“To provide high-skilled visas for nationals of the Republic of Korea, and for other purposes.”
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This section establishes a new nonimmigrant visa classification under INA §101(a)(15)(E)(iv) for nationals of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) to perform services in a specialty occupation, subject to an employer attestation filed with the Secretary of Labor under INA §212(t)(1). It imposes a numerical limitation of 15,000 initial visas per fiscal year under INA §214(g)(12) for principal aliens only (excluding spouses and children); updates the definition of specialty occupation under INA §214(i)(1) to include this new category; and makes conforming amendments to the attestation requirements under INA §212(t). (Thus, this provision creates an E-4 visa category analogous to the E-3 visa for Australian nationals.)