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E Visa Integrity Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2863| Senate 
| Updated: 11/14/2019
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (1)
Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 This bill imposes additional requirements to acquire an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States, or an Australian specialty worker). Specifically, if an alien became the national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States through a financial investment in that foreign country, the alien must have been domiciled in that foreign country for a continuous period of at least three years at any point before applying for an E visa. The bill also requires an alien seeking an E-2 visa (investor) to invest a substantial and economically impactful amount of capital in the United States, where currently the statute only requires an investment of a substantial amount.
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Timeline
Nov 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • November 14, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 14, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

Economic performance and conditionsFinancial services and investmentsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports

E Visa Integrity Act of 2019

USA116th CongressS-2863| Senate 
| Updated: 11/14/2019
E Visa Integrity Act of 2019 This bill imposes additional requirements to acquire an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States, or an Australian specialty worker). Specifically, if an alien became the national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States through a financial investment in that foreign country, the alien must have been domiciled in that foreign country for a continuous period of at least three years at any point before applying for an E visa. The bill also requires an alien seeking an E-2 visa (investor) to invest a substantial and economically impactful amount of capital in the United States, where currently the statute only requires an investment of a substantial amount.
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Timeline
Nov 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Nov 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • November 14, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • November 14, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mike Lee

Mike Lee

Republican Senator

Utah

Cosponsors (1)
Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Economic performance and conditionsFinancial services and investmentsU.S. and foreign investmentsVisas and passports