In my experience, most employers don't know about it, and startups are not much different in this case. Once you explain that it is similar to the TN visa for

In my experience, most employers don't know about it, and startups are not much different in this case. Once you explain that it is similar to the TN visa for hiring Canadians, most people are fairly relaxed about it. I'm an Australian on my 3rd E3 visa, it is much much easier than an E3 for everyone involved from what I have heard from collegues. The first E3 visa I got was for a startup, and they got ripped off big time with a $5k 'expeditied processing' fee from their lawyer. In reality all it costs is a few hundred in applications fees (at the consulate) and a trip to Australia. The paper work for the employer is free (LCA) and usually takes 10 days.