REVISION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT PROVISIONS RELATING TO RELIGIOUS WORKERS (C SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS).

SEC. 151. REVISION OF SPECIAL IMMIGRANT PROVISIONS RELATING TO RELIGIOUS WORKERS (C SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS). (a) In General.— Subparagraph (C) of section 101(a)(27) (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)) is amended to read as follows: “(C) an immigrant, and the immigrant’s spouse and children if accompanying or following to join the immigrant, who— “(i) for at least 2 years immediately preceding the time of application for admission, has been a member of a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the United States; “(ii) seeks to enter the United States— “(I) solely for the purpose of carrying on the vocation of a minister of that religious denomination, “(II) before October 1, 1994, in order to work for the organization at the request of the organization in a professional capacity in a religious vocation or occupation, or “(III) before October 1, 1994, in order to work for the organization (or for a bona fide organization which is affiliated with the religious denomination and is exempt from taxation as an organization described in104 STAT. 5005 section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) at the request of the organization in a religious vocation or occupation; and “(iii) has been carrying on such vocation, professional work, or other work continuously for at least the 2-year period described in clause (i);”. (b) Reference to New Nonimmigrant Classification.— For establishment of nonimmigrant classification for religious workers, see section 209.