legislation: 112-hr-6210
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| 112-hr-6210 | 112 | hr | 6210 | American Investment and Job Creation Act of 2012 | Immigration | 2012-07-26 | 2012-08-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement. | House | Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-14] | MI | D | C000714 | 1 | American Investment and Job Creation Act of 2012 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Actto provide an (employment-based) immigrant visa for an alien entrepreneur who has engaged in a new commercial enterprise in the United States that has benefitted the U.S. economy and: (1) has, during the period beginning four years prior to the filing of a preference classification petition for such alien, created full-time employment for at least five U.S. workers, or in the case of an enterprise in a Distressed Area Development Zone, for at least three U.S. workers; and (2) the enterprise has received enough investment or revenue during this period to support such employment creation requirements. | 2019-11-15T21:34:33Z |