E-3 Visa — Australian Citizen Temporary Worker in a Specialty Occupation
This employer-sponsored visa was created by a Free Trade Agreement between Australia and the U.S. It provides citizens of Australia work-authorization for professional-level positions, such as engineers, IT specialists, elementary and high school teachers, and college professors, just to name a few.
A distinct advantage of the E-3 visa is that an application may be filed directly at a U.S. Embassy; this visa status can also be obtained by filing a petition with USCIS.
Each E-3 approval is valid for two years and may be renewed indefinitely.
A spouse of the principal E-3 visa holder is eligible for work authorization by filing an application with USCIS upon arrival in the U.S.
IMMLAW Attorneys who practice in this area include…
Lori Chesser is a senior shareholder and chair of the Immigration Department at Dentons Davis Brown in Des Moines, Iowa. Her practice encompasses business immigration, employment verification (I-9 review, audits and E-Verify), and family immigration, as well as related areas including employment, tax, health, corporate formation and contracts.
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Mark Ivener has a global immigration practice representing domestic/international companies and individuals in all business immigration matters. Mark works to open doors for clients ranging from large corporations to movie stars. His scope of work includes representation of foreign executives, managers, EB-5 and E-2 investors, professionals and entertainers for temporary and permanent visas.
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Savitz Law Offices provides U.S. Immigration Law services and expertise in business immigration law for employers and their employees, especially STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) fields, including obtaining temporary work status and visas (H-1B, L-1, TN, etc.) and Green Cards.
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Stephen M. Bander is a member of the Florida Bar, the New York Bar, the Maine Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. He is skilled in handling the complete spectrum of U.S. immigration matters: nonimmigrant visas, employment-based immigration, family-based immigration, nationality, naturalization and removal, and has been regularly ranked by Super Lawyers and in the South Florida Legal Guide as one of the “Best Lawyers” in South Florida.
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Susan Im earned her B.A. degree from the University of Michigan and her J.D. degree from Wayne State University Law School. Following graduation, Susan worked as litigator in a large firm but left to build a successful solo immigration practice and thereafter a boutique immigration and employment law firm with labor and employment law colleagues, which eventually merged with a larger multi-practice firm in Grand Rapids.
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MAILE M. HIROTA is the Manager of Hirota & Associates, LLLC, a boutique immigration law firm in Honolulu, Hawaii concentrating in business and family-based immigration law, including family visas, business and investor visas, permanent residence and U.S. citizenship matters.
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Linda Rose is the Founding Partner of Rose Immigration Law Firm, PLC, in Nashville. The firm emphasizes PERM labor certification, nonimmigrant visas for professionals and international transfers, and university research/teaching. Linda is also a jazz musician, so she and the other firm attorneys focus on O&P visas in music, arts, and entertainment. She has practiced business immigration law for more than 35 years.
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Nicole Simon is the Managing Partner of Landau, Hess, Simon, Choi & Doebley. She represents businesses and individuals in all areas of immigration law, including employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant visas, family-based cases, and naturalization.
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Tarik H. Sultan is a shareholder in the firm of Wolf & Sultan P.C. in Tucson, Arizona. He has served on the National Board of Governors for AILA, as well as on numerous national liaison committees with the Departments of Labor, Justice and Homeland Security. His practice is focused in all areas and aspects of immigration law, with a particular emphasis in employment-based visas and employer sanctions defense. Mr. Sultan is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Superlawyers and Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
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MICHAEL R. JARECKI is the principal of Jarecki Law Group, LLC in Chicago, a full-service U.S. immigration firm that provides customized representation for businesses, individuals and families. His practice includes all areas of immigration law, including representation before immigration agencies and courts, handling appeals from agency and court decisions, and litigating immigration issues in the U.S. federal courts.
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Jan Pederson is recognized by The Washington Post as one of “seven leading lawyers” in Washington, D.C. She has been dedicated to the practice of immigration and nationality law for over twenty years. She has successfully represented thousands of clients – including renowned physicians, Fortune 500 companies, television networks, entertainers, and healthcare providers of all sizes – and is masterful at resolving complex immigration issues.
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Marcine A. Seid is a globally-recognized speaker, practitioner, and thought leader in U.S. business immigration matters. She has more than 25 years of experience advising and representing clients in connection with nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions and immigration-related corporate compliance issues, including Form I-9 audits and worksite enforcement actions. She also founded and served as principal attorney of the Seid Law Group, recognized by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top immigration law firms in the United States and a predecessor to Miller Seid LLP.
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Ester Greenfield is of counsel at MacDonald, Hoague & Bayless, in Seattle, Washington, and her practice is limited to immigration law. She represents employers and individuals in business and family immigration cases as well as citizenship matters.
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