Sponsor
Danny K. Davis
Representative · D-IL
Representative · D-IL
The bill grants permanent-resident status to two named individuals (including retroactive adjustment if already present) while preserving overall visa limits by subtracting two family‑preference slots — trading a narrowly targeted immigration benefit for two people against modest harms to other applicants, barred family-reunification pathways for their relatives, and minimal administrative cost.
Melnyk and Gnatyuk (two named individuals) can obtain immigrant visas/green cards outside the usual numerical limits and — if they already entered the U.S. before applying — be treated as having lawfully entered and may adjust status as of the bill's enactment.
The Secretary of State must offset the two visas granted to these individuals by reducing available family‑preference visas by two, preserving the overall statutory visa limits for other applicants.
Prospective immigrants who are nationals of the beneficiaries' country lose two available family‑preference immigrant visa slots, making it marginally harder for other applicants from that country to immigrate.
Parents, siblings, and other close relatives of Melnyk and Gnatyuk are explicitly barred from receiving family‑based immigration benefits through these beneficiaries, removing a possible pathway for family reunification.
Implementing this narrow, case‑specific grant requires administrative processing and tracking (visa number offsets) by the Department of State and DHS, creating a small additional workload.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Provides immigrant visas or adjustment to permanent resident status to two named individuals if they file within two years, and reduces their country's visa allotment by two.
Official title: For the relief of Ruslana Melnyk and Mykhaylo Gnatyuk.
Introduced February 18, 2025 by Danny K. Davis · Last progress February 18, 2025
Grants immigration relief to two named foreign nationals by allowing them to receive immigrant visas or adjust to lawful permanent resident status if they file specified applications within two years of enactment. If either entered the U.S. before filing, the bill treats their entry as lawful for adjustment purposes as of the date of enactment. When visas or LPR status are granted, the Secretary of State must subtract two immigrant visas from the numerical allotment for natives of their country of birth in the relevant fiscal year, and the bill bars the beneficiaries' parents, brothers, and sisters from receiving immigration benefits based on that relationship.