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112 pt. 1 P.L. United States 125 STAT. 2 (2011)

handle is hein.statute/statspl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: PRIVATE LAW 112-1- Private Law 112-1 112th Congress An Act For the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke. Dec. 28, 2012 [S. 285] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS. (a) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), Sopuruchi Chukwueke shall be deemed to have been lawfully admitted to, and remained in, the United States, and shall be eligible for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 245 of the Immigra- tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) upon filing an application for such adjustment of status. (b) APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF FEEs.-Subsection (a) shall apply only if the application for adjustment of status is filed with appropriate fees not later than 2 years after the date of the enact- ment of this Act. (c) REDUCTION OF IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBERS.-Upon the granting of permanent resident status to Sopuruchi Chukwueke, the Secretary of State shall instruct the proper officer to reduce by 1, during the current or next following fiscal year, the total number of immigrant visas that are made available to natives of the country of the birth of Sopuruchi Chukwueke under section 202(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1152(a)(2)). (d) DENIAL OF PREFERENTIAL IMMIGRATION TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN RELATIVEs.-The natural parents, brothers, and sisters -DEC. 28, 2012