I 
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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Partner with Korea 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECIPROCAL VISAS FOR NATIONALS OF SOUTH 
KOREA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(15)(E) of the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)) 
is amended— 
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘cap-
ital;’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end ‘‘or (iv) solely to per-
form services in a specialty occupation in the United 
States if the alien is a national of the Republic of 
Korea and with respect to whom the Secretary of 
Labor determines and certifies to the Secretary of 
Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that 
the intending employer has filed with the Secretary 
of Labor an attestation under section 212(t)(1);’’. 
(b) NUMERICAL LIMITATION.—Section 214(g) of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(12)(A) The Secretary of State may not approve a 
number of initial applications submitted for aliens de-
scribed in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iv) that is more than the 
applicable numerical limitations set out in this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) The applicable numerical limitation referred to 
in subparagraph (A) is 15,000 for each fiscal year. 
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‘‘(C) The applicable numerical limitation referred to 
in subparagraph (A) shall only apply to principal aliens 
and not the spouses or children of such aliens.’’. 
(c) SPECIALTY
OCCUPATION
DEFINED.—Section 
214(i)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(i)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii),’’ and inserting 
‘‘clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 101(a)(15)(E),’’. 
(d) ATTESTATION.—Section 212(t) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(t)), as added by section 402(b)(2) of the 
United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement Implementa-
tion Act (Public Law 108–77; 117 Stat. 941), is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘or clause (iii) 
or (iv) of section 101(a)(15)(E)’’; and 
(2) in paragraphs (3)(C)(i)(II), (3)(C)(ii)(II), 
and 
(3)(C)(iii)(II), 
by 
striking 
‘‘or 
101(a)(15)(E)(iii)’’ each place it appears. 
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