Originally Posted by
vee1-rotate
You definitely need one or the other, and the job must be a specialty occupation ... hence the reason for the visa. If you didn't need 12 years experience or a degree, what's stopping carpenters and truck drivers and toilet cleaners from coming across on the E3 ?
You definitely don't, and this is coming from someone who has gone through the whole process first hand and who has helped a handful of guys who are currently here in the US on the E3 without a degree nor 12 years industry experience.
All the US consular official wanted to see was my job offer letter from the US employer and the Labor Condition Application. Did you have this when you applied for the visa? The whole US visa interview process took all of 5 minutes. I spent longer going through security than i did talking to the consular official.