# Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025 - Plain Language Summary

## What This Bill Does

This bill removes immigration visa limits for adult children of Filipino World War II veterans who became U.S. citizens. Currently, the U.S. has numerical caps on how many family-based immigrant visas it can issue each year. This bill creates an exception to those caps specifically for children of Filipino veterans, allowing them to immigrate to the United States without counting against the annual visa quota limits.

## Who Benefits

The primary beneficiaries are adult children of Filipino World War II veterans who:
- Became U.S. citizens through specific naturalization laws (either the 1990 Immigration Act or the 1940 Act as amended in 1942)
- Are seeking to immigrate to the United States as family members
- Would otherwise be subject to annual visa number limitations

This includes both living veterans' children and children of deceased veterans.

## Key Impact

By exempting this group from visa number caps, the bill aims to facilitate family reunification for Filipino veterans and their descendants. This recognizes the historical service of Filipino soldiers in World War II and removes bureaucratic barriers that might otherwise delay or prevent their adult children from immigrating to join family members already in the United States. The bill does not change eligibility requirements—only removes the numerical quota restrictions for this specific group.

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025

Hirono, Mazie K.

Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act of 2025 This bill exempts from immigrant visa limitations the children of certain individuals who were naturalized due to their military service during World War II. Specifically, this applies to the children of veterans who served honorably during World War II in the U.S. Armed Forces or in Filipino military units such as the Philippine Army, Philippine Scouts, or recognized guerilla units.