The House of Representatives Passes H.R. 1044, Bill to Eliminate Per-country Caps that Affect Employment-based Visa Programs

July 11th, 2019 Kyle Behring

On July 10th, 2019, the U.S. House of Representatives approved bill H.R. 1044, or the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019, eliminating per-country quotas for all employment-based immigrant visa petitions.

The bill increases the per-country cap for all family-based immigrant visas from 7% to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas outright. Additionally, it removes an offset that reduced the number of visas for individuals from China.The bill also establishes transition rules for employment-based visas from FY2020-FY2022, by reserving a percentage of EB-2, EB-3, and EB-5 visas for individuals not from the two countries with the largest number of recipients of these visas. Of the unreserved visas, not more than 85% shall be allotted to immigrants from any single country.

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Content from this article has been truncated and adapted from the article “House Passes Per-country Cap Elimination Bill that Affects Employment-based Visa Programs such as EB-5” post by Robert Y. Maples˘ on July 10th, 2019, on www.EB5insights.com, article link: https://www.eb5insights.com/2019/07/10/house-passes-per-country-cap-elimination-bill-that-affects-employment-based-visa-programs-such-as-eb-5/

The House of Representatives Passes H.R. 1044, Bill to Eliminate Per-country Caps that Affect Employment-based Visa Programs

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