[1] To qualify for an H-1A visa, one must submit:[1] The Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker, must be filed by a U.S. employer hospital that has received a notice of acceptance of the attestation for H-1A Nonimmigrant Nurses from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services.
The Form I-129 must include the following documents:[10] Temporary visas in the H classification are subject to numerical limitations imposed by Congress.
These annual limits are applied at the time of Form I-129 approval, not when somebody seeks admission to the United States.
On March 20, 1989, Chuck Schumer sponsored the Immigration Nursing Relief Act in the United States House of Representatives as H.R.
[6] Below are H-1A visas issued each year as released by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs.