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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1762 

To provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2019 

Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. YOHO, Mr. BERA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. BISHOP

of Georgia, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASE, Mr. 

COHEN, Mr. COOPER, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIND, Mr. KING

of New York, Mr. LONG, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RICE of South 

Carolina, Mr. SHIMKUS, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. WOODALL, and 

Mr. WOMACK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic 

of Korea, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partner with Korea 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. RECIPROCAL VISAS FOR NATIONALS OF SOUTH 

2 KOREA. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Im4 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) 

5 is amended— 

6 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘cap7 ital;’’; and 

8 (2) by adding at the end ‘‘or (iv) solely to per9 form services in a specialty occupation in the United 

10 States if the alien is a national of the Republic of 

11 Korea and with respect to whom the Secretary of 

12 Labor determines and certifies to the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that 

14 the intending employer has filed with the Secretary 

15 of Labor an attestation under section 212(t)(1);’’. 

16 (b) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Section 214(g) of 

17 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended by adding at the 

18 end the following: 

19 ‘‘(12)(A) The Secretary of State may not approve a 

20 number of initial applications submitted for aliens de21 scribed in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iv) that is more than the 

22 applicable numerical limitations set out in this paragraph. 

23 ‘‘(B) The applicable numerical limitation referred to 

24 in subparagraph (A) is 15,000 for each fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The applicable numerical limitation referred to 

2 in subparagraph (A) shall only apply to principal aliens 

3 and not the spouses or children of such aliens.’’. 

4 (c) SPECIALTY OCCUPATION DEFINED.—Section 

5 214(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(i)(1)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii),’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 101(a)(15)(E),’’. 

8 (d) ATTESTATION.—Section 212(t) of such Act (8 

9 U.S.C. 1182(t)), as added by section 402(b)(2) of the 

10 United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementa11 tion Act (Public Law 108–77; 117 Stat. 941), is amend12 ed— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘or section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)’’ 

14 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘or clause (iii) 

15 or (iv) of section 101(a)(15)(E)’’; and 

16 (2) in paragraphs (3)(C)(i)(II), (3)(C)(ii)(II), 

17 and (3)(C)(iii)(II), by striking ‘‘or 

18 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)’’ each place it appears. 

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