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

Status: In force. The effective date has passed and nothing here records a change to that.

From the published effective date. Nothing here records a court changing it.

• Document number: 03-6716
• Type: Final Rule
• Published: March 20, 2003
• Effective: March 20, 2003
• Agency: State Department

Official abstract

On January 11, 2002 the Department published an interim rule that expanded the definition of immediate relative to include the widows and children whose spouses/parents were victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. This rule makes final the interim rule.

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