jamesbarber

I am looking to go over to New York for 2 months, mid june until mid august but I will need to work. I understand I need a H2B visa, is this the only visa I can get? Also do I need a job in place before I can even apply for the visa?
Thanks for the help.

Rete

No way that you can work temporarily while visiting the US for two months. Either you have enough money to float you on vacation or you stay at home.

The H visas require an employer to sponsor you and if you qualify and your employer gets the petition filed quickly you won't be able to work until sometime after October, 2007. And that is only if you are qualified in a certain profession and are seeking full time employment.

jamesbarber

I thought that was for a H1B visa. I thought there was seasonal visa that allowed you to just work the summer etc? If I am a student but I graduate in June, am I ineligible for the J visa?? Or is the only way I can move out there is through saving enough money?

Ray

The employer files for the visa ... not you ...
The backlog for these visa is usually huge ....

Noorah101

In your first post, you said you only wanted to come to NY for 2 months during the summer. In your second post, you said you wanted to "move out there". Which one is it?

Rene

jamesbarber

"I am looking to go over to New York for 2 months"

"I thought there was seasonal visa that allowed you to just work the summer etc?"

By saying move out there I mean "go" out there. Does that make sense?

Bob

seasonal...employer still files for you...kind of things that get H2 would be ski instructor, blueberry/apple/potato pickers...what were you looking at?

your probably better off looking at the bunac type program.

Ray

The H-2A temporary agricultural visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign nationals to enter into the U.S. to perform agricultural labor or services of a temporary or seasonal nature.


The H2B working visa is a nonimmigrant visa which allows foreign nationals to enter into the U.S. temporarily and engage in nonagricultural employment which is seasonal, intermittent, a peak load need, or a one-time occurrence