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FOOTNOTES FOR SECTION 245
FN 1
Section
111(c)
of Public Law 105-119, dated November 26, 1997, added the phrase "subject to subsection (k),". Section
1506(a)(1)(A)
of Public Law 106-386, dated October 28, 2000, amended subsection (a); Section
1506(a)(1)(B)
amended subsection (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by section
1506(a)(1)
shall apply to applications for adjustment of status pending on or made on or after January 14, 1998.
FN 1aa
Section
6(f)
of Public Law 109-271, dated August 12, 2006, amended section 245(a) and (c) of the Act.
FN 2
Added by §
375
of IIRIRA.
FN 2a
Section 245(i)(1) amended by section
111(a)
of Public Law 105-119, dated November 26, 1997. Section
111(b)
of Public Law 105-119 further provides:
(b) REPEAL OF SUNSET FOR SECTION 245(i).--Section 506(c) of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995 (Public Law 103-317; 108 Stat. 1766) is amended to read as follows:
"(c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1994, and shall cease to have effect on October 1, 1997. The amendment made by subsection (b) shall take effect on October 1, 1994.".
Section
1502(a)(1)(B)
of Public Law 106-554, dated December 21, 2000, amended section 245(i)(1)(B)(i) by striking "January 14, 1998" and inserting in its place "April 30, 2001". Section 1502(a)(1)(D) added subparagraph (C).
FN2aa
Section
1103(c)(3)(A)
of Public Law 106-553, dated December 21, 2000, amended subsection (d) by striking "(relating to an alien fiancee or fiance or the minor child of such alien)". Section
1103(c)(3)(B)
of Public Law 106-553, dated December 21, 2000, amended subsection (e)(3) by striking "214(d)" and inserting in its place "subsection (d) or (p) of section 214"
FN 3
Amended by §
376(a)
of IIRIRA, effective for all applications "made on or after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
FN 4
Amended by §
376(b)
of IIRIRA, effective for all applications "made on or after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
FN 4a
Section
110
of Public Law 105-119, dated November 26, 1997, replaced "Immigration Detention Account established under section 286(s)" with "Breached Bond/Detention established under section 286(r)".
Language was added to section 245(i)(3)(B) by section
1502(a)(2)
of Public Law 106-554, dated December 21, 2000.
FN 5
Originally added by § 130003(c)(1) of VCCLEA as subsection "(i)". Redesignated by §
671
of IIRIRA as subsection "(j)".
FN 6
Amended by §
671(a)(5)
of IIRIRA. Effective as if included in VCCLEA.
FN 8
Section
107(f)
of Public Law 106-386, dated October 28, 2000, added paragraph (l). Note: in paragraph (l) there are two subparagraph (2)s.
FN 8a
Section
4(b)(3)(A)(1)(i)
and
(ii)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, Public Law 108-193, dated December 19, 2003, amended section 245(l)(1)(C)(ii) by striking "admitted under that section" and inserting "admitted under section 101(a)(15)(T)(ii)", and by inserting "sibling," after "parent,".
FN 9
Section
1513(f)
of Public Law 106-386, dated October 28, 2000, added paragraph (l). Note: there are now two paragraph (l)s.
FN 10
Section
8(a)(4)(A)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, Public Law 108-193, dated December 19, 2003, amended subsection (l) (as added by
section 107(f)
of Public Law 106-386), by redesignating the second paragraph(2), and paragraphs (3) and (4), as paragraph (3), (4), and (5), respectively.
Section
8(a)(4)(B)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003, Public Law 108-193, dated December 19, 2003, redesignated subsection (l) added by section
1513
of Public Law 106-386 as subsection (m).
FN 11
Section
803(a)(1)
,
(2)
,
and
(3)
of Public Law 109-162 dated January 5, 2006, amended section 245(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
FN 11a
Section
803(b)(1)
,
(2)
, and
(3)
o
f Public Law 109-162 dated January 5, 2006, amended section 245(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
FN 11b
Section
201(d)
of Public Law 110-457, dated December 23, 2008, made several technical amendments to section 245(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Effective Date
- The amendments made by this section shall--
(1) take effect on the date of enactment of the Act; and
(2) apply to applications for immigration benefits filed on or after such date.
FN 11c
Section
201(e)
of Public Law 110-457, dated December 23, 2008, made several technical amendments to section 245(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Effective Date
- The amendments made by this section shall--
(1) take effect on the date of enactment of the Act; and
(2) apply to applications for immigration benefits filed on or after such date.
FN 11d
Section
235(d)(3)
of Public law 110-457, dated December 23, 2008, revised paragraph
(h)(2)(A)
of section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.