Orrin Hatch: “Let me highlight our intent about how the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) should implement this legislation…”

“Let me highlight our intent about how the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) should implement this legislation with respect to physicians who seek H-1B visas. The INS currently requires that each applicant for an H-1B visa who wishes to work as a physician must have passed the three parts of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) and, if required by the state in which he or she will be practicing, be licensed. Due to the increased number of physicians who may work in the U.S. under H-1B visas with the passage of this legislation, it is even more important that the INS confirm successful completion of all parts of the USMLE each time an individual physician applies for, or seeks renewal of, an H-1B visa.”