S.386: Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019

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Bill Summary

Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2019 This bill increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from 7% of the total number of such visas available that year to 15%, and eliminates the 7% cap for employment-based immigrant visas. It also 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...

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Feb. 7, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb. 7, 2019

Introduced in the Senate by Mike Lee (R-Utah)

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