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3. Provisional waivers of unlawful presence
Who
Undocumented individuals who have resided unlawfully in the United States for at least 180 days and who are:
The sons and daughters of U.S. citizens; and
The spouse and sons or daughters of lawful permanent residents.
What
Expands the provisional waiver program announced in 2013 by allowing the spouses, sons or daughters of lawful permanent residents and sons and daughters of U.S. citizens to get a waiver if a visa is available. There may be instances when the qualifying relative is not the petitioner.
Clarifies the meaning of the “extreme hardship” standard that must be met to obtain a waiver.
Notes: Currently, only spouses and minor children of U.S. citizens are allowed to apply to obtain a provisional waiver if a visa is available. For more information about the waivers program, go to the Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers page which will be updated over the next several months.
When
Upon issuing of new guidelines and regulations.
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While I expected other parts of the plan, I feel like this hasn't been touched on enough in the other threads. Unless I'm interpreting this wrong, this is a BIG f***ing deal for people with petition priority dates that are current but couldn't acquire a visa due to the ban. I'm talking about those that are over 21, and not covered by 245i obviously.
I know that the 2013 waiver was just a pre-emtive type of thing, where you are able to get a confirmation/guarantee of return to the US, but still require you to travel to home country for the visa interview.
If they somehow expanded this over the sons/daughters (meaning over 21), from the previous 'children' definition, I guess I'll go grab my PR visa next year (priority date was march of this year).
Waiting to see what the new guidelines say, but sounds like/ hope they're addressing one of the biggest cock blocks in legal immigration history with this.