S. 3414 would recapture family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant visas in the future.
Detailed Summary
Visa Efficiency and E-Verify Extension Act of 2008 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish the fiscal year worldwide level of employment-based immigrants at 140,000 plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas; and (2) the number of unused visas from FY2002-FY2007.
Establishes the fiscal year worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants at 480,000 minus the number of certain aliens not subject to direct numerical limitations plus: (1) the previous year's unused visas; and (2) the number of unused visas from FY2002-FY2007. (States that such annual level shall not be less than 226,000.)
Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to extend the employment eligibility confirmation pilot programs (which includes the E-Verify basic pilot program) for five years.
Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security, for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2008, to enter into a fiscal year agreement which shall: (1) provide funds to the Commissioner for such programs' full costs in quarterly advances; and (2) require an annual accounting and reconciliation of costs incurred and funds provided. Provides for interim funding continuation (based upon the latest agreement) if an agreement has not been reached by October 1 of a fiscal year.
Requires that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conduct studies regarding: (1) erroneous tentative nonconfirmations under the E-Verify program; and (2) such program's effects on small entities.
Status of the Legislation
Latest Major Action: 7/31/2008: Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Visitor Comments
aruba
August 8, 2008, 10:29pm (report abuse)this was required long ago..can someone introduce a bill to penalize the slow movement of processing of these applications as well as the labor certification process by DOL? they are sitting on these applications for years after insisting on request for information to be provided within 30 days or cancelling the application
mike
August 11, 2008, 10:42pm (report abuse)good one it will help people.
meenajosy
August 13, 2008, 5:39pm (report abuse)Hope the ultimate controller of this game will play for all those who wait for such along time and HE will bring a very big suceses to us soon.PraBDS9Cy well
David
September 2, 2008, 4:24pm (report abuse)this is needed for long time...
dc
September 11, 2008, 10:45am (report abuse)what are those senate and congress waiting for? don't they have families of their own not to understand this?