Apply for one-year US working visas, urges Martin

A US-IRISH structure to enable school leavers to work and travel in the US for up to 12 months is up and running, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Micheál Martin.

Eligible Irish and Americans can now apply for one-year working visas under the new Ireland-US working holiday agreement, Mr Martin said yesterday.

Under the terms of the agreement, a minimum of 20,000 people who are in, or have recently finished, their post-secondary education will be entitled to live and work in the US for up to a year.