3.0.0 3369 2019-11-15T21:58:59Z 2019-11-15T21:58:59Z Senate S S 2008-07-30 110 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-07-30T23:25:02Z To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children. 110 6034 HR 2008-10-03 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 586. Related bill CRS 2008-07-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2008-07-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2008-07-30 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-07-30 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2008-07-30 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2008-07-30 True Immigration Administrative remedies Families Immigrants Law Marriage Visas Widowers Widows Women Immigration 00 2008-07-30 Introduced in Senate 2008-11-21T19:15:25Z 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.

]]> A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children, and for other purposes. Display Title A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children, and for other purposes. Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-07-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3369is/xml/BILLS-110s3369is.xml 2008-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.