
daughter and that such immigrant is entitled to a quota immigrant 
status under section 203(a) (3), or any citizen of the United States 
claiming that any immigrant is his brother or sister or his married 
son or his married daughter and that such immigrant is entitled 
to a preference under section 203(a) (4) may file a petition with the 
Attorney General. No petition for quota immigrant status or a pref-
erence in behalf of a son or daughter under paragraphs (2), (3), or 
(4) of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall 
be approved by the Attorney General unless the petitioner establishes 
that he is a parent as defined in section 101(b) (2) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act of the alien in respect to whom the petition 
is made. The petition shall be in such form and shall contain such 
information and be supported by such documentary evidence as the 
Attorney General may by regulations prescribe. 
The petition shall 
be made under oath administered by any individual having authority 
to administer oaths, if executed in the United States, but, if executed 
outside the United States, administered by a consular officer." 
(b) Section 205(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (66 ot^n. 
Stat. 180) is hereby amended by adding after the first sentence, 
susciiss. 
the following: "Not more than two such petitions may be approved 
for one petitioner in behalf of a child as defined in section 101(b) 
(1)(E), unless necessary to prevent the separation of brothers and 
sisters." 
(c) Aliens Avho have been granted a preference under paragraph 
(4) of section 203(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act pur- 
^ use iiS3. 
suant to petitions heretofore approved by the Attorney General on 
the ground that they are the adopted sons or adopted daughters of 
United States citizens shall remain in that status notwithstanding the 
jjrovisions of section 1 of this Act, unless they acquire a different immi-
grant status pursuant to a petition hereafter approved by the Attorney 
General. 
SEC. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3 and 20 of the 
Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended, special nonquota immigrant 
so ^u *
s c*°^at)°p! 
visas may be issued to aliens eligible to enter the United States for i97ia, i97iq. 
permanent residence under all the applicable provisions of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act: Provided^ That each such alien is found 
to be the beneficiary of a visa petition approved by the Attorney 
General pursuant to section 203(a) (2) and (3) and section 205 of 1155"^^ ^^^^' 
the Immigration and Nationality Act prior to January 1, 1959, and 
such petition was filed by a person lawfully admitted into the United 
States under the provisions of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as 
amended: Provided further, That, upon his application for an immi-
l^rant visa, and for his admission into the United States, the alien 
is found to have retained his relationship to the petitioner, and status, 
as established in the approved petition. 
Approved September 22, 1959.