I 
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. SALA-
ZAR) 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Family 
Visitation Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FAMILY PURPOSE NONIMMIGRANT VISAS FOR REL-
ATIVES OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS AND 
LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS SEEKING 
TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES TEMPO-
RARILY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NONIMMIGRANT VISA 
CATEGORY.—Section 101(a)(15)(B) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(B)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘and who is visiting the United States tem-
porarily for business or temporarily for pleasure;’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and who is visiting the United States temporarily 
for— 
‘‘(i) business; 
‘‘(ii) pleasure; or 
‘‘(iii) family purposes;’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FAMILY PUR-
POSE VISAS.—Section 214 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(s) REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO FAMILY PUR-
POSE VISAS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection and sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(B)(iii): 
‘‘(A) FAMILY PURPOSES.—The term ‘fam-
ily purposes’ means any visit by a relative for 
a social, occasional, or any other purpose. 
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‘‘(B) 
RELATIVE.—The 
term 
‘relative’ 
means the spouse, child, son, daughter, grand-
child, parent, grandparent, sibling, uncle, aunt, 
niece, and nephew of a citizen of the United 
States or an alien lawfully admitted for perma-
nent residence. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT.—A relative seeking admis-
sion pursuant to a visa issued under section 
101(a)(15)(B)(iii) is inadmissible unless— 
‘‘(A) the individual petitioning for such ad-
mission, or an additional sponsor, has sub-
mitted to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
an undertaking under section 213 in the form 
of a declaration of support (Form I–134); and 
‘‘(B) such relative has obtained, for the 
duration of his or her stay in the United States, 
a health insurance policy (such as an additional 
travel health insurance policy or an existing 
health insurance policy that includes travel 
health care costs) with minimum policy require-
ments, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD
OF
AUTHORIZED
ADMISSION.— 
The period of authorized admission for a non-
immigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) 
shall not exceed 90 days. 
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‘‘(4) PETITIONER REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual may not 
petition for the admission of a relative as a 
nonimmigrant 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(B)(iii) if the individual previously 
petitioned for the admission of such a relative 
who— 
‘‘(i) was admitted to the United 
States pursuant to a visa issued under that 
section as a result; and 
‘‘(ii) overstayed his or her period of 
authorized admission. 
‘‘(B) PREVIOUS
PETITIONERS.—An indi-
vidual petitioning for the admission of a relative 
as 
a 
nonimmigrant 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(B)(iii) who has previously petitioned 
for such a relative shall submit to the Secretary 
of Homeland Security evidence demonstrating 
that the relative on behalf of whom the indi-
vidual previously petitioned did not overstay his 
or her period of authorized admission.’’. 
(c) RESTRICTION ON CHANGE OF STATUS.—Section 
248(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1258(a)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(1) an alien classified as a nonimmigrant 
under subparagraph (B)(iii), (C), (D), (K), or (S) of 
section 101(a)(15),’’. 
(d) FAMILY PURPOSE VISA ELIGIBILITY WHILE 
AWAITING IMMIGRANT VISA.—Notwithstanding section 
214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(b)), 
a 
nonimmigrant 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(B)(iii) of that Act who has been classified as 
an immigrant under section 201 of that Act (8 U.S.C. 
1151) and is awaiting the availability of an immigrant visa 
subject to the numerical limitations under section 203 of 
that Act (8 U.S.C. 1153) may be admitted pursuant to 
a family purpose visa, in accordance with section 214(s) 
of that Act, if the individual is otherwise eligible for ad-
mission. 
Æ 
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