NOTE: THESE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY AND DO NOT INCLUDE ALL REFUGEES IN CATEGORY 111. NOR SHOULD EVERY REFUGEE WHO FITS IN ONE OF THESE EXAMPLES AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED IN LRP. EACH POST SHOULD EXERCISE JUDGEMENT AND NARROWLY DEFINE CATEGORY 11I TO INCLUDE ONLY REFUGEES WHO IN FACT WERE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE U.S. AND FLED FROM PERSECUTION OR FEAR OF PERSECUTION BECAUSE OF THAT ASSOCIATION.
CATEGORY IV
OTHER REFUGEES WHO BECAUSE OF OBVIOUSLY COM- PELLING REASONS SHOULD BE GRANTED PAROLE ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS. LIKE REFUGEES IN CATEGORY III, THOSE IN CATEGORY IV CANNOT BE ACCEPTED UNDER LRP IF THEY ARE ACCEPTED BY ANOTHER COUNTRY UNLESS THE REFUGEE IS 20 YEAR OF AGE OR UNDER, HAS A BLOOD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND HAS NO SUCH RELATIVE ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRIES OF INDOCHINA.
PRIORITY IN THE ALLOCATION OF NUMBERS UNDER CATEGORY IV WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
CATEGORY IV A MARRIED SIBLINGS OF PERSONS WHO ENTERED THE UNITED STATES PRIOR TO JUNE 14, 1978.
CATEGORY IVB - CLOSE RELATIVES, DEFINED IN CATEGORY I, OF PERSONS WHO HAVE ENTERED THE UNITED STATES SINCE JUNE 14, 1978, EXCEPT THAT SPOUSES AND UNMARRIED CHILDREN UNDER 21 OF PERSONS WHO ENTERED THE U.S. AFTER JUNE 14, 1978, ARE ELIGIBLE UNDER CATEGORY IA.
CATEGORY IVC PERSONS 20 YEARS OF AGE OR UNDER WHO HAVE A BLODD RELATIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHO HAVE NO SUCH RELATIVE ELSEWHERE OUTSIDE OF LAOS, CAMBODIA, OR VIETNAM.
CATEGORY IVD REFUGEES WHO HAVE EDUCATION OR WORK EXPERIENCE WHICH WOULD ASSIST IN THEIR RESETTLEMENT; OR HAVE SHOWN PERSONAL INITIATIVES WHILE IN CAMP SUCH AS ENROLLING IN LANGUAGE COURSES; OR HAVE UNDERGONE PARTICULAR- LY DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE IN THEIR HOME COUNTRY OR DURING THEIR ESCAPE; OR FOR WHOM OTHER SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN CIRCUMSTANCES EXIST.
CATEGORY IVE REMAINING REFUGEES BY DATE OF REGISTRATION WITH THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES.
CATEGORY V 7 CAMBODIAN REFUGEES: A SEPARATE QUOTA IS ESTABLISHED FOR CAMBODIAN REFUGEES TO BE IMPLEMENTED AT THE RATE OF 625 REFUGEES PER MONTH BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1, 1978 OR AT AN ANNUAL RATE OF 7,500. CAMBODIANS WHO DEPARTED FOR THE U.S. AFTER OCTOBER 1, 1978 ARE TO BE COUNTED WITH THIS QUOTA. PRIORITY OF ELIGIBILITY AS AMONG CAMBODIAN REFUGEES WILL BE BASED ON THE FACTORS IN CATEGORIES I-IV ABOVE TAKEN IN THAT ORDER.
NO MATTER WHAT CATEGORY THE REFUGEE HEAD OF FAMILY (PRINCIPAL APPLICANT) FALLS UNDER, HIS OR HER ACCOMPANYING CLOSE RELATIVES FALL IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS HE OR SHE DOES. FOR THIS PURPOSE, ACCOMPANYING CLOSE RELATIVES ARE DEFINED AS SPOUSE, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, AND UNMARRIED SON, DAUGHTER, SIBLING, OR GRANDCHILD.
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OT HER MORE DISTANT ACCOMPANYING RELATIVES MAY ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE PRINCIPAL APPLICANT IF THEY ARE JUDGED BY THE POST TO BE DEPENDENT ON HIM (HER). IF REFUGEES ELIGIBLE FOR AN IMMIGRANT VISA HAVE ACCOMPANYING DEPENDENT RELATIVES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH VISAS, SUCH DEPENDENT RELATIVES SHOULD BE JUDGED FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR PAROLE AS I PRINCIPAL APPLICANT WERE ENTERING UNDER REFUGEE PAROLE.
THE JUDGEMENT OF THE CONSULAR AND INS OFFICERS WILL BE THE DETERMINING FACTOR FOR ACCEPTANCE OF REFUGEES IN ALL OF THE ABOVE CATEGORIES. THE FINAL DECISION RESTS WITH INS. UNGUOTE CHRISTOPHER
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