On May 4, 2020, a bipartisan group of Senators introduced a bill to recapture 40,000 unused green cards/immigrant visas, and give them to much needed doctors and nurses.
This is not a new law yet, but a bill. See text at https://www.durbin.senate.gov/…/Healthcare%20Workforce%20Re…
The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would speed the ability of foreign-born healthcare workers to become lawful permanent residents of the United States and allow them to assist in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill would recapture unused immigrant visas for 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors that Congress had previously authorized and allocate them to those who can help in the fight against COVID-19. The proposal does not increase current immigration numbers.
“This proposal would simply reallocate a limited number of unused visas from prior years for doctors and nurses who are qualified to help in our fight against COVID-19.”
“Consider this: one-sixth of our health care workforce is foreign-born. Immigrant nurses and doctors play a vital role in our health care system, and their contributions are now more crucial than ever."
The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would do the following:
Recapture unused green cards from previous years for doctors, nurses and their families;
Exempt these visas from per-country caps;
Require employers to attest that immigrants from overseas who receive these visas will not displace American workers;
Require the DHS and the State Department to expedite the processing of recaptured visas; and
-->Limit the filing period for recaptured visas to 90 days following the termination of the President’s COVID-19 emergency declaration. Given the 90-day limit, U.S. health care providers who wish to sponsor doctors and nurses for green cards need to do so without delay.
This is not a new law yet, but a bill. See text at https://www.durbin.senate.gov/…/Healthcare%20Workforce%20Re…
The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would speed the ability of foreign-born healthcare workers to become lawful permanent residents of the United States and allow them to assist in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill would recapture unused immigrant visas for 25,000 nurses and 15,000 doctors that Congress had previously authorized and allocate them to those who can help in the fight against COVID-19. The proposal does not increase current immigration numbers.
“This proposal would simply reallocate a limited number of unused visas from prior years for doctors and nurses who are qualified to help in our fight against COVID-19.”
“Consider this: one-sixth of our health care workforce is foreign-born. Immigrant nurses and doctors play a vital role in our health care system, and their contributions are now more crucial than ever."
The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would do the following:
Recapture unused green cards from previous years for doctors, nurses and their families;
Exempt these visas from per-country caps;
Require employers to attest that immigrants from overseas who receive these visas will not displace American workers;
Require the DHS and the State Department to expedite the processing of recaptured visas; and
-->Limit the filing period for recaptured visas to 90 days following the termination of the President’s COVID-19 emergency declaration. Given the 90-day limit, U.S. health care providers who wish to sponsor doctors and nurses for green cards need to do so without delay.
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