Continuing Resolution Extends Key Immigration Programs Until December 9, 2016 | Practical Law

Continuing Resolution Extends Key Immigration Programs Until December 9, 2016 | Practical Law

Congress has passed a resolution to continue funding the government through December 9, 2016, while it works on a new budget for FY 2017. The resolution temporarily extends four immigration programs, E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification, EB-5 Regional Center permanent residence for foreign investors, Conrad 30 waiver for foreign medical graduates, and special immigrant non-minister religious worker permanent residence.

Continuing Resolution Extends Key Immigration Programs Until December 9, 2016

Practical Law Legal Update w-003-7122 (Approx. 4 pages)

Continuing Resolution Extends Key Immigration Programs Until December 9, 2016

by Practical Law Labor & Employment
Law stated as of 15 Dec 2016 • USA (National/Federal)
Congress has passed a resolution to continue funding the government through December 9, 2016, while it works on a new budget for FY 2017. The resolution temporarily extends four immigration programs, E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification, EB-5 Regional Center permanent residence for foreign investors, Conrad 30 waiver for foreign medical graduates, and special immigrant non-minister religious worker permanent residence.
On September 28, 2016, Congress passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government through December 9, 2016, while FY 2017 budget negotiations continue. President Obama signed the resolution on September 29, 2016.
The resolution temporarily extends four immigration programs that would have expired on September 30, 2016:
  • The E-Verify electronic employment eligibility verification system.
  • The EB-5 Regional Center permanent residence program for foreign investors.
  • The Conrad 30 waiver program for foreign medical graduates who will work in areas of the US that are underserved by physicians.
  • The special immigrant non-minister religious worker permanent residence program.
If there is no agreement on the FY 2017 federal budget by December 9, 2016, a federal shutdown is still possible.
UPDATE: On December 9, 2016, the Senate voted 63-36 to pass H.R. 2028, a continuing resolution that extends until April 28, 2017 the four immigration programs which were to expire on December 9, 2016. The House of Representatives previously passed the resolution on December 8, 2016 by a vote of 326-96.