Amerasian

It can be submitted by an array of noncitizens, including members of the U.S. armed forces; Amerasian children of certain U.S. service members who served during the Korean and Indochina wars; Panama Canal Zone government employees; Afghan or Iraqi nationals who worked for or on behalf of the U.S. government as an interpreter; immigrants who were victims of violence or extreme cruelty by a U.S. citizen spouse or relative; and the widow or widower of a U.S. citizen.

It was an orphanage for children born to American servicemen and Korean mothers, called the St Vincent's home for Amerasian children.

Life was difficult as an Amerasian child of a Korean woman and an American soldier who served in the Korean conflict, she said.

Christopher is just one of hundreds of thousands of Amerasian children across Southeast Asia who represent a legacy of the Vietnam War.

Christopher was one of three named Amerasian children, and one Filipina mother, in a class action lawsuit against the United States in 1993.