1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Religious Worker Visa Improvement Act . 2. R–1 religious worker visa petitions Section 214 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1184 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (s) Visas of nonimmigrants described in section 101(a)(15)(R) (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), a consular officer may not issue a visa and the Secretary of Homeland Security may not grant status to any alien under section 101(a)(15)(R) until the Secretary has approved a petition filed on behalf of such alien. (2) Blanket petition authorized Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a petitioner who has satisfied the requirements under paragraph (3) may file a blanket petition, in lieu of individual petitions, on behalf of aliens who meet the eligibility requirements under paragraph (4). (3) Petitioner requirements A petitioner satisfies the requirements under this paragraph if— (A) the petitioner has an established program for temporary, uncompensated missionary work in the United States that is part of a broader international missionary work program; (B) participation in the missionary work described in subparagraph (A) is an established element of religious development in the petitioner’s religious denomination; (C) the petitioner provides formal training to its missionaries that is incidental to their missionary service; (D) the petitioner has established a financial support system that reasonably ensures that its missionaries will not become public charges during their missionary service; and (E) at least 1,000 individual petitions for nonimmigrant religious workers previously filed by the petitioner under section 101(a)(15)(R) have been approved by the Secretary of Homeland Security. (4) Eligibility for inclusion in blanket petition An alien meets the requirements under this paragraph if the alien— (A) is described in section 101(a)(15)(R); (B) has been accepted into a missionary program described in paragraph (3)(A)