Originally Posted by
umop apisdn
The E3 has no path to a green card. You need to get married to an American or win the Diversity Lottery for that. If you wanted to come to the USA long term on an E3, I'd suggest Piedmont, where you can hang around for a few years and wait for flow to American. There is nothing in their contract that would stop that happening for an E3 holder but I'm yet to hear of any real life stories.
This is an interesting twist. The first E3 Aussie to flow to AA will be a precedent-setting case.
Just a rhetorical question: If said E3er goes to mainline AA, what does he do about visa status for the next ~25/30 years ? That's a lot of E3 renewals.