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H.R. 5837, To make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and for other purposes
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- This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
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H.R. 5837 would make technical corrections to section 1244 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, which provides special immigrant status for certain Iraqis.
== Detailed Summary ==
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Makes technical corrections to editprovisions of the wiki and be the first toNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 which provide a detailed summaryspecial immigrant status for certain Iraqis employed by or on behalf of the bill!)U.S. government.
Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security or State to convert approved petitions for such status with respect to which visas are not immediately available to approved petitions for petitions filed before October 1, 2008.
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== Status of the Legislation ==
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Latest Major Action: 4/28/2008: Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
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June 10, 2008, 4:25am (report abuse)Please can anyone tell me how many visas are allocated for FY 2008 ?
What can I do if I was told by NVC to wait until visa number becomes available?