To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.

Bill: 116-hr-2418
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1]
Introduced: 2019-04-30
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Europe

Foreign labor

Ireland

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-20
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-30
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2418 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 30, 2019 Mr. Neal introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To add Ireland to the E–3 nonimmigrant visa program.

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). .