Summary

Grants special immigrant visa eligibility and lawful-entry treatment to Ruslana Melnyk and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk so they may apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status (green cards) if they file the required application and fees within two years of enactment. If either entered the U.S. before the filing deadline, that person will be treated as having entered and remained lawfully for adjustment purposes as of enactment. The State Department must reduce by two the immigrant visa allotment for their country of birth in the current or next fiscal year, and the beneficiaries’ natural parents, brothers, and sisters are explicitly barred from receiving immigration benefits based on their relationship to the beneficiaries.

• Provides a one-time immigration exception allowing two named individuals to seek green cards.
• If either entered the U.S. before the filing deadline, they are treated as having entered and remained lawfully for adjustment purposes as of enactment.
• Applicants must file an immigrant visa petition or adjustment application with required fees within 2 years of enactment.
• The State Department must subtract two immigrant visas from the beneficiaries’ birth-country allotment when visas are issued.
• The beneficiaries’ natural parents, brothers, and sisters are explicitly barred from receiving immigration benefits based on their relationship.
• The provision does not create new visa numbers beyond existing country limits.
• Applies only to the two named people and does not change general immigration rules for other applicants.
• Implements administrative actions for DOS and DHS/USCIS but does not appropriate funds or change fee structures.