Adjustment of status; certain H-1 nonimmigrant nurses--INS. Final rule.

This final rule implements section 162(f) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (IMMACT 90). Section 162(f) of IMMACT 90 retroactively amended the Immigration Nursing Relief Act of 1989 (INRA) to allow additional alien nurses, their spouses, and children to become lawful permanent residents of the United States. This rule establishes procedures for the adjustment of status to that of lawful permanent resident for these alien nurses and certain family members in the United States. This rule alleviates the critical shortage of nurses in the United States by allowing qualified registered nurses who had formerly been granted temporary employment authorization under the H-1 category the opportunity to live and work permanently in this country as lawful permanent residents, with the possibility of becoming United States citizens in the future. This rule also makes organizational, grammatical, and stylistic changes to agency regulations which will make them easier to read and use.