Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended-Immediate Relatives

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• Document number: 02-270
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: January 11, 2002
• Effective: January 11, 2002
• Comments close: January 11, 2002
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

The Department is adding to the definition of immediate relatives the widows and children whose spouses/parents were the victims of the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001.

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