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S 1547 114th Congress Senate

Partner with Korea Act

Official title: A bill to provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 10, 2015 See on congress.gov
Immigration AsiaEmployment discrimination and employee rightsForeign laborSouth KoreaVisas and passports
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Jun 10, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 10, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action June 10, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Partner with Korea Act

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to create an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services and with respect to whom the Secretary of Labor has certified to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State that the intending employer has filed an attestation concerning U.S. worker protections with the Secretary of Labor.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1019 Related bill Partner with Korea Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 16, 2015
 D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Jun 10, 2015
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Jun 10, 2015
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1547: Partner with Korea Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1547/
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"S. 1547: Partner with Korea Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1547/.
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S. 1547, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1547/.
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