3.0.0 775 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z 2023-01-11T13:36:10Z Senate S 2017-03-30 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-30T15:19:23Z 2017-03-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N Immigration Foreign labor Religion Visas and passports Immigration 00 2017-03-30 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-08T16:25:15Z Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to prohibit a consular officer from issuing a nonimmigrant R-visa (for a religious worker and accompanying or joining spouse or child), and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from granting such status, to an alien until DHS has approved a petition filed on the alien's behalf.

An eligible petitioner may file a blanket petition, in lieu of individual petitions, on behalf of aliens meeting specified requirements for blanket petition inclusion.

DHS may only include in approval of a blanket petition missionary service locations for which DHS has previously conducted a site inspection in connection with an individual petition for a religious worker.

A petitioner may file a petition at any time to amend the list of previously authorized missionary service locations.

]]> Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act Display Title Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to streamline the R-1 religious worker visa petition process. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act Introduced in Senate 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s775is/xml/BILLS-115s775is.xml 2017-03-30 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.