Ina-act 106 Employment Authorization For Battered Spouses Of Certain Nonimmigrants

8 USC 1105a
NB: This unofficial compilation of the U.S. Code is current as of Jan. 4, 2012 (see http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/uscprint.html).

TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
SUBCHAPTER I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 1105a. Employment authorization for battered spouses of certain nonimmigrants
(a) In general
In the case of an alien spouse admitted under subparagraph (A), (E)(iii), (G), or (H) of section
1101 (a)(15) of this title who is accompanying or following to join a principal alien admitted under
subparagraph (A), (E)(iii), (G), or (H) of such section, respectively, the Secretary of Homeland Security
may authorize the alien spouse to engage in employment in the United States and provide the spouse
with an “employment authorized” endorsement or other appropriate work permit if the alien spouse
demonstrates that during the marriage the alien spouse or a child of the alien spouse has been battered
or has been the subject of extreme cruelty perpetrated by the spouse of the alien spouse. Requests for
relief under this section shall be handled under the procedures that apply to aliens seeking relief under
section 1154 (a)(1)(A)(iii) of this title.
(b) Construction
The grant of employment authorization pursuant to this section shall not confer upon the alien any
other form of relief.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title I, § 106, as added Pub. L. 109–162, title VIII, § 814(c), Jan. 5, 2006, 119
Stat. 3059.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1105a, act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title I, § 106, as added Sept. 26, 1961, Pub. L. 87–301, § 5(a), 75
Stat. 651; amended Dec. 29, 1981, Pub. L. 97–116, § 18(b), 95 Stat. 1620; Oct. 24, 1988, Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(e), 102
Stat. 2620; Nov. 18, 1988, Pub. L. 100–690, title VII, § 7347(b), 102 Stat. 4472; Nov. 29, 1990, Pub. L. 101–649, title
V, §§ 502(a), 513 (a), 545 (b), 104 Stat. 5048, 5052, 5065; Dec. 12, 1991, Pub. L. 102–232, title III, § 306(a)(2), 105
Stat. 1751; Sept. 13, 1994, Pub. L. 103–322, title XIII, § 130004(b), 108 Stat. 2027; Oct. 25, 1994, Pub. L. 103–416,
title II, § 223(b), 108 Stat. 4322; Apr. 24, 1996, Pub. L. 104–132, title IV, §§ 401(b), (e), 423 (a), 440 (a), 442 (b),
110 Stat. 1267, 1268, 1272, 1276, 1280; Sept. 30, 1996, Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §§ 306(d), 308 (g)(10)(H),
371 (b)(1), title VI, § 671(c)(3), (4), 110 Stat. 3009–612, 3009–625, 3009–645, 3009–722, related to judicial review of
orders of deportation and exclusion, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §§ 306(b), (c), 309, Sept. 30,
1996, 110 Stat. 3009–612, 3009–625, effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month
beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, but such repeal not to be considered to invalidate or to require the
reconsideration of any judgment or order entered under this section. See section 1252 of this title.

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