Whats your opinion Rayb

[Rafael1993]

Hi everyone , yesterday i saw a a new law thats says "Petitions for spouses and children of Lawful Permanent Residents under the current family-based system will be considered immediate relatives, making them exempt from current visa caps and immediately eligible for green cards." Is it true whats your opinion on this?
this is the link of the page http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/spe...migration-bill

Rayb you may have some information on this that could help

Thanks all

[rayb]

Rafael,

It's not a new law, but is proposed legislation. In the same paragraph that you cited, there are additional proposed changes to the present that have the potential to make many people very unhappy: elimination of sibling visas, elimination of visas for married children over age 31.

Read the following:
"...Petitions for spouses and children of Lawful Permanent Residents under the current family-based system will be considered immediate relatives, making them exempt from current visa caps and immediately eligible for green cards. There will no longer be an immigrant category for siblings of U.S. citizens, and visas will no longer be available to married sons or daughters of U.S. citizens who are over 31 years of age. These relatives would have to apply under the new point system or find another avenue in order to immigrate. The annual worldwide level of family-based immigrant visas will remain at 480,000 per year, minus the visas assigned to immediate relatives the previous year, but not less than 161,000 per year starting 18 months after enactment..."

I doubt that the proposals cited above will become law in the near future.

--Ray B

Hi everyone , yesterday i saw a a new law thats says "Petitions for spouses and children of Lawful Permanent Residents under the current family-based system will be considered immediate relatives, making them exempt from current visa caps and immediately eligible for green cards." Is it true whats your opinion on this?
this is the link of the page http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/spe...migration-bill

Rayb you may have some information on this that could help

Thanks all