The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act would make available up to 40,000 employment-based immigrant visas specifically for nurses and physicians, with 25,000 reserved for nurses and 15,000 for physicians. These visas would come from unused employment-based visas that were made available but not used between 1992 and 2021, allowing workers in these professions whose petitions were filed within three years of the law's enactment to move forward in the immigration process. The bill eliminates per-country caps for these healthcare visas and requires expedited processing at no premium fee, meaning visa applicants would not face additional charges. Employers hiring these foreign healthcare workers would be required to certify that they are not displacing American workers. The legislation is intended to help address healthcare worker shortages while utilizing visa allocations that otherwise would remain unused.
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