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        <title>To add Ireland to the E-3 nonimmigrant visa program.</title>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>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.</p>]]></text>
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