It’s not even just that they expect similar, it’s that they can pretty easily get it if they are ok living in America for a while. The E3 visa is similar to th

It’s not even just that they expect similar, it’s that they can pretty easily get it if they are ok living in America for a while. The E3 visa is similar to the H1b but it’s far easier to get because it’s Australian only (and now Irish too, iirc) and we only use ~3k of the 10k/yr quota. Getting one simply requires a standard 4 year degree, of which Software Engineering qualifies (what most institutions call the Comp Sci equivalent-ish degree in Aus) and a 5 min “interview” at a US consulate somewhere outside the US. Source: Am Australian that moved to the US temporarily to work on an E3 because Australian tech companies simply don’t pay competitively.