A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

12/29/2022, 10:33 PM

This bill expands the E-3 visa program to cover Irish nationals. The E-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa currently only available to Australian nationals coming to the United States for employment in a specialty occupation. For Irish E-3 initial applications, the Department of State may approve each fiscal year no more than 10,500 minus the number of Australian initial applications approved the previous fiscal year.

Congress
117

Number
S - 3869

Introduced on
2022-03-17

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

3/17/2022

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

This bill expands the E-3 visa program to cover Irish nationals. The E-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa currently only available to Australian nationals coming to the United States for employment in a specialty occupation. For Irish E-3 initial applications, the Department of State may approve each fiscal year no more than 10,500 minus the number of Australian initial applications approved the previous fiscal year.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

Policy Areas
Immigration

Potential Impact
Australia
Europe
Foreign labor
Ireland
Oceania
Visas and passports

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary4/30/2022

This bill expands the E-3 visa program to cover Irish nationals. The E-3 visa is a nonimmigrant visa currently only available to Australian nationals coming to the United States for employment in a specialty occupation. For Irish E-3 initial appl...


Latest Action3/17/2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1255)