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.
[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
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[H.R. 8761 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8761
To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 30, 2022
Mr. Neal (for himself and Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. E-3 VISAS FOR IRISH NATIONALS.
(a) In General.--Section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii)) is amended by inserting
``or, on a basis of reciprocity as determined by the Secretary of
State, a national of Ireland,'' after ``Australia''.
(b) Employer Requirements.--Section 212 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended--
(1) by redesignating the second subsection (t) (as added by
section 1(b)(2)(B) of Public Law 108-449 (118 Stat. 3470)) as
subsection (u); and
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (t)(1) (as added by
section 402(b)(2) of Public Law 108-77 (117 Stat. 941)) the
following:
``(E) In the case of an attestation filed with
respect to a national of Ireland described in section
101(a)(15)(E)(iii), the employer is, and will remain
during the period of authorized employment of such
Irish national, a participant in good standing in the
E-Verify program described in section 403(a) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1324a note).''.
(c) Application Allocation.--Paragraph (11) of section 214(g) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(11)) is amended
to read as follows:
``(11)(A) The Secretary of State may approve initial
applications submitted for aliens described in section
101(a)(15)(E)(iii) only as follows:
``(i) For applicants who are nationals of
the Commonwealth of Australia, not more than
10,500 for a fiscal year.
``(ii) For applicants who are nationals of
Ireland, not more than a number equal to the
difference between 10,500 and the number of
applications approved in the prior fiscal year
for aliens who are nationals of the
Commonwealth of Australia.
``(B) The approval of an application described
under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be deemed for
numerical control purposes to have occurred on
September 30 of the prior fiscal year.
``(C) The numerical limitation under subparagraph
(A) shall only apply to principal aliens and not to the
spouses or children of such aliens.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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