I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6670 
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 
DECEMBER 11, 2025 
Mr. PETERS (for himself, Mrs. BICE, Mr. HIMES, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. 
SWALWELL, Ms. FOXX, Mr. MIN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. 
SHERMAN, Mr. MILLS, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. LEE
of Florida, Mr. 
WALKINSHAW, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. EVANS of Col-
orado) 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: 
‘‘(t) 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 
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a social, occasional, major life, religious event, 
or for any other purpose. 
‘‘(B) 
RELATIVE.—The 
term 
‘relative’ 
means the spouse, child, son, daughter, grand-
child, parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, 
sibling, uncle, aunt, niece, or nephew of a cit-
izen of the United States or an alien lawfully 
admitted for permanent 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 associated with section 213 in 
the form of a declaration of financial support; 
‘‘(B) such relative has obtained, for the 
duration of his or her stay in the United States, 
a short-term travel medical insurance policy or 
an existing health insurance policy that pro-
vides coverage for international medical ex-
penses; and 
‘‘(C) a declaration from the relative, under 
penalty of perjury, affirming the relative’s in-
tent to depart the United States at the conclu-
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sion of the relative’s period of authorized ad-
mission; and awareness of penalties for over-
staying such period of authorized admission. 
‘‘(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 per calendar year. 
‘‘(4) PETITIONER ELIGIBILITY.— 
‘‘(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.— 
‘‘(i) CERTIFICATION.—An individual 
filing a declaration of financial support for 
the admission of a relative as a non-
immigrant 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(B)(iii) who has previously pro-
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vided a declaration of financial support for 
such a relative shall certify to the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security that the rel-
ative whose admission the individual pre-
viously supported did not overstay his or 
her period of authorized admission or pro-
vide an explanation of why the relative’s 
overstay was due to extraordinary cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the rel-
ative. 
‘‘(ii) CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR FALSE 
STATEMENT.—A certification under clause 
(i) shall be subject to section 1001 of title 
18, United States Code. 
‘‘(C) WAIVER.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security may waive the application of sec-
tion 212(a)(9)(B) in the case of a non-
immigrant 
described 
in 
section 
101(a)(15)(B)(iii) who overstayed his or her pe-
riod of authorized admission due to extraor-
dinary circumstances beyond the control of the 
nonimmigrant.’’. 
(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.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 
214(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(b)), a nonimmigrant described in sec-
tion 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 limita-
tions 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(t) of that Act, if the 
individual is otherwise eligible for admission. 
(2) LIMITATION.—An alien admitted under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(B)(iii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(b)) shall not be consid-
ered to have been admitted to the United States for 
purposes of section 245(a) of that Act (8 U.S.C. 
1255(a)). 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act, 
or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed— 
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