As lawmakers and other officials in the United States ponder immigration visa reforms large and small, politicians in Ireland are brainstorming new strategies for increasing immigration opportunities to the U.S. for Irish citizens.
According to Irish Central, Irish Foreign Minister Eamon Gilmore traveled to New York in September not only for obligations at the United Nations, but also for several meetings exploring various options for a greater rate of legal immigration to America. At the Irish Consulate during his trip, he disclosed that he and other Ireland officials were looking into immigration as it stands today and how immigration from Ireland to the United States could benefit from changes in the future.
While the Irish government is investigating several different options for expanding immigration options to the United States, Gilmore discussed the possibility of securing something like an E-3 via for the country of Ireland. Currently, under the E-3 visa program, Australians are given 10,500 employment visas that allow workers to travel overseas and work indefinitely and without restrictions. Signed into law in 2005, the E-3 visa is only currently available to Australians.
If you are an Irish citizen wishing to live and work in the United States through an employment visa, you have several options for moving forward. To learn more, please contact the
San Francisco immigration lawyers at the Law Offices of Vaughan de Kirby or read one of our free guides regarding worker visas.
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