New York A 10508: Establishes a state visa bond fund administered by the office for New Americans

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A10508 Summary:

BILL NOA10508 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORRajkumar

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §94-e, amd §94-b, Exec L

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Establishes a state visa bond fund administered by the office for New Americans funded entirely by private donations to assist persons in purchasing a visa bond for immigrants.

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03/06/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 10508

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 6, 2026
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 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to creating a state visa
 bond fund to assist persons in obtaining visas

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 94-e
 2 to read as follows:
 3 § 94-e. State visa bond fund. 1. The office for new Americans shall
 4 establish a not-for-profit entity charged with the responsibility of
 5 raising funds for the administration of this section to assist persons
 6 with purchasing bonds for an immigrant seeking a United States visa, the
 7 office for new Americans shall:
 8 (a) publicize the availability of such fund;
 9 (b) develop criteria and a selection process for the recipients; and
 10 (c) establish, by rule, procedures for accepting and evaluating appli-
 11 cations issuing funds to selected applicants.
 12 2. The fund shall be funded entirely by private contributions, and no
 13 state funds shall be appropriated to or used by the fund. Such fund
 14 shall be subject to the provisions of articles six and seven and section
 15 seventy-four of the public officers law.
 16 § 2. Paragraphs (o) and (p) of subdivision 5 of section 94-b of the
 17 executive law, as added by chapter 625 of the laws of 2024, are amended
 18 and a new paragraph (q) is added to read as follows:
 19 (o) Encourage the development of and provide for the establishment of
 20 a state military immigrant family legacy program liaison, as provided in
 21 section twenty-nine-b of the veterans' services law; [and]
 22 (p) Request individuals seeking assistance from the office answer the
 23 following questions: "Have you served in the United States military?"
 24 "Has someone in your family served in the United States military?"
 25 Individuals identifying themselves or a family member as "intended
 26 recipients" of the staff sergeant Alex R. Jimenez New York state mili-
 27 tary immigrant family legacy program as such term is defined in para-
 28 graph (e) of subdivision one of section [twenty-nine-b] twenty-nine-d of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD15119-01-6

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 1 the veterans' services law, shall be advised of such program. In addi-
 2 tion, such individuals shall be informed that the department of veter-
 3 ans' services and local veterans' service agencies established pursuant
 4 to section seventeen of the veterans' services law provide assistance to
 5 uniformed service members, veterans and their families regarding bene-
 6 fits available under federal and state law. Information regarding veter-
 7 ans and military status provided by assisted individuals shall be
 8 protected as personal confidential material, and used only to identify
 9 such individuals as "intended recipients" of the staff sergeant Alex R.
 10 Jimenez New York State military immigrant family legacy program, and to
 11 assist such individuals in matters relating to immigration status and
 12 citizenship, and in referring such individuals to the department of
 13 veterans' services or local veterans' service agencies for information
 14 and assistance with regard to benefits and entitlements under federal
 15 and state law[.]; and
 16 (q) Create a state visa bond fund to assist persons with purchasing
 17 bonds for an immigrant seeking a United States visa.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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