119-hr4687

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4687 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4687

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

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 23, 2025

 Mrs. Kim (for herself and Ms. Kamlager-Dove) 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Partner with Korea Act''.

SEC. 2. RECIPROCAL VISAS FOR NATIONALS OF SOUTH KOREA.

    (a) In General.--

Section 101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101

    (a)

    (15)
        (E) ) is amended--

    (1) in clause
            (ii) , by striking ``or'' after ``capital;''; 
 and

    (2) by adding at the end ``or
            (iv) solely to perform 
 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 described 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.
 ``
            (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 Implementation Act (Public Law 108-77; 117 Stat. 941), is 
amended--

    (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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