{"id":4306,"date":"2018-11-29T07:15:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-29T12:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2018-11-29T23:42:13","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T04:42:13","slug":"5000-visas-could-soon-be-available-to-irish-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4306","title":{"rendered":"5,000 Visas Could Soon Be Available to Irish Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HomelandSecurityUS30Dec16_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HomelandSecurityUS30Dec16_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HomelandSecurityUS30Dec16_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Thousands of US visas could soon be available to Irish citizens looking to live and work stateside.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, the US House of Representatives passed the &#8216;E3 Bill&#8217; which would allow them to participate in the E3 Visa Program.<\/p>\n<p>The visa is easier and less costly to obtain than traditional US visas, however, it is currently only available to Australian citizens.<\/p>\n<p>It would make an extra 5,000 US visas available to Irish citizens<\/p>\n<p>10,500 E3 visas are currently allocated each year, yet only half of these are taken up.<\/p>\n<p>It allows a person and their spouses to work and live in the US for two years.<\/p>\n<p>It will now go before the US Senate before it can be signed into law.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4306\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4306&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4306\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4306&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-4306\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4306&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4306\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of US visas could soon be available to Irish citizens looking to live and work stateside. 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