New Visa recapture/Family reunification bill introduced

[hotshots]

This could be good news for all EB applicants and spouses of LPRs. Please excuse if this is a repost.

From http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=28941

The legislation would reinforce our commitment to families and reduce current wait times in the family immigration system by:


Helping an estimated 322,000 spouses and children under the age of 21 of lawful permanent residents who are waiting in line to reunite with their families by reclassifying them as immediate relatives
Addressing the decades-long backlogs for certain countries by raising the per-country immigration limits from 7 percent to 10 percent of total admissions
Protecting widows, widowers and orphans by allowing them to continue to wait in line for a visa after the death of the sponsoring relative.
Recapturing an estimated 400,000 family-sponsored and employment-based visas that went unused between 1992 and 2007.
Respecting the contribution of Filipino World War II veterans by reducing their children's waiting times for an immigrant visa.
Promoting family unity by allowing more people who are already eligible for an immigrant visa to efficiently use our legal family immigration system.
Providing equal treatment for stepchildren and biological children by allowing stepchildren under the age of 21 to immigrate upon their parents' marriage (current age limit is 18).

[willwin]

Where is the bill? what is the number?

[Humhongekamyab]

Originally Posted by hotshots

This could be good news for all EB applicants and spouses of LPRs. Please excuse if this is a repost.

From http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=28941

The legislation would reinforce our commitment to families and reduce current wait times in the family immigration system by:


Helping an estimated 322,000 spouses and children under the age of 21 of lawful permanent residents who are waiting in line to reunite with their families by reclassifying them as immediate relatives
Addressing the decades-long backlogs for certain countries by raising the per-country immigration limits from 7 percent to 10 percent of total admissions
Protecting widows, widowers and orphans by allowing them to continue to wait in line for a visa after the death of the sponsoring relative.
Recapturing an estimated 400,000 family-sponsored and employment-based visas that went unused between 1992 and 2007.
Respecting the contribution of Filipino World War II veterans by reducing their children's waiting times for an immigrant visa.
Promoting family unity by allowing more people who are already eligible for an immigrant visa to efficiently use our legal family immigration system.
Providing equal treatment for stepchildren and biological children by allowing stepchildren under the age of 21 to immigrate upon their parents' marriage (current age limit is 18).

Raising the per-country cap to 10% is not good for our cause especially when dependents are being counted towards the cap.

[belmontboy]

Originally Posted by Humhongekamyab

Raising the per-country cap to 10% is not good for our cause especially when dependents are being counted towards the cap.

yup, and here we are jumping with joy for an increase of 3%. if you do math, its not that much though

we need some major relief in some form. increase of 3% won't do any good in short term

[Keeme]

Originally Posted by hotshots

This could be good news for all EB applicants and spouses of LPRs. Please excuse if this is a repost.

From http://www.aila.com/content/default.aspx?docid=28941

The legislation would reinforce our commitment to families and reduce current wait times in the family immigration system by:


Helping an estimated 322,000 spouses and children under the age of 21 of lawful permanent residents who are waiting in line to reunite with their families by reclassifying them as immediate relatives
Addressing the decades-long backlogs for certain countries by raising the per-country immigration limits from 7 percent to 10 percent of total admissions
Protecting widows, widowers and orphans by allowing them to continue to wait in line for a visa after the death of the sponsoring relative.
Recapturing an estimated 400,000 family-sponsored and employment-based visas that went unused between 1992 and 2007.
Respecting the contribution of Filipino World War II veterans by reducing their children's waiting times for an immigrant visa.
Promoting family unity by allowing more people who are already eligible for an immigrant visa to efficiently use our legal family immigration system.
Providing equal treatment for stepchildren and biological children by allowing stepchildren under the age of 21 to immigrate upon their parents' marriage (current age limit is 18).

Am I missing something here ? Anything for EB based Visas ?

[Leo07]

One...There have been many bills introduced in the same lines that never past the first base.

____I Take back my word here...it's proving other wise. This bill is helpful.

[hotshots]

Interesting. The article doesn't specify whether EB visa recapture will be applied to EB alone or rolled over to FB. I guess, we will have to wait to read the full text of the bill.

[my_usa]

At least some one will benefit.

[h1techSlave]

If they recapture 400,000 and if they are unable to use it all, then a percentage of it will spill over to EB also.

Originally Posted by Leo07

One...There have been many bills introduced in the same lines that never past the first base.
Two..."Recapturing an estimated 400,000 family-sponsored and employment-based visas that went unused between 1992 and 2007"

Will the EB recaptured visas be used for EB? I doubt, since this is a family bill, they'd demand the unused visas be allocated to Family quota. A potential STAB for us?

[go_guy123]

Originally Posted by Leo07

One...There have been many bills introduced in the same lines that never past the first base.
Two..."Recapturing an estimated 400,000 family-sponsored and employment-based visas that went unused between 1992 and 2007"

Will the EB recaptured visas be used for EB? I doubt, since this is a family bill, they'd demand the unused visas be allocated to Family quota. A potential STAB for us?

Yes. EB are like CCC or below grade bonds. Their turn is below the AAA rated bonds aka. FB, illegals etc

[abhi_022001]

Here is the link for complete act::

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.3514:

[GCperm]

Well this one looks introduced in "September 18 (legislative day, September 17), 2008"

Originally Posted by abhi_022001

Here is the link for complete act::

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:S.3514: