104 STAT. 5008 PUBLIC LAW 101-649—NOV. 29, 1990 (3) as of the date of the enactment of this Act, are the beneficiaries of a petition approved to accord status under section 203(a)(2) or 203(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act), or the child of such an alien if accompanying or following to join the alien. Subtitle E—Effective Dates; Conforming Amendments 8 USC 1101 note. SEC. 161. EFFECTIVE DATES. (a) IN GENERAL.— Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments made by this title shall take effect on October 1, 1991, and apply beginning with fiscal year 1992. (b) PROVISIONS TAKING EFFECT UPON ENACTMENT.— The following sections (and amendments made by such sections) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and (unless otherwise provided) apply to fiscal year 1991: (1) Section 103 (relating to per country limitation for Hong Kong). (2) Section 104 (relating to asylee adjustments). (3) Section 124 (relating to transition for employees of certain U.S. businesses in Hong Kong). (4) Section 133 (relating to one-year diversity transition for aliens who have been notified of availability of NP-5 visas). (5) Section 134 (relating to transition for displaced Tibetans). (6) Section 153 (relating to special immigrants who are dependent on a juvenile court). (7) Section 154 (permitting extension of validity of visas for certain residents of Hong Kong). (8) Section 155 (relating to expedited issuance of Lebanese second and fifth preference visas). (9) Section 162(b) (relating to immigrant visa petitioning process), but only insofar as such section relates to visas for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year 1992. (c) GENERAL TRANSITIONS. — (1) In the case of a petition filed under section 204(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before October 1, 1991, for preference status under section 203(a)(3) or section 203(a)(6) of such Act (as in effect before such date)— (A) in order to maintain the priority date with respect to such a petition, the petitioner must file (by not later than October 1, 1993) a new petition for classification of the employment under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(b) of such Act (as amended by this title), and (B) any labor certification under section 212(a)(5)(A) of such Act required with respect to the new petition shall be deemed approved if the labor certification with respect to the previous petition was previously approved under section 212(a)(14)ofsuchAct. (2) Any petition filed under section 204(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act before October 1, 1991, for preference stetus under section 203(a)(4) or section 203(a)(5) of such Act (as in effect before such date) shall be deemed, as of such date, to be a petition filed under such section for preference stetus under
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