Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act

Increased healthcare workforce: The bill aims to enhance the Nation's nurse and physician workforce by making more visas available (Section 2).

Specific opportunities for nurses and physicians: The bill reserves 25,000 visas for professional nurses and 15,000 visas for physicians (Section 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph B).

Faster processing for applicants: The Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State are directed to provide premium processing and expedited processing for these specific immigrant petitions and applications (Section 2, paragraph 4, subparagraphs A and C).

Efficient document handling: The Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is tasked with expediting the shipping of petitions that require consular processing (Section 2, paragraph 4, subparagraph B).

Flexibility for immigrants: Visas are not subject to the usual per-country numerical limitations (Section 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph C).

Limits on the number of visas: The total number of employment-based immigrants and their family members is capped at 40,000 (Section 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph A).

Time constraints for filing: Immigrant worker petitions must be filed no later than three years following the date of the Act's enactment to qualify (Section 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph A).

Strict eligibility requirements: These visas are only available if they are not otherwise immediately available through regular worldwide and per-country allocations (Section 2, paragraph 2, subparagraph D).

Requirement for employer attestation: Petitioners must attest in a job offer letter that the hiring of the immigrant has not and will not displace a United States worker (Section 2, paragraph 5).