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nation of attendance of each nonimmigrant student, and if any such institution of learning or place of study fails to make reports promptly the approval shall be withdrawn;

[Note 3. Section 201 of the Act of January 22 U.S.C. 1446. 27, 1948, as amended (United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948) (62 Stat. 6; 66 Stat. 276; 70 Stat. 241) reads as follows:

"Sec. 201. (a) The Secretary is authorized to provide for interchanges on a reciprocal basis between the United States and other countries of students, trainees, teachers, guest instructors, professors, and leaders in fields of specialized knowledge or skill and shall wherever possible provide these interchanges by using the services of existing reputable agencies which are successfully engaged in such activity. The Secretary may provide for orientation courses and other appropriate services for such persons from other countries upon their arrival in the United States, and for such persons going to other countries from the United States. When any country fails or refuses to cooperate in such program on a basis of reciprocity the Secretary shall terminate or limit such program, with respect to such country, to the extent he deems to be advisable in the interests of the United States. The persons specified in this section shall be admitted as nonimmigrants under section 101 (a) (15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, for such time and under such conditions as may be prescribed by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. A person admitted under this section who fails to maintain the status under which he was admitted or who fails to depart from the United States at the expiration of the time for which he was admitted, or who engages in activities of a political nature detrimental to the interests of the United States, or in activities not consistent with the security of the United States, shall, upon the warrant of the Attorney General, be taken into custody and promptly deported pursuant to sections 241, 242, and 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Deportation proceedings under this section shall be summary and the findings of the Attorney General as to matters of fact shall be conclusive. Such persons shall not be eligible for suspension of deportation under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

22 U.S.C. 288, note.

"(b) No person admitted as an exchange visitor under this section or acquiring exchange visitor status after admission shall be eligible to apply for an immigrant visa, or for a nonimmigrant visa under section 101 (a) (15) (H) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, or for adjustment of status to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, until it is established that such person has resided and been physically present in a cooperating country or countries for an aggregate of at least two years following departure from the United States: Provided, That upon request of an interested Government agency and the recommendation of the Secretary of State, the Attorney General may waive such two-year period of resi dence abroad in the case of any alien whose admission to the United States is found by the Attorney General to be in the public interest: And provided further, That the provisions of this paragraph shall apply only to those persons acquiring exchange visitor status subsequent to the date of the enactment hereof." 2]

(G) (i) a designated principal resident representative of a foreign government recognized de jure by the United States, which foreign government is a member of an international organization entitled to enjoy privileges, exemptions, and immunities as an international organization under the International Organizations Immunities Act (59 Stat. 669), accredited resident members of the staff of such representatives, and members of his or their immediate family; 3

(ii) other accredited representatives of such a foreign government to such international organizations, and the members of their immediate families; 3

(iii) an alien able to qualify under (i) or (ii) above except for the fact that the government of which such alien is an accredited representative is not recognized de jure by the United States, or that the government of which he is an accredited representative is not a member of such international organization, and the members of his immediate family;

(iv) officers, or employees of such international organizations, and the members of their immediate families;

(v) attendants, servants, and personal employees of any such representative, officer, or employee, and

2 Effective date of subsection (b) is June 4, 1956, and 22 CFR 42.91(c) provides that subsection (b) is applicable in the case of an exchange visitor who was granted an extension of the period of his temporary admission subsequent to September 20, 1956.

3 See note 9 on p. 90.

the members of the immediate families of such attendants, servants, and personal employees;

1094.

[Note 4. Pursuant to Articles 3, 12, 13, 14, 5U.S. T. 877, 18, and 20 of the Agreement on the Status of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, National Representatives and International Staff, 22 CFR 41.70 provides:

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"NATO representatives, officials and employees:
"(a) An alien shall be classifiable under the
symbol NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3,
NATO-4, or NATO-5 if he establishes
to the satisfaction of the consular officer
that he is seeking admission to the United
States under the applicable provision of
the Agreement on the Status of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization, National
Representatives and International Staff,
or that he is a member of the immediate
family of an alien classified under the sym-
bol NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, or
NATO-4.

"(b) An alien member of a civilian component 4 U.S.T. 1794.
attached to or employed by an Allied
Headquarters under the Protocol on the
Status of International Military Head-
quarters set up pursuant to the North At-
lantic Treaty, and his dependants, shall be
classifiable under the symbol NATO-6.*
"(c) An alien attendant, servant, or personal
employee of an alien classified under the
symbol NATO-1, NATO-2, NATO-3, or
NATO-4, and the members of the imme-
diate family of such attendant, servant, or
personal employee, shall be classifiable un-
der the symbol NATO-7

"(d) (1) Armed services personnel entering

the United States in accordance with
the provisions of the NATO Status-
of-Forces Agreement or in accordance
with the provisions of the Protocol
on the Status of International Mili-
tary Headquarters may enter the
United States under the appropriate
treaty waiver of documentary_re-
quirements contained in 22 Č.F.R.
41.5 (d) or (e).

"(2) Dependents of armed services per-
sonnel referred to in paragraph ̃ ̄(d)
(1) or members of a civilian compo-
nent and their dependents entering
the United States in accordance with

See pp. 187 and 188 for classes of aliens entitled to specific classification under each symbol.

50 U. S.C. app. 454.

the provisions of the Status-of-Forces Agreement shall be classifiable under the provisions of section 101(a)(15) (A)(ii) of the Act."]

(H) an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning (i) who is of distinguished merit and ability and who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform temporary services of an exceptional nature requiring such merit and ability; or (ii) who is coming temporarily to the United States to perform other temporary services or labor, if unemployed persons capable of performing such service or labor cannot be found in this country; or (iii) who is coming temporarily to the United States as an industrial trainee;

(I) upon a basis of reciprocity, an alien who is a bona fide representative of foreign press, radio, film, or other foreign information media, who seeks to enter the United States solely to engage in such vocation, and the spouse and children of such a representative, if accompanying or following to join him. (16) The term "immigrant visa" means an immigrant visa required by this Act and properly issued by a consular officer at his office outside of the United States to an eligible immigrant under the provisions of this Act.

(17) The term "immigration laws" includes this Act and all laws, conventions, and treaties of the United States relating to the immigration, exclusion, deportation, or expulsion of aliens.

(18) The term "immigration officer" means any einployee or class of employees of the Service or of the United States designated by the Attorney General, individually or by regulation, to perform the functions of an immigration officer specified by this Act or any section thereof.

(19) The term "ineligible to citizenship," when used in reference to any individual, means, notwithstanding the provisions of any treaty relating to military service, an individual who is, or was at any time, permanently debarred from becoming a citizen of the United States under section 3 (a) of the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, as amended (54 Stat. 885; 55 Stat. 844), or under section 4(a) of the Selective Service Act of 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 605; 65 Stat. 76), or under any section of this Act, or any other Act, or under any law amendatory of, supplementary to, or in substitution for, any of such sections or Acts.

(20) The term "lawfully admitted for permanent residence" means the status of having been lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such status not having changed.

(21) The term "national" means a person owing permanent allegiance to a state.

(22) The term "national of the United States" means (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States.

(23) The term "naturalization" means the conferring of nationality of a state upon a person after birth, by any means whatsoever.

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(24) The term "naturalization court", unless otherwise particularly described, means a court authorized by section 310(a) of title III to exercise naturalization jurisdiction.

(25) The term "noncombatant service" shall not include service in which the individual is not subject to military discipline, court martial, or does not wear the uniform of any branch of the armed forces.

(26) The term "nonimmigrant visa" means a visa properly issued to an alien as an eligible nonimmigrant by a competent officer as provided in this Act.

(27) The term "nonquota immigrant" means-5

(A) an immigrant who is the child or the spouse of a citizen of the United States;

5 Sec. 15 of the Act of September 11, 1957 (71 Stat. 643-644), provides as follows:

"SEC. 15. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 20 of the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended (67 Stat. 400; 68 Stat. 1044), special nonquota immigrant visas authorized to be issued under section 3 of that Act which remained unissued on January 1, 1957, shall be allotted, and may be issued by consular officers as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act, in the following manner:

"(1) Not to exceed two thousand five hundred visas to aliens described in paragraph (1) of section 4(a) of the Refugee Relief Act, as amended;

"(2) Not to exceed one thousand six hundred visas to aliens described in paragraphs (9) or (10) of such section 4(a);

"(3) All the rest and remainder of said visas to aliens who are refugee-escapees as defined in subsection (c).

"(b) The allotments provided in subsection (a) of this section shall be available for the issuance of immigrant visas to the spouses and unmarried sons or daughters under twenty-one years of age, including stepsons or stepdaughters and sons or daughters adopted prior to July 1, 1957, of persons referred to in subsection (a) of this section if accompanying them: Provided, That each such alien, as described in this section, is found to be eligible to be issued an immigrant visa and to be admitted to the United States under the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That all special nonquota immigrant visas authorized to be issued under this section shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 221 of the Immigration and Nationality Act: Provided further, That a quota number is not available to such alien at the time of his application for a visa.

"(c) (1) For purposes of subsection (a), the term 'refugee-escapee' means any alien who, because of persecution or fear of persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion has filed or shall flee (A) from any Communist, Communist-dominated, or Communist-occupied area, or (B) from any country within the general area of the Middle East, and who cannot return to such area, or to such country, on account of race, religion, or political opinion.

"(2) For the purposes of this section, the term 'general area of the Middle East' means the area between and including (1) Libya on the west, (2) Turkey on the north, (3) Pakistan on the east, and (4) Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia on the south.

"(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this section, nothing in this section shall be held to extend the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, as amended (67 Stat. 400; 68 Stat. 1044), and nothing in this section shall be held to authorize the issuance of special nonquota immigrant visas in excess of the number provided in section 3 of that Act." The Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1712-1713), as amended by secs. 5 and 6 of the Act of July 14, 1960 (74 Stat. 505), provides as follows:

"That, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, there are hereby authorized to be issued (A) two thousand special nonquota immi

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50 U.S.C. app. 1971a, note.

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