Proposed Bill in the US Senate CIR

[Springfield 0]

Hi guys,

I was searching for the summary of the newly proposed CIR and what would be the possible changes to Family Based Immigration, i do realise that it has not been passed by the senate and is not a law yet. but i would like to know what do you guys think of this bill and what could be the changes to the family based immigration, as you can see by my profile i am under F2B category and i found this two part summary by Murthy Law here is the link:

http://www.murthy.com/2013/04/29/immigration-reform-bill-summary-part-1-of-2/

http://www.murthy.com/2013/05/03/immigration-reform-bill-summary-part-2-of-2/

First Question : on the first link under the proposed Family-Based Changes:

Proposed Family-Based Changes

In the family-based categories, the bill proposes various substantive changes that would serve to expand eligibility in some cases, but reduce or eliminate eligibility in others. For instance, the definition of immediate relative would be changed to include children and spouses of permanent residents, in effect removing the numerical visa limit for this category. However, the category for siblings of U.S. citizens, FB4, would be eliminated altogether.

now can anyone please explain to me, what do they mean with when they say children does it mean under the age of 21 or over the age of 21 and unmarried ?

if it means both then. :

Second Question : on the second link under the Merit-Based Permanent Residence Programs

Merit-Based Permanent Residence Programs

The bill proposes two separate merit-based point systems for granting permanent residence (commonly referred to as "green card" status). The longer-term merit-based system would not go into effect until five years after enactment of the CIR legislation. Points would be awarded based upon various factors, including: education, employment, length of residence in the United States, and other considerations. There is some flexibility within the system to allocate additional numbers, if the rate of U.S. unemployment is sufficiently low.

If this bill becomes law, a more immediate merit-based system would go into effect in October 2014. Under this system, immigrant visas would be allocated to those with employment-based green card cases that have been pending for at least three years prior to the enactment of CIR. The same benefit would extend to those with family-based cases pending for at least five years prior to enactment. The same provisions would also extend to certain foreign national workers who have been lawfully in the United States for at least ten years.

Could some please explain to me in layman's terms what all this mean for a F2B applicant (like me) ?

Thank you for your time.

[Springfield 0]

guys come one, anyone ? :|

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Children - unmarried child below 21 years old.

Edited May 12, 2013 by apple21

[Springfield 0]

Children - unmarried child below 21 years old.

Hi thank you for your reply,

I think they are talking about the F2A category (do correct me if i am wrong), if they go through with this bill then they would remove numerical limit for the visa, then would it mean that they would give the freed visa numbers to all other categories.

and the second one : The same benefit would extend to those with family-based cases pending for at least five years prior to enactment.

Does this mean they would give this benefit to only those who are waiting for at least five years and not someone like me (waiting 2 years almost).

Thanks.