Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-110
§1380 Maintenance of Statistics by the Department of Homeland Security
Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part IX — Miscellaneous › § 1380
Summary
DHS must track section 1101(a)(15)(L) petitions—filed, approved, extended, or amended—and report counts of those with specialized knowledge and mainly working offsite. Applies to petitions filed on or after the effective date of this subtitle.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1380
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(a)In general
The Department of Homeland Security shall maintain statistics regarding petitions filed, approved, extended, and amended with respect to nonimmigrants described in section 1101(a)(15)(L) of this title, including the number of such nonimmigrants who are classified on the basis of specialized knowledge and the number of nonimmigrants who are classified on the basis of specialized knowledge in order to work primarily at offsite locations.
(b)Applicability
Subsection (a) shall apply to petitions filed on or after the effective date of this subtitle.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This subtitle, referred to in subsec. (b), means subtitle A (§§ 411–417) of title IV of div. J of Pub. L. 108–447. For the
Effective Date
of subtitle A, see section 417 of Pub. L. 108–447, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2004 Amendment note under section 1184 of this title. Codification Section was enacted as part of the L–1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2004, and also as part of the L–1 Visa and H–1B Visa Reform Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective 180 days after Dec. 8, 2004, see section 417 of Pub. L. 108–447, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2004 Amendment note under section 1184 of this title.
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1380
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110