Nuclear Family Priority Act
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- Passed House
- Passed Senate
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Overview
The Nuclear Family Priority Act significantly alters U.S. family-sponsored immigration policies, prioritizing U.S. citizen parents. It reduces the annual cap on these visas from 480,000 to 88,000, eliminates preference allocations for certain family categories, and creates a new nonimmigrant visa category for parents of U.S. citizens. The bill also restricts the employment and public benefits available to these new visa holders, placing the responsibility for their support on the U.S. citizen child or spouse.
Key provisions
- Reduces the annual cap on family-sponsored immigration visas from 480,000 to 88,000.
- Creates a new nonimmigrant visa category for parents of U.S. citizen adults.
- Eliminates preference allocations for certain family-sponsored visas, including those for siblings and married children of citizens.
- Limits the employment and public benefits available to parents of U.S. citizens with new visas.
- Modifies the calculation of the annual visa cap.
- Creates a 75% allocation for family-sponsored immigrants without regard to per-country limits.
- Changes the definition of ‘immediate relative’ to only include children and spouses.
- Establishes a 5-year initial authorized admission period for the new nonimmigrant visa, subject to extension based on the U.S. citizen child’s residency.
Who is affected
- U.S. Citizens
- Immigrants seeking family-sponsored visas
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