Jumpstart Act, New US Immigration Bill Green Card in 2 years, Recaptures 400000 Family & Emp Visas
In this video, we will know the latest developments in US Immigration.
On April 4, 2022, House Immigration and Citizenship Subcommittee Chair Ms. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) introduced H.R. 7374, the Jumpstart our Legal Immigration System Act, Or The Jumpstart Act.
This bill would allow to recapture hundreds of thousands of unused family- and employment-based visas and allows individuals who are in the U.S. and eligible for a green card – but for the lack of an available visa number – to apply for their green card upon paying a fee.
These provisions included in this bill were also part of the House-passed version of the Build Back Better Act. As we all know the immigration provisions in The Build Back Better Act did not get approved. So, Ms. Zoe Lofgran presented a new bill with these provisions, as it will have better bipartisan support from both sides of congress.
This legislation amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to prevent the future loss of unused employment-based visas by ensuring that they roll over to the family-based categories as Congress intended. The bill also recaptures unused immigrant visas from 1992 through 2021 which would result in the recapture of:
• Approximately 222,000 unused family-sponsored visas; and
• Approximately 157,000 employment-based visas.
According to the bill text, the following provisions are included in this bill:
1. RECAPTURE OF UNUSED IMMIGRANT VISA NUMBERS from 1992 to 2021.
2. Diversity Visa
3. Adjustment of Status
i. Creates a new section 245(n) of the INA.
New Sec. 245(n)(1) allows an individual who is in the U.S. and eligible for adjustment of status but who is waiting for a visa number to become available, to submit an application for adjustment to LPR status if such an individual pays a supplemental fee.
New Sec. 245(n)(2) allows immigrants who are in the U.S. to receive an exemption from the per-country and worldwide limitations on immigrant visas and have their status adjusted to LPR by the Secretary of Homeland Security if such individual:
Sec. 245(n)(3) establishes the effective date of this subsection as the earlier of the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection or October 1, 2022. This subsection sunsets 10 years after enactment.
4. Additional Supplemental Fee:
5. Effective Date or Date of Implementation:
i. If passed, These Immigration-related provisions would not go into effect until 180 days or October 1, 2022, whichever comes first.
HR 7374 The Jumpstart our Legal Immigration System Act explained
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00:00 Intro & Disclaimer
01:18 The Jumpstart Bill Details
03:28 5 million FB and EB backlog
08:59 Bill Explained in context of Immigration
09:07 Recapture of Unused Visas
10:41 Estimated Numbers of Unused Visas and Future Visa Limits
14:19 Diversity Visa provisions
15:14 Section 245(n)(1), Adjustment of Status and Work Authorization
17:21 Section 245(n)(2) Adjustment of Status
18:52 Section 245(n)(3) Effective Date of the Bill
19:17 Additional Supplemental Fee
20:59 Zoe Lofgren Comments on the Bill
21:58 Jarrold Nadler Comments on the Bill
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