New US working visa for Irish

19/09/2008 - 08:50:23
A new one-year working visa arrangement is being put in place between Ireland and the US.

The 'J-Visa' will be available to any Irish person with a secondary school education or a qualification in a trade.

The new visa would allow people travel and work in the US in a similar manner to the existing J1 Visa.

Recipients would be allowed stay in the US for one year some of the details of the visa have not yet been decided however such as the upper age limit for those who qualify.

Around 20,000 visas are expected to be issued annually and the arrangement would also allow American citizens come and work in Ireland for a year.