Title VI: Family Unity and Backlog Reduction Immediate relatives of U.S. citizens are not counted against the 480,000 annual cap on family-sponsored green cards, thereby providing additional visas to the family preference categories
* The current per-country limit on green cards is raised slightly to clear up backlogs
* Income requirements for sponsoring a family member for a green card are changed from 125% of the federal poverty guidelines to 100%, and other obstacles are removed to ensure fairness
* The employment-based categories are revised to provide additional visas for employers who need to hire permanent workers, and the annual cap is raised from 140,000 to 290,000
* Immigrant visas lost due to processing delays are recaptured for future allotments
In the above para, does the last point talk about issuing more visa numbers for processing pending I-485s(retrogressed)? I am not clear on this. If 'Yes' then I would wait for the bill to go into effect.
