Family-Based

19 tracked rules affecting Family-Based.

• Adjudication of Civil Penalties Against International Marriage Brokers — effective September 10, 2026
• Visas: Immigrant Visas; Certain Afghan Applicants — effective June 1, 2023
• Expansion of Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility — comments close September 21, 2015
• Visas: Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended — effective June 5, 2014
• Visas: Documentation of Immigrants under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended — effective June 3, 2013
• Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives — effective March 4, 2013
• Provisional Unlawful Presence Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives — comments close June 1, 2012
• Provisional Waivers of Inadmissibility for Certain Immediate Relatives of U.S. Citizens
• Requiring Residents Who Live Outside the United States To File Petitions According to Form Instructions — effective August 15, 2011
• Application of Immigration Regulations to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — effective November 28, 2009
• Adjustment of the Appeal and Motion Fees To Recover Full Costs — effective September 28, 2005
• Adjustment of the Appeal and Motion Fees to Recover Full Costs — comments close December 30, 2004
• Documentation of Nonimmigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended-Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons — effective August 25, 2003
• Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended-Immediate Relatives — effective March 20, 2003
• Documentation of Immigrants Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended-Immediate Relatives — effective January 11, 2002 — comments close January 11, 2002
• Visas: Issuance of New or Replacement Immigrant Visas — effective January 29, 1998
• Bureau of Consular Affairs; Visas: Documentation of Immigrants under the Immigration and Nationality Act, as Amended — effective January 6, 1997
• Petition to Classify Alien as Immediate Relative of a United States Citizen or as a Preference Immigrant; Self-Petitioning for Certain Battered or Abused Spouses and Children — effective March 26, 1996 — comments close May 28, 1996
• Immigrant Petitions; Children of Widows or Widower — effective July 31, 1995 — comments close September 29, 1995