For the relief of Diego Montoya Bedoya.
This is a private relief bill in the form of a House bill (H.R. 1763) titled “For the relief of Diego Montoya Bedoya.” If enacted, it would grant Diego Montoya Bedoya permanent resident status in the United States. The bill allows him to apply for an immigrant visa or for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status, effectively waiving some usual immigration barriers and removing existing removal or inadmissibility orders tied to grounds in DHS or DOS records as of enactment. It also provides a path for him to adjust status as of the date of enactment if he enters before a specified deadline. In addition to granting status, the bill imposes a deadline, requires fees, and includes a numbers-management provision and a family-relationship restriction. Specifically, it would reduce by one the annual immigrant visa allotment for the country of his birth to offset the grant, and it bars his natural parents, brothers, and sisters from gaining any immigration advantages by virtue of their relationship to him. The bill is a private (individual) relief measure and would apply only if enacted.
Key Points
- 1Grants Diego Montoya Bedoya eligibility for an immigrant visa or for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident, overriding certain standard INA limitations for him.
- 2If he enters the United States before the filing deadline, he is considered to have entered lawfully and can pursue adjustment of status as of the date of enactment, if otherwise eligible.
- 3The bill waives grounds for removal or admission (as reflected in DHS or DOS records on the enactment date) and requires the rescission of any outstanding removal orders or findings of inadmissibility tied to those grounds.
- 4The application for an immigrant visa or adjustment of status must be filed with appropriate fees within 2 years after enactment of the bill.
- 5To offset the impact on the visa system, the Secretary of State would reduce by 1 the number of immigrant visas available to natives of his country of birth in the current or next fiscal year; and the bill prohibits his natural parents, brothers, and sisters from receiving preferential immigration treatment by virtue of their relationship.