February 20, 2024
On February 20, ASCA signed onto a letter circulated by Physicians for American Healthcare Access (PAHA), a group of international medical graduates practicing across the country in a variety of specialties, to show support for the Healthcare Workforce Resilience Act (H.R. 6205/S. 3211). The act would initiate a one-time recapture of up to 40,000 unused employment-based visas (25,000 for foreign born nurses and 15,000 for foreign born physicians), allow for expedited visa authorization processing for qualified international nurses, and allow for international physicians currently working in the US on temporary visas with approved immigration petitions to adjust their status.
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