Third. Immediate admission for children accompanying their parents who are beneficiaries of a petition filed by a U.S. citizen son or daughter. Under existing law such children are classified as brothers and sisters under the fifth preference and in many instances have a long wait for a visa and are not able to accompany their parents. Fourth. New preferences: First preference status for married sons and daughters of U.S. citizens and spouses. unmarried children of permanent resident aliens. which preference will receive 25 percent of the overall ceiling of 170.000. Second preference status for the highly skilled and professional will receive 25 percent of the numbers plus unused numbers of the first preference. Third preference status for skilled laborers for which a shortage of employable and willing persons exists in the United States will receive 25 percent of the numbers plus any unused numbers of the first and second preference. and Fourth preference status for aliens principally engaged in religious duties. aliens who will not seek employment in the United States. and investors. which preference will receive 15 percent plus any unused numbers from the first. second. and third preferences. Unused numbers: 10 percent of the total or 17.000. plus unused numbers from the first. second. third. and fourth preferences. will be available to nonpreference qualified immigrants in the chronological order in which they qualify. There is a proviso within this group that 25 percent of the numbers available for nonpreference immigration shall be available to qualified immigrants who are under 25 years of age. The labor certification provision will not be applicable to this latter category. Fifth.
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