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HR 5127 118th Congress House Immigration

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

Introduced: September 13, 2023 Introduced by: Salazar, Maria Elvira Republican · Florida See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 1, 2023
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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 August 1, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 18 Republican 9
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Landsman, Greg
Ohio · Dec 6, 2024
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Lawler, Michael
New York · Feb 28, 2024
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Self, Keith
Texas · Oct 3, 2023
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Plaskett, Stacey E.
Virgin Islands · Sep 22, 2023
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Kim, Young
California · Sep 13, 2023
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Schneider, Bradley Scott
Illinois · Sep 13, 2023
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Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Aug 15, 2023
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Blunt Rochester, Lisa
Delaware · Aug 1, 2023
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Carson, André
Indiana · Aug 1, 2023
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Aug 1, 2023
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Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila
Florida · Aug 1, 2023
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Aug 1, 2023
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Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Aug 1, 2023
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Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Aug 1, 2023
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Goldman, Daniel S.
New York · Aug 1, 2023
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Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Aug 1, 2023
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Krishnamoorthi, Raja
Illinois · Aug 1, 2023
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Lee, Susie
Nevada · Aug 1, 2023
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Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Aug 1, 2023
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Miller, Carol D.
West Virginia · Aug 1, 2023
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Aug 1, 2023
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Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
American Samoa · Aug 1, 2023
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Ryan, Patrick
New York · Aug 1, 2023
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Swalwell, Eric
California · Aug 1, 2023
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Titus, Dina
Nevada · Aug 1, 2023
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Tokuda, Jill N.
Hawaii · Aug 1, 2023
Trone, David
· Aug 1, 2023
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Aug 1, 2023
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Webster, Daniel
Florida · Aug 1, 2023
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Aug 1, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5127: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5127/
MLA
"H.R. 5127: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5127/.
Bluebook (legal)
H.R. 5127, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5127/.
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[H.R. 5127: Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5127/)
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