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Under the conditions set forth in this Act, there may be admitted into the Philippines immigrants, termed "quota immigrants", not in excess of five hundred of any one nationality or without nationality for any one calendar year, except that the following immigrants, termed "nonquota immigrants", may be admitted without regard to such numerical limitations;
a. An alien coming to prearranged employment, for whom the issuance of a visa has been authorized in accordance with section twenty of this Act, and his wife, and his unmarried children under twenty-one years of age, if accompanying him or if following to join him within a period of two years from the date of his admission into the Philippines as an immigrant under this paragraph;
b. The wife or the husband or the unmarried child under twenty-one years of age of a Philippine citizen, if accompanying or following to join such citizen;
c. A child of alien parents born during the temporary visit abroad of the mother, the mother having been previously lawfully admitted into the Philippines for per manent residence, if the child is accompanying or coming to join a parent and applies for admission within five years from the date of its birth;
d. A child born subsequent to the issuance of the immigration visa of the accompanying parent, the visa not having expired;
e. A woman who was a citizen of the Philippines and who lost her citizenship because of her marriage to an alien or by reason of the loss of Philippine citizenship by her husband, and her unmarried child under twenty-one years of age, if accompanying or following to join her;
f. The wife or the husband or the unmarried child under twenty-one years of age, of an alien lawfully admitted into the Philippines for permanent residence prior to the date on which this Act becomes effective and who is resident therein, if such wife, husband, or child applies for admission within a period of two years following the date on which this Act becomes effective.
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