Until September you can apply for temporary work visas in the United States and here is the process

Are you in the United States? Until September 30, 2023, you have the option to apply for a temporary visa, the H-2B, which allows you to enter that country as a temporary non-immigrant worker.

With this type of visa, you have “another legal way to live and work in U.S. territory for a specified period of time.” Currently, at least 8,000 visas are available through the H-2B program for various jobs in business sectors other than agriculture, El Nuevo Herald indicates.

The H-2B program, in the words of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), allows US employers or employment agencies who meet certain specific legal requirements to bring foreign nationals to the United States to temporarily fill unrelated jobs. to do with agriculture.

A U.S. employer, or an agent as described in the regulations, must complete Form I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker on behalf of the employee.

The USCIS, the media noted above, has just updated Form I-129, which all non-immigrant visa applicants must submit.

The same form “is used to request an extension of stay or change of status.”

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Temporary US visas for whom

The available visas “are for workers from 87 countries,” according to the Federal Register.

That reported El Nuevo Herald Fourteen Latin American countries are eligible to participate in the H-2B program are: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay.

There would be employment opportunities in areas such as: “catering, tourism, landscaping and gardening, forestry workers, fish and seafood processing, entertainment assistants, cleaning services, pet sitters, construction workers, waiters or waiters, cooks, laborers, freight and removals.

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How to Apply for the H-2A Visa

It is explained step by step like this El Nuevo Herald

Before filing Form I-129 and applying for the H-2B visa classification with USCIS, the employer must apply for and receive a DOL temporary employment certification for foreign labor, known as a Foreign Labor Certification.

USCIS/El Nuevo Herald

Check the USCIS site. Typically, to hire a temporary (non-immigrant) worker, the U.S. employer must petition the USCIS so that the foreign worker can go to the United States, remembers usa.gov.

Spouses and unmarried children under age 21 of an H-2A non-immigrant may apply for admission to the United States under the H-4 visa classification. Family members cannot get work in the United States while holding H-4 status.

For more information about the H-2A program, please click here

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