8 U.S.C. § 1571 — Purposes
submitted 26 years ago by Pub. L. 106-313 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 138 words · no verdicts yet
This subchapter aims to eliminate the immigration-benefit application backlog and provide congressional oversight of processing. Congress states that applications generally should be completed within 180 days, with a 30-day target for certain nonimmigrant-visa petitions.
(a) Purposes. The subchapter aims to (1) give the Immigration and Naturalization Service mechanisms to eliminate its existing immigration-benefit backlog* within one year after October 17, 2000, and keep it eliminated in later years; and (2) provide regular congressional oversight of the Service’s performance in eliminating the backlog and processing delays.
(b) Policy. Congress states that an immigration-benefit application should be completed no later than 180 days after initial filing. A petition for a nonimmigrant visa under section 1184(c) of this title should instead be processed no later than 30 days after filing.
The purposes of this subchapter are to—
provide the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the mechanisms it needs to eliminate the current backlog* in the processing of immigration benefit applications within 1 year after October 17, 2000, and to maintain the elimination of the backlog in future years; and
provide for regular congressional oversight of the performance of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in eliminating the backlog and processing delays in immigration benefits adjudications.
It is the sense of Congress that the processing of an immigration benefit application* should be completed not later than 180 days after the initial filing of the application, except that a petition for a nonimmigrant visa under section 1184(c) of this title should be processed not later than 30 days after the filing of the petition.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 106–313, title II, § 202, Oct. 17, 2000, 114 Stat. 1262.)
- 2000Enacted · Pub. L. 106-313 · 114 Stat. 1262
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 106-313 on 2000-10-17.
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