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S 3369 110th Congress Senate Immigration Administrative remedies Families Immigrants Law Marriage Visas Widowers Widows Women

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 30, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Jul 30, 2008
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 30, 2008
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a surviving spouse of a U.S. citizen who was married for less than two years at the time of the citizen's death who proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the marriage was entered into in good faith and not for the purpose of obtaining an immigration benefit to self-petition (within the required two years) for continued immediate relative status. (Applies such provision to applications and petitions pending on or after the date of enactment of this Act.)

Extends the petition filing deadline for two years after the date of the enactment of this Act if: (1) the alien's U.S. citizen spouse died before the date of the enactment of this Act; (2) the alien and the citizen spouse were married for less than two years at the time of the citizen spouse's death; and (3) the alien has not remarried.

What's happening now July 30, 2008

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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