Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protect Patriot Spouses Act”.
Protect Patriot Spouses Act
A BILL
To render certain military spouses eligible for adjustment of status.
Sec. 2 Adjustment of status for certain military spouses
Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(n)
“(1) In applying this section to an alien described in paragraph (2)—
“(A) such alien shall be deemed, for purposes of subsection (a), to have been inspected and admitted into the United States; and
“(B) in determining the alien’s admissibility as an immigrant, paragraphs (6)(A), (7)(A), and (9)(B) of section 212(a) shall not apply.
“(2) An alien is described in this paragraph if the alien—
“(A) is or was the spouse of a United States citizen who—
“(i) is or was serving on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or in a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces; and
“(ii) if discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces, was discharged or released under honorable conditions; and
“(B) is the beneficiary of a petition for classification under section 204(a)(1)(A) as an immediate relative (as defined in section 201(b)) by reason of the marriage to such citizen.”