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HR 9141 117th Congress House Immigration

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

Introduced: October 7, 2022 Introduced by: Salazar, Maria Elvira Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 1, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Oct 7, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 7, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the average waiting time to get a visitor visa interview at each diplomatic or consular post.  For each post where the average waiting time is longer than 300 days, the State Department must temporarily reassign personnel at that post to shorten the waiting time.

What's happening now November 1, 2022

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 9 Republican 5
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Hinson, Ashley
Iowa · Dec 8, 2022
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Oct 21, 2022
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Oct 21, 2022
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Oct 21, 2022
 D
Case, Ed
Hawaii · Oct 7, 2022
 R
Gimenez, Carlos A.
Florida · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Horsford, Steven
Nevada · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Oct 7, 2022
Kuster, Ann
· Oct 7, 2022
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Lee, Susie
Nevada · Oct 7, 2022
Malinowski, Tom
· Oct 7, 2022
 R
Miller-Meeks, Mariannette
Iowa · Oct 7, 2022
 R
Newhouse, Dan
Washington · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Oct 7, 2022
 D
Titus, Dina
Nevada · Oct 7, 2022
Wild, Susan
· Oct 7, 2022
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 9141: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9141/
MLA
"H.R. 9141: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9141/.
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H.R. 9141, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9141/.
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[H.R. 9141: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-9141/)
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