Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

Key Provisions

• Lets the government use up to 40,000 unused work visas from the government's budget years 1992 through 2024.
• Reserves 25,000 of these visas for professional nurses and 15,000 for physicians.
• Allows family members of these nurses and doctors to get visas too, without counting against the professional limits.
• Removes per-country limits for these specific visas, helping people from countries with long waiting lists.
• Requires government agencies to process these visa applications quickly and without charging extra fees for faster service.
• Requires employers hiring a foreign nurse to confirm that the hiring has not and will not replace a U.S. worker.