3.0.0 1194 2023-01-11T13:49:18Z 2023-01-11T13:49:18Z Senate S 2021-04-15 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-15T21:30:38Z AMIGOS Act 117 2571 HR 2021-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2021-04-15 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2021-04-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2021-04-15 True Immigration Europe Foreign labor Immigration status and procedures Portugal U.S. and foreign investments Visas and passports Immigration 00 2021-04-15 Introduced in Senate 2021-06-22T14:13:52Z Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act or the AMIGOS Act

This bill makes Portuguese nationals eligible for E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrant visas if the government of Portugal provides similar nonimmigrant status to U.S. nationals. The bill also imposes additional requirements on such visas.

An E-1 visa is for individuals entering the United States to engage in international trade, while an E-2 visa is for individuals investing a substantial amount of capital in the United States. Both are limited to nationals from countries that have a treaty of commerce and navigation with the United States.

Furthermore, under this bill, if an alien who has never received an E visa became the national of an E visa-eligible foreign country by making a financial investment in that foreign country, that alien must have been domiciled in that foreign country for a continuous period of at least three years at any point before applying for an E visa.

]]> AMIGOS Act Display Title AMIGOS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to include Portugal in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as E-1 and E-2 nonimmigrants if United States nationals are treated similarly by the Government of Portugal and to otherwise modify the eligibility criteria for E visas. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced AMIGOS Act Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Advancing Mutual Interests and Growing Our Success Act Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1194is/xml/BILLS-117s1194is.xml 2021-04-15 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.