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Child Status Protection Act 2002

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Section. 2.

USE OF AGE ON PETITION FILING DATE, PARENT'SNATURALIZATION DATE, OR MARRIAGE TERMINATION DATE, IN DETERMININGSTATUS AS IMMEDIATE RELATIVE.Section 201 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.1151) is amended by adding at the end the following:`(f) RULES FOR DETERMINING WHETHER CERTAIN ALIENS AREIMMEDIATE RELATIVES-

`(1) AGE ON PETITION FILING DATE-

Except as provided inparagraphs (2) and (3), for purposes of subsection(b)(2)(A)(i), a determination of whether an aliensatisfies the age requirement in the matter precedingsubparagraph (A) of section 101(b)(1) shall be made usingthe age of the alien on the date on which the petition isfiled with the Attorney General under section 204 toclassify the alien as an immediate relative undersubsection (b)(2)(A)(i).

`(2) AGE ON PARENT'S NATURALIZATION DATE-

In the case of a petition under section 204 initially filed for an alienchild's classification as a family-sponsored immigrantunder section 203(a)(2)(A), based on the child's parentbeing lawfully admitted for permanent residence, if thepetition is later converted, due to the naturalization ofthe parent, to a petition to classify the alien as animmediate relative under subsection (b)(2)(A)(i), thedetermination described in paragraph (1) shall be madeusing the age of the alien on the date of the parent'snaturalization.

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