Heartland Visa Act of 2024
The Heartland Visa Act of 2024 creates a new visa program designed to attract high-skilled immigrants to rural and economically declining U.S. counties. To qualify, counties must meet specific population decline criteria (based on census data), and applicants must have a bachelor's degree or higher, meet salary thresholds, and be placed in participating counties. The program would allocate 50,000 visas annually through a wage-based points system, with visas initially valid for three years and renewable once. Visa holders would need to maintain employment in the participating county and meet annual earnings requirements, with the goal of addressing population decline and talent shortages in targeted communities.
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Introduction
Dec 2024
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Introduced Dec 20, 2024
Last action Dec 20, 2024
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Dec 20, 2024
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Dec 20, 2024
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upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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