Thursday, September 18, 2008

US to Issue 20,000 One Year Work Visas to Ireland

Congratulations
to
Ambassador Michael Collins & the Irish Government
On their innovative achievement
Quiet intelligent lobbying in in extremely difficult circumstances has got the Irish a foot in the door



www.irishtimes.com

US to issue 20,000 one-year work visas
MARK HENNESSY, Political Correspondent
TWENTY THOUSAND one-year working visas to the United States are to be made available under a deal to be agreed in a final round of talks in Washington today, it emerged last night.
Under the new agreement, the J visas will be available not just to students as the existing three-month J1 visas, but to anyone with a secondary-school education, or a trade.
The package has been worked on for several months by the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Irish Embassy in Washington, led by Ambassador Michael Collins, and the US state department.
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