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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3215 

To establish a new nonimmigrant category for alien relatives of United States 

citizens and lawful permanent residents seeking to enter the United 

States temporarily for family purposes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 13, 2021 

Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mrs. BICE of Oklahoma, Mr. HIMES, and Ms. SALAZAR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To establish a new nonimmigrant category for alien relatives 

of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents 

seeking to enter the United States temporarily for family 

purposes, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Family 

5 Visitation Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FAMILY PURPOSE NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR REL2 ATIVES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND 

3 LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS SEEKING 

4 TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES TEMPO5 RARILY. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NONIMMIGRANT VISA

7 CATEGORY.—Section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration 

8 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) is amend9 ed by striking ‘‘and who is visiting the United States tem10 porarily for business or temporarily for pleasure;’’ and in11 serting ‘‘and who is visiting the United States temporarily 

12 for— 

13 ‘‘(i) business; 

14 ‘‘(ii) pleasure; or 

15 ‘‘(iii) family purposes;’’. 

16 (b) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FAMILY PUR17 POSE VISAS.—Section 214 of the Immigration and Na18 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at 

19 the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(s) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FAMILY PUR21 POSE VISAS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection and sec23 tion 101(a)(15)(B)(iii): 

24 ‘‘(A) FAMILY PURPOSES.—The term ‘fam25 ily purposes’ means any visit by a relative for 

26 a social, occasional, or any other purpose. 


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1 ‘‘(B) RELATIVE.—The term ‘relative’ 

2 means the spouse, child, son, daughter, grand3 child, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, 

4 niece, and nephew of a citizen of the United 

5 States or an alien lawfully admitted for perma6 nent residence. 

7 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A relative seeking admis8 sion pursuant to a visa issued under section 

9 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) is inadmissible unless— 

10 ‘‘(A) the individual petitioning for such ad11 mission, or an additional sponsor, has sub12 mitted to the Secretary of Homeland Security 

13 an undertaking under section 213 in the form 

14 of a declaration of support (Form I–134); and 

15 ‘‘(B) such relative has obtained, for the 

16 duration of his or her stay in the United States, 

17 a health insurance policy (such as an additional 

18 travel health insurance policy or an existing 

19 health insurance policy that includes travel 

20 health care costs) with minimum policy require21 ments, as determined by the Secretary. 

22 ‘‘(3) PERIOD OF AUTHORIZED ADMISSION.— 

23 The period of authorized admission for a non24 immigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) 

25 shall not exceed 90 days. 


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1 ‘‘(4) PETITIONER REQUIREMENT.— 

2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual may not 

3 petition for the admission of a relative as a 

4 nonimmigrant described in section 

5 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) if the individual previously 

6 petitioned for the admission of such a relative 

7 who— 

8 ‘‘(i) was admitted to the United 

9 States pursuant to a visa issued under that 

10 section as a result; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) overstayed his or her period of 

12 authorized admission. 

13 ‘‘(B) PREVIOUS PETITIONERS.—An indi14 vidual petitioning for the admission of a relative 

15 as a nonimmigrant described in section 

16 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) who has previously petitioned 

17 for such a relative shall submit to the Secretary 

18 of Homeland Security evidence demonstrating 

19 that the relative on behalf of whom the indi20 vidual previously petitioned did not overstay his 

21 or her period of authorized admission.’’. 

22 (c) RESTRICTION ON CHANGE OF STATUS.—Section 

23 248(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

24 U.S.C. 1258(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(1) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant 

2 under subparagraph (B)(iii), (C), (D), (K), or (S) of 

3 section 101(a)(15),’’. 

4 (d) FAMILY PURPOSE VISA ELIGIBILITY WHILE

5 AWAITING IMMIGRANT VISA.—Notwithstanding section 

6 214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1184(b)), a nonimmigrant described in section 

8 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) of that Act who has been classified as 

9 an immigrant under section 201 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 

10 1151) and is awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa 

11 subject to the numerical limitations under section 203 of 

12 that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) may be admitted pursuant to 

13 a family purpose visa, in accordance with section 214(s) 

14 of that Act, if the individual is otherwise eligible for ad15 mission. 

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