Good to see progress with the U.S congress attempting to add Ireland to the E 3 visa category which has the potential to allow Irish pilots (who are interested) with the chance of working for a US operator who avails of the E-3 visa program such as
www.flycommutair.com/e-3-visa.
Previously, the E -3 was generally only for Australian nationals.
The extract states the following:
"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. For Irish E-3 initial applications, the Department of State may approve each fiscal year no more than 10,500 minus the number of Australian initial applications approved the previous fiscal year"
Link -
http://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-c...ouse-bill/2877