Temporary Family Visitation Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill expands temporary visitor visa eligibility to cover certain relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking short-term entry for family visitation, subject to sponsor, insurance, and overstay-related conditions.
Who Benefits and How
Certain foreign relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents could gain a clearer temporary visa pathway for family visits.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Immigration officials and petitioning relatives would face added sponsorship, documentation, and overstay-compliance requirements under the new family-purpose visa category.
Key Provisions
- Creates a family-purpose temporary visitor visa pathway.
- Defines qualifying relatives and family purposes.
- Requires financial support declarations, health coverage, and departure intent representations.
- Caps admission at 90 days per year and restricts repeat petitions after overstays.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill expands temporary visitor visa eligibility to cover certain relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking short-term entry for family visitation, subject to sponsor, insurance, and overstay-related conditions.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration
Primary Purpose
This bill expands temporary visitor visa eligibility to cover certain relatives of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking short-term entry for family visitation, subject to sponsor, insurance, and overstay-related conditions.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Qualifying foreign relatives seeking temporary family visitation visas
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Immigration officials administering the expanded family-purpose visitor visa pathway
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Peters (for himself, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Himes, Ms. Salazar, …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Qualifying foreign relatives seeking temporary family visitation visas
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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