E3 has a yearly quota, but its never filled I hear.Re: Getting PR to western countries like OZ/NZ/US/Canada planning to migrate in futur
by the way, ad posting for labor cert has a minimum of 30 days, although interview process if there are applicants can add 2 more weeks to the process. maximum is 180 days. labor cert process is now administered online by department of labor. uscis where you file for either h1b or eb visa is now administered by the department of homeland security. ice (immigration enforcement arm) is also under dhs. embassies and consulates are under the department of state.
correction: there's no cuntry quota on h1-b, but there's a quota on h1-b per year (65k). it is claimed that sg and chile may have 6500-6800 reserved, although this is a soft number and not well known. india out-sourcing i.t. consultancy firms dominate the yearly quota numbers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-3_visa