H.R. 1337 explained · 119th Congress · Pending in Congress
To add Ireland to the E3 nonimmigrant visa program.
Cosponsors: 10 (6 D, 4 R) · per Congress.gov, 2026-10-12
Introduced: 2025-02-13
Latest action (2025-02-13): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What H.R. 1337 does, in plain terms
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.
Official summary by the Congressional Research Service, via Congress.gov.
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