HR 5496 116th Congress House Immigration Europe Foreign labor Iceland Immigration status and procedures U.S. and foreign investments Visas and passports

ICELAND Act

Introduced: February 14, 2020 Introduced by: Pingree, Chellie Democratic · Maine See on congress.gov

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Became law

Jan 28, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Dec 19, 2019

Introduced in House

Dec 19, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Iceland Commercial and Economic Leadership for Arctic and National Development Act or the ICELAND Act

This bill establishes that a national of Iceland shall be eligible for an E visa (for an investor or trader who is a national of a foreign country with a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States) if Iceland provides a similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals.

What's happening now January 28, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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