To authorize the issuance of visas and admission of certain aliens, and their derivatives, who were selected to apply for diversity immigrant visas but were unable to be issued such visas or be admitted to the United States as a result of certain Presidential Proclamations, and for other purposes.
The Keeping Our Promise Act would allow people who were selected for diversity visas but unable to obtain them between 2017 and 2022 to reapply and receive those visas. These individuals were blocked either by three Trump-era travel restrictions and a 2020 proclamation, or by the COVID-19 pandemic, which prevented visa interviews or admission to the United States. The bill requires the State Department to notify eligible applicants within 90 days and give them one year to indicate whether they want to proceed with their applications. Applicants' adult children would be protected from aging out of eligibility based on when the original selection was made. The bill counts these visas against the normal annual diversity visa allocation, though any unused visas from those years would be redirected to these applicants, and excess applicants would not be subject to numerical limits.
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