Family-Based Immigration Reform

[MrsAzzi 1]

Hi all,

I have seen some posts online, outside of VisaJourney, saying that the Supreme Court will be hearing in May or June of this year a family-based immigration reform. When I try to Google information about this, the only thing I see is that the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments on legalizing undocumented immigrants today, April 18, 2016 and mainly regarding DAPA and DACA. I know that the Obama administration tried to do immigration reform in 2013 and it got shot down. Is this "family-based immigration reform" that is coming up in the next couple of months something new, separate of the reform proposed in 2013? If anyone knows any information about this, please point me in the right direction. I would like to know more about this for "legal immigration" or the different F categories. What will the reform entail? Will it speed up the wait time for the F4 category?

Thanks in advance!

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

There is always talk of reform. Usually it means cutting back on what is there now. Some of the recent proposals include do away with sibling petitions. Limit adult children to those under a certain age ( maybe 30 ) , eliminate parent petitions.

[Caryh 5,206]

The supreme court is hearing arguments on Executive Orders, that gave or attempted to give, deferred status and EAD's to some illegal immigrants in this country. With how divided the federal government is, don't expect any legislation on the laws relating to immigration any time soon. About the only way that is going to happen is if one party can take over the house, senate and presidency. Many things get talked about, but there isn't even enough support for anyone to even bring up a bill in a committee.

Edited April 18, 2016 by Caryh

[Boiler 46,102]

There has been talk that any reform would include the abolition of F4, but nothing hard has gotten through. This is about illegals.

[Caryh 5,206]

There has been talk that any reform would include the abolition of F4, but nothing hard has gotten through. This is about illegals.

There was also talk that K-1 visa holders would be required to apply to adjust status within 6 months. At least the bill I read had it in it. So someone has noticed there's a problem with these out of status K-1s. There was no mention of what the penalty would be though. Presumably the most they could require would be requiring an I-130 also be filed if they wait too long.

[Ontarkie 14,467]

~~Moved to General Immigration-Related Discussion, from Bringing Family Members of US Citizens to America - As this topic is more often discussed here.~~

[Unlockable 7,315]

With the current political atmosphere any immigration reform will not be beneficial to future immigrants. Read previous post about proposals of removing sibling and parent visas. There is also talk of removing fiance visas also.

On the same token, with the current political atmosphere any immigration reform will not happen anytime soon.

[aaron2020 11,651]

The rumors you read are false. There is no reform on anyone's agenda. Not the Supreme Court. Not Congress. Not the President. Not 2016.

There is only the DAPA case in front of the Supreme Court. Nothing else.

[MrsAzzi 1]

I thought they were rumors being that I could not find anything about it in the news/online. Thank you all for the clarification.

[Opalpopal 2]

Wait till Trump gets into the White House...

[Ortolan 381]

What I had understood from CNN last night is that because of the Supreme Court now being an 8-member court and evenly divided (deadlocked), ruling would defer to the previous ruling, which means Obama's reform would be rejected.

[Boiler 46,102]

Reform is an odd term

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Reform is an odd term

USCIS has enough forms as is ?

[Transborderwife 4,666]

The rumors you read are false. There is no reform on anyone's agenda. Not the Supreme Court. Not Congress. Not the President. Not 2016.

There is only the DAPA case in front of the Supreme Court. Nothing else.

Dapa and extended daca I believe

[aaron2020 11,651]

What I had understood from CNN last night is that because of the Supreme Court now being an 8-member court and evenly divided (deadlocked), ruling would defer to the previous ruling, which means Obama's reform would be rejected.

The Supreme Court has not made a decision. IF (big IF) the court is evenly divided in its decision, then the lower court's ruling would stand.