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发帖数: 3756 | 1 Transition Rules For Employment-Based Immigrants.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding paragraphs of this subsection and
notwithstanding title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1151 et seq.), the following rules shall apply:
(A) For fiscal year 2017, 15 percent of the immigrant visas made available
under each of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1153(b)) shall be allotted to immigrants who are natives of a foreign state
or dependent area that was not one of the two states with the largest
aggregate numbers of natives obtaining immigrant visas during fiscal year
2011 under such paragraphs.
(B) For fiscal year 2018, 10 percent of the immigrant visas made available
under each of such paragraphs shall be allotted to immigrants who are
natives of a foreign state or dependent area that was not one of the two
states with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining immigrant
visas during fiscal year 2012 under such paragraphs.
(C) For fiscal year 2019, 10 percent of the immigrant visas made available
under each of such paragraphs shall be allotted to immigrants who are
natives of a foreign state or dependent area that was not one of the two
states with the largest aggregate numbers of natives obtaining immigrant
visas during fiscal year 2015 under such paragraphs.
(2) PER-COUNTRY LEVELS.—
(A) RESERVED VISAS.—With respect to the visas reserved under each of
subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (1), the number of such visas
made available to natives of any single foreign state or dependent area in
the appropriate fiscal year may not exceed 25 percent (in the case of a
single foreign state) or 2 percent (in the case of a dependent area) of the
total number of such visas.
(B) UNRESERVED VISAS.—With respect to the immigrant visas made available
under each of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1153(b)) and not reserved under paragraph (1), for each of fiscal years
2015, 2016, and 2017, not more than 85 percent shall be allotted to
immigrants who are natives of any single foreign state.
(3) SPECIAL RULE TO PREVENT UNUSED VISAS.—If, with respect to fiscal year
2015, 2016, or 2017, the operation of paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
subsection would prevent the total number of immigrant visas made available
under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 203(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b))
from being issued, such visas may be issued during the remainder of such
fiscal year without regard to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection.
(4) RULES FOR CHARGEABILITY.—Section 202(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(b))
shall apply in determining the foreign state to which an alien is chargeable
for purposes of this subsection. |
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