; (B) official registration and scanning of birth certificates, residency cards, and other documentation establishing long-term residency; and (C) collection of other personal information, data, and records deemed appropriate by the Secretary; (2) issue guidance within 180 days of enactment outlining actions to enhance the ability of the Department of State to efficiently share information with the United Kingdom and other allies for purposes of rapidly adjudicating residency of Hong Kong applicants for admission to the United States; and (3) provide within 180 days of enactment a briefing to the House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Judiciary and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Judiciary on plans to implement the requirements pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2). 7. Admission for certain highly skilled Hong Kong residents (a) In general Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland Security, or, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security, may provide an alien described in subsection (b) with the status of a special immigrant under section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27) ), if the alien— (1) or an agent acting on behalf of the alien, submits a petition for classification under section 203(b)(4) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4) ); (2) is otherwise eligible to receive an immigrant visa; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States for permanent residence (excluding the grounds for inadmissibility specified in section 212(a)(4) of such Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(4) )