The CI-URI instructors are only allowed to teach after school Chinese programs required by the
J1 Visa and RI teaching regulation.
"It is truly terrible to have such a serious and sad incidence take place at the beginning of a summer of adventure and opportunity for so many young people on
J1 visas in the US."
Meng's bill seeks to remedy the difficulty that international physicians especially doctors from India and Pakistan have encountered in securing
J1 visas from American Embassies in their countries, it said.
Mr Collins said: "A number of changes were made to the
J1 visa programme in recent years including the stipulation all students must have an approved seasonal job before they can take part.
J1 Visa Compliance Checklist for Camp Directors is a companion piece to the Best Practices.
In 2014 student, Holly Austin, 23, left mum Regina, dad Charlie and young brother Ben to go on her
J1 visa to the US.
J1 visa holders are reporting huge delays in finding somewhere to stay in Berkeley, California, a year on from the tragedy.
Deputy O'Brien said: "Many have been unable to secure work to date, despite having spent large sums of money in applying for the
J1 Visa and arranging flights."
She died with fellow
J1 Visa students Eoghan Culligan, Nick Schuster, Lorcan Miller, Eimear Walsh and Olivia Burke last June.
Like McCaffrey, Jonathan Ranson is a 21-year-old from Clontarf though he broke his neck while in San Diego on a
J1 visa last year, leaving him paralysed from the neck down.
It sparked fury after it claimed the
J1 visa programme was a "source of embarrassment" for Ireland.
THEY look like any other group of excited Irish students having the time of their lives on the
J1 visa summer programme.
