S 843
116th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Asia
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Foreign labor
South Korea
Visas and passports
Partner with Korea Act
Introduced: March 14, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Partner with Korea Act
This bill creates an E-4 treaty trader visa category for up to 15,000 nationals of South Korea each fiscal year who are coming to the United States solely to perform specialty occupation services, subject to various requirements. The 15,000 limit shall only apply to principal aliens and not the spouses or children of such aliens.
A specialty occupation is one that requires the theoretical and practical application of highly specialized knowledge and a bachelor's degree or higher.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1