Bill116th CongressFiled Dec 19, 2019Immigration
S. 3134
A bill to add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.
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What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Dec 19, 2019)
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 just happenedDec 19, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Who’s behind it
Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA](R-PA)Sponsor
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- Introduced in SenateDec 19, 2019
- Dec 19, 2019IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Judiciary Committee - Dec 19, 2019IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate