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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 See on congress.gov
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Mar 17, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1255)
Mar 17, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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 March 17, 2022

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S1255)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 8761 Identical bill To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3869: A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3869/
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"S. 3869: A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3869/.
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S. 3869, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3869/.
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