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IMMIGRATION NEWSLETER
June 2019 

Presidential Order for Reimbursement of Public Benefits & F2a Preference is Current for Month of July 2019

 

Pursuant to the July 2019 Visa Bulletin, the Final Action Date for F2a preference is current. This means that the visa is available for petitions for lawful permanent resident who filed on behalf of their spouse and unmarried child and under 21 years of age. We do not expect the visa to be current for a long term period but do expect the visa to be regressed. We want to remind our clients and prospective clients of the “lock-in” or “sought to acquire” requirement under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) when the F2a preference regresses. We will emphasize this requirement as part of the program for Vietv on Monday evening.

 

According to Bloomberg news, on May, 23, 2019 President Donald Trump directed his administration to spend the next 90 days developing rules for U.S. citizens to reimburse the government for each dollar of means-tested federal aid provided to immigrants they’re sponsoring. Americans who seek to bring relatives to the U.S. could be obligated to pay the government back if the immigrants use programs such as food stamps, Medicaid, or the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program. “Financial sponsors who pledge to financially support the sponsored alien in the event the alien applies for or receives public benefits will be expected to fulfill their commitment under law,” President Trump said in the memo, which was released by the White House on Thursday.

 

President Trump also ordered his administration to determine within 180 days which individuals could lose their ability to sponsor migrants based on delinquency, and says they will be advised that they could be on the hook for any public assistance used by people they have vouched for. The order relies on language in welfare-reform legislation signed by Democratic President Bill Clinton in 1996. The law was never fully implemented, and it’s not clear how it would work in practice. The presidential order extends across government, from the Treasury Department, the State Department and Homeland Security, to departments and agencies covering Social Security, education, transportation, housing, health, labor, agriculture and the president’s budget director.

 

President Trump administration’s plans to enforce the requirement aren’t clear. Federal public assistance programs are administered by different agencies, including Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture. Tracking benefits received by individual immigrants and billing the costs to their American sponsors would require coordination not only across the federal government but also with state and local jurisdictions that distribute the assistance. Further complicating the task, many immigration records are maintained only on paper. And the new regulation wouldn’t affect sponsors of immigrants already in the country.

Visa Bulletin - July 2019 
A. Application Final Action Dates for Family-Sponsored Cases
 
Family- Sponsored All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 08MAR12 08MAR12 08MAR12 01AUG96 22AUG07
F2A C C C C C
F2B 01SEP13 01SEP13 01SEP13 15APR98 01JAN08
F3 08MAR07 08MAR07 08MAR07 01JUL95 01AUG97
F4 15JUN06 15JUN06 22AUG04 01JAN97 01JAN98
B. Dates for Filing Family-Sponsored Visa Applications
 
Family- Sponsored All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed CHINA- mainland born INDIA MEXICO PHILIPPINES
F1 08NOV12 08NOV12 08NOV12 22OCT99 01MAY08
F2A 08MAR19 08MAR19 08MAR19 08MAR19 08MAR19
F2B 15AUG14 15AUG14 15AUG14 22DEC98 01AUG08
F3 08SEP07 08SEP07 08SEP07 08JUL00 01FEB98
F4 15DEC06 15DEC06 22APR05 08DEC98 01JUL98

NOTES:
F1: Unmarried, adult (21 or older) sons and daughters of U.S. citizens
F2A: Spouses, unmarried children under 21 of permanent residents
F2B: Unmarried, adult (21 or older) sons and daughters of permanent residents
F3: Married sons and daughters (any age) of U.S. citizens
F4:
Brothers and sisters of adult U.S. citizens

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HOW WE CAN HELP...
Nguyen Legal Group, P.C., managed by attorney Huy-Tuan Dai Nguyen, has many years of experience in Immigration and Nationality Law. For years, our office has assisted our clients in all aspects of immigration laws, such as the refugee program, the humanitarian parole program, family-based petitionsfor spouses, parents, children, and siblings.  In addition, our office assists other foreign nationals through employment based immigration or investment, and obtaining student and tourist visas. We also assist clients in protecting their immigration rights when their marriage ends in dissolution, or when they are victims of abused or extreme cruelty.  We represent our clients in removal proceedings before theimmigration court and the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Our office is located at 12101 Beechnut St., Houston, TX 77072. For more information please visit our home page at www.nguyenlegalgroup.com or contact us at 855-647-9900 (toll free).
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