Fresh efforts to secure US work visas for Irish citizens

Fresh efforts to secure special work visas for Irish citizens in America will go ahead after talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US president Donald Trump.

Fresh efforts to secure US work visas for Irish citizens
Fri, 15 Mar, 2019 - 21:02
Juno McEnroe

Fresh efforts to secure special work visas for Irish citizens in America will go ahead after talks between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and US president Donald Trump, writes Juno McEnroe in Washington DC.

The new bill for the E3 scheme could result in up to 5,000 extra visas going to Irish workers and their families annually.

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