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This code does appear in the USCIS historical table. Below, the uses, legal authorities, page numbers, and missing portions visible in the original table are listed individually; unverified working fields, such as the Chinese name and applicant role, remain withheld from public display.

Historical File Notes (3original-table records)

The following explains only the text visible in the historical USCIS table; truncations, blanks, and misalignments are identified as they appear, without supplementation or borrowing from adjacent rows. These notes do not change the definition's verification-on-hold status and are not used in related-code determinations or difficulty scoring.

3-B✓ Purpose ConfirmedConsular immigrant visa/new admission
Eligible displaced persons under the 1948 displaced persons legislation: persons from China who remained in China, or who had left China but had not yet been permanently resettled.
The use description is complete; this definition nevertheless remains on hold because the same code has multiple meanings or other fields have not been verified. Its working fields, such as its Chinese name and role, are not public.
Purpose Field in Original Table
Eligible disd person from country- regionChina still in China or who left China but is not Permanently resettled.
Legal Authority Field in Original Table
Sec. 3(b)(2) of PL 774 (June 25, 1948) as amended by PL 555 (June 16, 1950)
Status Today
A retired former code listed in the USCIS AFM historical table; no longer issued under this former definition. Retirement of a code does not mean that the underlying legal pathway has closed; this website has not verified the pathway’s current status.
Source
USCIS AFM Appendix 23-7 Historical LPR Code Table (Classes Formerly Used), PDF page201pagePage Number Within the TablePDF p.68 · recordId AFM-HIST-0406-3-B· Accessed2026-10-11
Position in the Table
Immediately following318 the row;Indicates only adjacency in the table, not the meaning of this code.
3-B✓ Purpose ConfirmedConsular immigrant visa/new admission
Eligible displaced persons under the 1948 displaced persons legislation: Polish World War II veterans residing in the United Kingdom; children of U.S. citizens (nonquota).
The use description is complete; this definition nevertheless remains on hold because the same code has multiple meanings or other fields have not been verified. Its working fields, such as its Chinese name and role, are not public.
Purpose Field in Original Table
Eligible disd person: who is a Polish veteran of World War II residing in Great Britain; child of U.S. citizen (nonquota).
Legal Authority Field in Original Table
Sec. 3(b)(3) of PL 774 (June 25, 1948) as amended by PL 555 (June 16, 1950); also 4(a) of PL 139 (May 26, 1924)
Status Today
A retired former code listed in the USCIS AFM historical table; no longer issued under this former definition. Retirement of a code does not mean that the underlying legal pathway has closed; this website has not verified the pathway’s current status.
Source
USCIS AFM Appendix 23-7 Historical LPR Code Table (Classes Formerly Used), PDF page202pagePage Number Within the TablePDF p.69 · recordId AFM-HIST-0408-3-B· Accessed2026-10-11
Position in the Table
Immediately following3B2 the row;Indicates only adjacency in the table, not the meaning of this code.
3-B✓ Purpose ConfirmedConsular immigrant visa/new admission
Eligible displaced persons under the 1948 displaced persons legislation: residents and nationals of Greece with first-preference quota status as parents or husbands of U.S. citizens or as skilled agriculturalists; or with second-preference quota status as wives or children of alien residents of the United States.
The use description is complete; this definition nevertheless remains on hold because the same code has multiple meanings or other fields have not been verified. Its working fields, such as its Chinese name and role, are not public.
Purpose Field in Original Table
Eligible disd person: who is a resident and national of country- regionGreece entitled to first Preference quota status as parent or husband of U.S. citizen or as skilled Agriculturist; who is a resident and national of Greece entitled to second preference quota status as wife or child of alien Resident of the United States.
Legal Authority Field in Original Table
Sec. 3(b)(4) of PL 774 as amended by PL 555 (June 16, 1950);also 6(a)(1)(B) and 6(a)(2) of PL 139 (May 26, 1924)
Status Today
A retired former code listed in the USCIS AFM historical table; no longer issued under this former definition. Retirement of a code does not mean that the underlying legal pathway has closed; this website has not verified the pathway’s current status.
Source
USCIS AFM Appendix 23-7 Historical LPR Code Table (Classes Formerly Used), PDF page202pagePage Number Within the TablePDF p.69 · recordId AFM-HIST-0410-3-B· Accessed2026-10-11
Position in the Table
Immediately following3B3 the row;Indicates only adjacency in the table, not the meaning of this code.

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