[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR245a.10]

[Page 583]
 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
     PART 245a_ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS TO THAT OF PERSONS ADMITTED FOR 
 
   Subpart B_Legal Immigration Family Equity (LIFE) Act Legalization 
                               Provisions
 
Sec. 245a.10  Definitions.

    Source: 66 FR 29673, June 1, 2001, unless otherwise noted.


    In this Subpart B, the terms:
    Eligible alien means an alien (including a spouse or child as 
defined at section 101(b)(1) of the Act of the alien who was such as of 
the date the alien alleges that he or she attempted to file or was 
discouraged from filing an application for legalization during the 
original application period) who, before October 1, 2000, filed with the 
Attorney General a written claim for class membership, with or without 
filing fee, pursuant to a court order issued in the case of:
    (1) Catholic Social Services, Inc. v. Meese, vacated sub nom. Reno 
v. Catholic Social Services, Inc., 509 U.S. 43 (1993) (CSS);
    (2) League of United Latin American Citizens v. INS, vacated sub 
nom. Reno v. Catholic Social Services, Inc., 509 U.S. 43 (1993) (LULAC); 
or
    (3) Zambrano v. INS, vacated, 509 U.S. 918 (1993) (Zambrano).
    Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR) means the status of having been 
lawfully accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United 
States as an immigrant in accordance with the immigration laws, such 
status not having changed.
    LIFE Act means the Legal Immigration Family Equity Act and the LIFE 
Act Amendments of 2000.
    LIFE Legalization means the provisions of section 1104 of the LIFE 
Act and section 1503 of the LIFE Act Amendments.
    Prima facie means eligibility is established if an ``eligible 
alien'' presents a properly filed and completed Form I-485 and specific 
factual information which in the absence of rebuttal will establish a 
claim of eligibility under this Subpart B.
    Written claim for class membership means a filing, in writing, in 
one of the forms listed in Sec. 245a.14 that provides the Attorney 
General with notice that the applicant meets the class definition in the 
cases of CSS, LULAC or Zambrano.

[66 FR 29673, June 1, 2001, as amended at 67 38350, June 4, 2002; 67 FR 
66532, Nov. 1, 2002]