NurseLaw, May 5, 2008. -- The American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) reports of three new bills introduced at the US House of Representatives, as follows:
"On 4/23/08, a bill was introduced by Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) that would recapture employment-based immigrant visas lost to bureaucratic delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment- based immigrant visas in the future (H.R. 5882).
On 4/29/08, another bill was introduced by Representative Lofgren (D-CA) that would eliminate the per country level for employment-based immigrants and to end the spill-over of unused immigrant visa numbers between employment-based and family-sponsored categories (H.R. 5921).
On 4/29/2008, a final bill was introduced by Representative Robert Wexler (D-FL) that would provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States (H.R. 5924)."
Of particular interest for Filipino nurses is H.R. 5924 (
The Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act) which could probably best address the retrogression of the visa issuance for nurses going to the US under the employment based visa (EB3).
NurseLaw will continue to monitor the progression of this bills through to its signing into law. The passage of this bills would certainly be welcomes by Filipino nurses here and around the world.
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