United States HR 680: For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar.

Bill Text

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117THCONGRESS 
1
STSESSION 
H. R. 680 
For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana Kurdekar. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
FEBRUARY1, 2021 
Ms. K
USTERintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A  BILL  
For the relief of Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and 
Vandana Kurdekar. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION  1.  PERMANENT  RESIDENT  STATUS  FOR  ARPITA  3
KURDEKAR,       GIRISH       KURDEKAR,       AND       4
VANDANA KURDEKAR. 5
(a)  I
NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding  subsections  (a)  6
and (b) of section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality 7
Act,  Arpita  Kurdekar,  Girish  Kurdekar,  and  Vandana  8
Kurdekar  shall  each  be  eligible  for  issuance  of  an  immi-9
grant  visa  or  for  adjustment  of  status  to  that  of  an  alien  10
lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  upon  filing  an  11
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application  for  issuance  of  an  immigrant  visa  under  sec-1
tion 204 of such Act or for adjustment of status to lawful 2
permanent resident. 3
(b)  A
DJUSTMENT  OFSTATUS.—If  Arpita  Kurdekar,  4
Girish Kurdekar, or Vandana Kurdekar enters the United 5
States before the filing deadline specified in subsection (c), 6
he or she shall be considered to have entered and remained 7
lawfully  and  shall,  if  otherwise  eligible,  be  eligible  for  ad-8
justment  of  status  under  section  245  of  the  Immigration  9
and  Nationality  Act  as  of  the  date  of  the  enactment  of  10
this Act. 11
(c)  D
EADLINE  FORAPPLICATION  ANDPAYMENT  OF 12
F
EES.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall apply only if the ap-13
plication for issuance of an immigrant visa or the applica-14
tion for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees 15
within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. 16
(d)  R
EDUCTION   OFIMMIGRANTVISANUMBER.— 17
Upon the granting of an immigrant visa or permanent res-18
idence to Arpita Kurdekar, Girish Kurdekar, and Vandana 19
Kurdekar, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper 20
officer to reduce by 3, during the current or next following 21
fiscal  year,  the  total  number  of  immigrant  visas  that  are  22
made available to natives of the country of the aliens’ birth 23
under  section  203(a)  of  the  Immigration  and  Nationality  24
Act  or,  if  applicable,  the  total  number  of  immigrant  visas  25
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that  are  made  available  to  natives  of  the  country  of  the  1
aliens’ birth under section 202(e) of such Act. 2
(e)    D
ENIALOFPREFERENTIALIMMIGRATION 3
T
REATMENT    FORCERTAINRELATIVES.—The   natural   4
parents,  brothers,  and  sisters  of  Arpita  Kurdekar,  Girish  5
Kurdekar,  and  Vandana  Kurdekar  shall  not,  by  virtue  of  6
such  relationship,  be  accorded  any  right,  privilege,  or  sta-7
tus under the Immigration and Nationality Act. 8
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