124 STAT. 3059 PUBLIC LAW 111–287—NOV. 30, 2010 ‘‘(III) in the case of a child having two living nat- ural parents, the natural parents are incapable of pro- viding proper care for the child; ‘‘(IV) the Secretary of Homeland Security is satis- fied that the purpose of the adoption is to form a bona fide parent-child relationship, and the parent- child relationship of the child and the natural parents has been terminated (and in carrying out both obliga- tions under this subclause the Secretary of Homeland Security may consider whether there is a petition pending to confer immigrant status on one or both of such natural parents); and ‘‘(V) in the case of a child who has not been adopted— ‘‘(aa) the competent authority of the foreign state has approved the child’s emigration to the United States for the purpose of adoption by the prospective adoptive parent or parents; and ‘‘(bb) the prospective adoptive parent or par- ents has or have complied with any pre-adoption requirements of the child’s proposed residence; and ‘‘(ii) except that no natural parent or prior adoptive parent of any such child shall thereafter, by virtue of such parentage, be accorded any right, privilege, or status under this chapter; or ‘‘(iii) subject to the same provisos as in clauses (i) and (ii), a child who— ‘‘(I) is a natural sibling of a child described in clause (i), subparagraph (E)(i), or subparagraph (F)(i); ‘‘(II) was adopted abroad, or is coming to the United States for adoption, by the adoptive parent (or prospective adoptive parent) or parents of the sib- ling described in clause (i), subparagraph (E)(i), or subparagraph (F)(i); and ‘‘(III) is otherwise described in clause (i), except that the child is younger than 18 years of age at the time a petition is filed on his or her behalf for classification as an immediate relative under section 201(b).’’. SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) EXCEPTION.—An alien who is described in section 101(b)(1)(G)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added by section 3, and attained 18 years of age on or after April 1, 2008, shall be deemed to meet the age requirement specified in subclause (III) of such section if a petition for classification of the alien as an immediate relative under section 201(b) of the Deadline. 8 USC 1101 note.
