Pending Nurse Visa Legislation

(04/29/08) - Rep. Wexler (D-FL) introduced H.R. 5924.

 

The legislation will lift retrogression for Schedule A workers (Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists). Visa quotas will be increased to 20,000 per year for "Shortage Occupations."

 

The USCIS must review (and approve or issue a RFE) all Schedule A I-140 cases within 30 days of receipt.

 

* You can follow the progress of this Bill as it works its way through Congress by clicking HERE.

(04/23/2008) - Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced H.R. 5882: "To recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based immigrant visas in the future."

 

This Bill is a new attempt by the House to overcome retrogression. It seeks to recapture unused visas from fiscal years 1992 through 2007. While the exact number of recaptured visas is uncertain, the bill states that there will be a minimum of 226,000 visas reissued.

* You can follow the progress of this Bill as it works its way through Congress by clicking HERE.

(04/11/2008) - The Global Competitive Act of 2008 was introduced in the Senate (S. 2839) on April 10, 2008. This legislation is another attempt to recapture, and reissue 61,000 visas for use by nurses and other healthcare workers. The previous effort was blocked by the US House of Representative back in November 2007. We will follow this legislation, and keep our members informed as to its progress.

 

* You can follow the progress of this Bill as it works its way through Congress by clicking HERE.

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