Mr. President. on August 6. 1958. the Senate passed S. 3942. to provide for the issuance of 1.500 special nonquota immigrant visas prior to December 31. 1959. to certain nationals of Portugal. and to their spouses and children. who have been displaced from their usual place of abode in the Azores Islands as a result of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The House of Representatives passed S. 3942. with amendments. to provide for the issuance of an additional number of special nonquota immigrant visas not to exceed the annual quota allocated under the Immigration and Nationality Act to the quota area of the Netherlands to certain nationals or citizens of the Netherlands who have been displaced from their usual place of abode in the Republic of Indonesia subsequent to January 1. 1949. and who were residing in continental Netherlands on the enactment date of this act. The bill was also amended to extend the cutoff date to June 30. 1960. to exempt the aliens receiving visas under this act from the payment of fees prescribed in the Immigration and Nationality Act. and to provide for the issuance of special nonquota visas to families of principal applicants without regard to the numerical limitation. Under the bill as passed by the House of Representatives. approximately 4.500 principal applicants would be eligible to receive the special nonquota visas authorized to be issued under this act. I move that the Senate concur in the House amendments to Senate bill 3942.
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