HR3666-119

What This Bill Does

This private bill grants individual immigration relief to Luana S. Cordeiro. Notwithstanding normal worldwide and family-sponsored numerical limits, she becomes eligible for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status to lawful permanent residence after filing the required application and fees. If she enters the United States before the two-year filing deadline, she is treated as having entered and remained lawfully for adjustment purposes as of enactment. Existing grounds for removal, denial of admission, or ineligibility for lawful permanent residence reflected in DHS or State Department records as of enactment cannot be used against her, and DHS must rescind outstanding removal or deportation orders or findings of inadmissibility or deportability based on those grounds. The application must be filed within two years. Once she receives an immigrant visa or permanent residence, the State Department must reduce by one the current or next fiscal year's relevant immigrant visa numbers for natives of her country of birth. Her natural parents, brothers, and sisters receive no right, privilege, or immigration status from the relief.

Who Benefits and How

Luana S. Cordeiro benefits from eligibility for an immigrant visa or lawful permanent residence despite normal numerical and admissibility barriers. Her immigration counsel benefits from a clear statutory path with a two-year filing window. USCIS adjudicators benefit from explicit instructions on adjustment eligibility and existing inadmissibility records. DHS removal officials benefit from clear direction to rescind covered removal or deportation orders.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The State Department must reduce one immigrant visa number for natives of Luana S. Cordeiro's country of birth. Other family-preference visa applicants from that country may lose one available visa number. DHS and State Department records offices must identify covered inadmissibility or deportability records and apply the statutory override. Luana S. Cordeiro's natural parents and siblings receive no derivative immigration benefit from the bill.

Key Provisions

• Authorizes Luana S. Cordeiro to receive an immigrant visa or adjust to lawful permanent residence.
• Protects her from removal or inadmissibility based on existing DHS or State Department records.
• Requires DHS to rescind covered removal, deportation, inadmissibility, or deportability orders.
• Requires filing with appropriate fees within two years after enactment.
• Reduces by one the relevant visa number for her country of birth and bars derivative benefits for parents and siblings.