What is the relative immigration policy of the United States?

In the early American immigration law, there was no written provision about relying on immigrant visas. This immigration bill was formed in 1960.

The cornerstone of this American immigration bill, commonly known as the Family Reunion Act, was signed into effect by then US President Lyndon lyndon johnson on 1965, namely the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, making it a widely implemented public bill (namely Bill No.89-236).

In this family reunion bill, the original idea of issuing immigration permits in the United States was changed. Prior to this, immigrant visas were more willing to be issued to those who recognized American culture and had the ability to succeed in the United States, giving them legal immigration status to settle and struggle in the United States. Since then, the scope of issuing immigrant visas has rapidly shifted to the broader concept of "family reunion".

In recent years, political parties or social groups opposed to immigration generally believe that this change obviously puts the so-called family reunion permit above American interests such as economy, national security and public safety.

In today's American immigration system, the most common legal basis is the Family Reunion Act. Throughout the immigration history of the United States, the importance of family reunion in immigration law also began in Sri Lanka. In this bill, 74% of the annual immigration quota for that year was allocated to those new immigrants who obtained family reunion visas, that is, 720,000 immigrant visas were issued according to the immigration categories of families.

Among them, according to the priority level of family reunion category, the corresponding quota allocation is strictly given in the bill. These priorities are divided into:

Unmarried adult children of American citizens, accounting for 20%;

Spouses and unmarried children of foreigners who have obtained permanent residency account for 20%;

Married children of American citizens (10%);

And brothers and sisters of American citizens over 2 1 year old (accounting for 24%)

It is worth noting that according to the spouse visa disclosed on the website of the US State Department, it is clear that same-sex spouses have the same rights as heterosexual spouses, and they can apply for spouse reunion through their spouses who are American citizens or permanent residents.