The Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act recaptures unused employment-based immigrant visas to address shortages in nursing and physician positions. The bill makes available up to 40,000 visas reserved specifically for professional nurses (25,000) and physicians (15,000), drawing from the pool of unused visas from fiscal years 1992 through 2024, with petitions limited to those filed within three years of the law's enactment. The legislation removes country-specific visa caps for these healthcare workers and requires expedited processing without charging premium fees, allowing nurses and physicians to move through the immigration system faster. Employers sponsoring these workers must attest that hiring them will not displace American workers. This bill directly affects foreign-trained healthcare professionals seeking to immigrate and U.S. employers struggling to fill critical medical positions.
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