Reuniting Families Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to recapture unused employment-based and family-sponsored visas from FY1992-FY2016; reclassify spouses, permanent partners, minor children, and stepchildren of permanent residents as immediate relatives; repeal the per-country immigration limits; repeal specified bars to reentry and allow waivers of inadmissibility to promote family unity; exempt children of naturalized Filipino veterans from immigration limitations; and allow relatives of a deceased alien to maintain visa eligibility. The bill defines "permanent partner" to purposes of applying the INA to LGBT families and individuals.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Immigration
Administrative remediesAsiaBusiness investment and capitalCaribbean areaCitizenship and naturalizationCriminal justice information and recordsCubaDepartment of Homeland SecurityDomestic violence and child abuseFamily relationshipsForeign laborFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresLatin AmericaMarriage and family statusMilitary personnel and dependentsPhilippinesRefugees, asylum, displaced personsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote family unity, and for other purposes.
USA115th CongressHR-4944| House
| Updated: 2/6/2018
Reuniting Families Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to recapture unused employment-based and family-sponsored visas from FY1992-FY2016; reclassify spouses, permanent partners, minor children, and stepchildren of permanent residents as immediate relatives; repeal the per-country immigration limits; repeal specified bars to reentry and allow waivers of inadmissibility to promote family unity; exempt children of naturalized Filipino veterans from immigration limitations; and allow relatives of a deceased alien to maintain visa eligibility. The bill defines "permanent partner" to purposes of applying the INA to LGBT families and individuals.
Administrative remediesAsiaBusiness investment and capitalCaribbean areaCitizenship and naturalizationCriminal justice information and recordsCubaDepartment of Homeland SecurityDomestic violence and child abuseFamily relationshipsForeign laborFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresLatin AmericaMarriage and family statusMilitary personnel and dependentsPhilippinesRefugees, asylum, displaced personsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports