#aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,s4   
#acjj  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend the section
 #bba of the ,immigration and           
,nationality ,act to provide relief for 
adoptive families from immigrant visa   
fees in certain situations4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,adoptive ,family ,relief ,act4  #b4    
,waiver of fees for renewal of immigrant
 visa for adopted child in certain      
situations ,section #bba7;c7 of the     
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abja7;c77 is amended to read 
as follows3  7c7 ,period of validity2   
renewal or replacement  7#a7 ,immigrant 
visas ,an immigrant visa shall be valid 
for such period1 not exceeding six      
months1 as shall be by regulations      
prescribed1 except that any visa issued 
to a child lawfully adopted by a ,united
 ,states citizen and spouse while such  
citizen is serving abroad in the ,united
 ,states ,armed ,forces1 or is employed 
abroad by the ,united ,states           
,government1 or is temporarily abroad on

 business1 shall be valid until such    
time1 for a period not to exceed three  
years1 as the adoptive citizen parent   
returns to the ,united ,states in due   
course of his service1 employment1 or   
business4  7#b7 ,nonimmigrant visas ,a  
nonimmigrant visa shall be valid for    
such periods as shall be by regulations 
prescribed4 ,in prescribing the period  
of validity of a nonimmigrant visa in   
the case of nationals of any foreign    
country who are eligible for such visas1
 the ,secretary of ,state shall1 insofar
 as practicable1 accord to such         
nationals the same treatment upon a     
reciprocal basis as such foreign country
 accords to nationals of the ,united    
,states who are within a similar class2 
except that in the case of aliens who   
are nationals of a foreign country and  
who either are granted refugee status   
and firmly resettled in another foreign 
country or are granted permanent        
residence and residing in another       
foreign country1 the ,secretary of      

,state may prescribe the period of      
validity of such a visa based upon the  
treatment granted by that other foreign 
country to alien refugees and permanent 
residents1 respectively1 in the ,united 
,states4  7#c7 ,visa replacement ,an    
immigrant visa may be replaced under the
 original number during the fiscal year 
in which the original visa was issued   
for an immigrant who establishes to the 
satisfaction of the consular officer    
that the immigrant--  7,a7 was unable to
 use the original immigrant visa during 
the period of its validity because of   
reasons beyond his control and for which
 he was not responsible2  7,b7 is found 
by a consular officer to be eligible for
 an immigrant visa2 and  7,c7 pays again
 the statutory fees for an application  
and an immigrant visa4  7#d7 ,fee waiver
 ,if an immigrant visa was issued1 on or
 after ,march #bg1 #bjac1 for a child   
who has been lawfully adopted1 or who is
 coming to the ,united ,states to be    
adopted1 by a ,united ,states citizen1  

any statutory immigrant visa fees       
relating to a renewal or replacement of 
such visa may be waived or1 if already  
paid1 may be refunded upon request1     
subject to such criteria as the         
,secretary of ,state may prescribe1 if--
  7,a7 the immigrant child was unable to
 use the original immigrant visa during 
the period of its validity as a direct  
result of extraordinary circumstances1  
including the denial of an exit permit2 
and  7,b7 if such inability was         
attributable to factors beyond the      
control of the adopting parent or       
parents and of the immigrant4  4        
,passed the ,senate ,july #ad1          
#bjae4,secretary