Maintaining E-3 status

• Make sure your immigration documents are valid and unexpired:
  • Passport valid at least six months into the future
  • I-94 admission record listing E-3 status; your I-94 will list the date by which you must exit the U.S. after your employment ends
  • I-797 Approval Notice (if a petition was filed with USCIS)
• Report address changes to USCIS then notify [click-for-email]
• Work only in the position listed on your Labor Condition Application
• Extend your stay no more than 6 months but no less than 3 months prior to your I-94 End Date
• Pay your taxes
• Do not work without authorization. E-3 status is employer-specific.  

Please direct any questions about E-3 status to [click-for-email]

Extending E-3 status

Your department will invite you to complete Applicant Sections in an E-3 Application. Please look for an email from your department with instructions. 

The E-3 category provides for entry on a non-permanent basis into the US for up to 24 months at a time. 

E-3 status may be extended either by traveling outside the US and applying for an E-3 visa stamp at a US Consulate/Embassy or, in the case of an alien already in the U.S., by applying to the Vermont Service Center for a change of status or extension of status on Form I-129.  

An E-3 Employee may continue her/his employment for up to 240 days if USCIS receives the petition prior to the end date listed on the E-3’s I-94. If the petition were to be denied within that 240-day period, the employment authorization would end on that day.