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Oct 3, 2008

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children.

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Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow an alien widow of a U.S. citizen who was married for less than two years at the time of the citizen spouse's death who proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit to self-petition (within the required two years) for continued immediate...

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Introduced(5/13/08)
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Mr. McGovern

House (D) Massachusetts – 2

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Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 586.

Oct 3, 2008