To authorize unused visas numbers made available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to be made available to nationals of Ireland, and for other purposes.

Bill: 114-hr-3730
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5]
Introduced: 2015-10-08
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Australia

Europe

Foreign labor

Ireland

Oceania

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-03
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-10-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill makes E-3 nonimmigrant visas (specialty occupation) for Australian nationals that are unused during a fiscal year available on the same basis in the subsequent fiscal year to nationals of Ireland residing in Ireland. </p> <p>The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended to make eligible for an E-3 visa an alien who is a national of Ireland coming to the United States to perform services as an employee who has at least a high school education or its equivalent, or has, within five years, at least two years of work experience in an occupation classified as Zone 2 or higher by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. </p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3730 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 8, 2015 Mr. Sensenbrenner introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To authorize unused visas numbers made available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to be made available to nationals of Ireland, and for other purposes.

1. Unused E–3 visa numbers available to nationals of Ireland (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, visa numbers made available under section 101(a)(15)(E)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(E)(iii) ) that were unused by nationals of the Commonwealth of Australia during a fiscal year shall be made available on the same basis in the subsequent fiscal year to nationals of Ireland residing in that country. (b) Qualifications 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 solely to perform services as an employee and who has at least a high school education or its equivalent, (which shall include passage of a high school equivalency examination) or has, within 5 years, at least 2 years of work experience in an occupation classified as Zone 2 or higher by the Bureau of Labor Statistics if the alien is a national of the Republic of Ireland, after Australia .