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This week, the State Department U.S. embassies and consulates to prioritize “as emergencies on a case-by-case basis the immigrant visa cases of certain health care professionals (HCPs) who will work at a facility engaged in pandemic response.” The application for health professionals seeking U.S. visas is described on the department’s website. In June, �������� (AHA) urged the State Department to give foreign-trained nurses seeking immigrant visas priority. “There has never been a more urgent need for the care that foreign-trained nurses provide than during the current COVID-19 pandemic and its looming aftermath,” the AHA . “Many foreign-trained nurses are recruited to rural and inner-city hospitals, locations that find it more difficult to recruit domestically.” (AHA News , 9/1/21)