Ошибся. С 30 апреля 2001 года не работает.Originally Posted by Махрютка
§ 245(i) only allows a person who is presently undocumented or out of status in the United States to ultimately apply for a green card in this country, as opposed to outside the U.S., if a labor certification application or an immigrant visa petition is filed by April 30, 2001. Without the benefit of § 245(i), an individual who is undocumented but eligible for an immigrant visa must leave the U.S. for consular processing of the visa.
§ 245(i) was part of the Immigration and Nationality Act until January 14, 1998. Before its expiration, the U.S. Congress created a compromise that would allow people to "grandfather" by filing a labor certification application or immigrant visa petition on or before January 14, 1998, which would subsequently allow them to apply for a green card in the United States by payment of a penalty of $1000. While thousands of people took advantage of this provision before January 14, 1998, many others were left out or fell out of status after that date.
LIFE extended § 245(i) to April 30, 2001. Therefore, § 245(i) would be able to "grandfather" pre-April 30, 2001 filings in the same way that it "grandfathered" pre-January 14, 1998 filings. The only difference is that the individual should have been in the United States on December 21, 2000, the date of enactment of LIFE. This cut off date precludes people from abusing the process by entering the country prior to April 30, 2001, in the hope of taking advantage of § 245(i) and falling out of status.



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