S 3869
117th Congress
Senate
Immigration
Australia
Europe
Foreign labor
Ireland
Oceania
Visas and passports
A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Introduced: March 17, 2022
Introduced by:
Durbin, Richard J.
Democratic
· Illinois
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 17, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1255)
Mar 17, 2022
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1255)
Committees of jurisdiction
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