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This bill, the Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families Act (RELIEF Act), aims to end the immigrant visa backlog by making changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Key provisions include: - Eliminating the per-country limit on family-sponsored immigrant visas, and increasing the overall annual limit on employment-based immigrant visas from 7% to 15% per country. - Providing additional immigrant visas over 5 years to clear the existing backlog of approved petitions for employment-based and family-sponsored immigrants. - Reclassifying spouses and minor children of lawful permanent residents as "immediate relatives," exempting them from numerical limits and allowing them to receive visas more quickly. - Protecting children of immigrants from "aging out" by basing their eligibility on the date the petition was filed, rather than their current age. The goal of the bill is to reduce long wait times and backlogs for immigrant visa applicants, especially those sponsored by family members or employers in the United States.

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