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[CITE: 8USC1257]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                 Part V--Adjustment and Change of Status
 
Sec. 1257. Adjustment of status of certain resident aliens to 
        nonimmigrant status; exceptions
        
    (a) The status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
shall be adjusted by the Attorney General, under such regulations as he 
may prescribe, to that of a nonimmigrant under paragraph (15)(A), (E), 
or (G) of section 1101(a) of this title, if such alien had at the time 
of admission or subsequently acquires an occupational status which 
would, if he were seeking admission to the United States, entitle him to 
a nonimmigrant status under such paragraphs. As of the date of the 
Attorney General's order making such adjustment of status, the Attorney 
General shall cancel the record of the alien's admission for permanent 
residence, and the immigrant status of such alien shall thereby be 
terminated.
    (b) The adjustment of status required by subsection (a) of this 
section shall not be applicable in the case of any alien who requests 
that he be permitted to retain his status as an immigrant and who, in 
such form as the Attorney General may require, executes and files with 
the Attorney General a written waiver of all rights, privileges, 
exemptions, and immunities under any law or any executive order which 
would otherwise accrue to him because of the acquisition of an 
occupational status entitling him to a nonimmigrant status under 
paragraph (15)(A), (E), or (G) of section 1101(a) of this title.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 5, Sec. 247, 66 Stat. 218; Pub. 
L. 104-208, div. C, title III, Sec. 308(f)(1)(P), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 
Stat. 3009-621.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104-208 substituted ``time of admission'' 
for ``time of entry''.


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 104-208 effective, with certain transitional 
provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 
days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104-208, set out 
as a note under section 1101 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1184 of this title; title 50 
App. section 456.
