HR 9141 United States House · 117th Congress

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act

Summary

Visitor Visa Wait Time Reduction Act This bill requires the Department of State to report to Congress on the average waiting time to get a visitor visa interview at each diplomatic or consular post. For each post where the average waiting time is longer than 300 days, the State Department must temporarily reassign personnel at that post to shorten the waiting time.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Oct 2022

Committee Review

Floor Vote

President

Introduced Oct 7, 2022 Last action Nov 1, 2022

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Nov 1, 2022

Committee

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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Oct 7, 2022

Committee

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Oct 7, 2022

Introduced

Introduced in House

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1 primary · 19 co-sponsors

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