H.R. 5534

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5534 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 5534

To add the Republic of Korea to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

September 19, 2025

Mr. Suozzi introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary

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A BILL

To add the Republic of Korea to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. E-3 VISAS FOR REPUBLIC OF KOREA NATIONALS.

(a) In General.--Section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii)) is amended by inserting 
``or, on a basis of reciprocity and pursuant to an agreement as 
determined by the Secretary of State, a national of the Republic of 
Korea,'' after ``Australia''.
(b) Employer Requirements.--Section 212 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (t) (as added by 
section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108-449 (118 Stat. 3470)) as 
subsection (u); and
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (t)(1) (as added by 
section 402(b)(2) of Public Law 108-77 (117 Stat. 941)) the 
following:
``(E) In the case of an attestation filed with 
respect to a national of the Republic of Korea 
described in section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii), the employer 
is, and will remain during the period of authorized 
employment of such Republic of Korea national, a 
participant in good standing in the E-Verify program 
described in section 403(a) of the Illegal Immigration 
Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1324a note).''.
(c) Application Allocation.--Paragraph (11) of section 214(g) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(11)) is amended 
to read as follows:
``(11)(A) The Secretary of State may approve initial 
applications submitted for aliens described in section 
101(a)(15)(E)(iii) only as follows:
``(i) For applicants who are nationals of the 
Commonwealth of Australia, not more than 10,500 for a 
fiscal year.
``(ii) For applicants who are nationals of the 
Republic of Korea, not more than a number equal to the 
difference between 10,500 and the number of 
applications approved in the prior fiscal year for 
aliens who are nationals of the Commonwealth of 
Australia.
``(B) The approval of an application described under 
subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be deemed for numerical control 
purposes to have occurred on September 30 of the prior fiscal 
year.
``(C) The numerical limitation under subparagraph (A) shall 
only apply to principal aliens and not to the spouses or 
children of such aliens.''.
(d) Effective Date.--This Act shall take effect on the date that is 
180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
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