scrubbedexpat099

May all be O1's, have not asked.

neill

There is the catch-all EB-3 "Other Workers" subdivision for direct GC sponsorship of unskilled type labour, but your employer would still have to file PERM for it which would likely come under a LOT of scrutiny. I believe the subdivision is limited to 10,000 per year also.

sherbert

You are still very young: why don't you apply to Camp America or another similar org that brings over students and young people to work in summer camps or as interns. They'll sort out your visa and you'll be able to live here temporarily for a few months to a) see if you really do like it (living here is very different to visiting) and b) maybe you'll meet the love of your life.

Craigmcb

Craigmcb

sherbert

Hmmm. Things may have changed but I had the time of my life when I did Camp America (back in 1998) and there were no such restrictions on our movements on/off camp.

Regarding Neill's message, what he means is that there seems to be an immigration category for 'other workers' who don't fall into the usual skilled worker / entrepreneurs / individual of exceptional ability etc. An employer could theoretically apply for a GC for someone using this category although only 10,000 people can approved for this category per year. What PERM means is that the employer will then have to prove that there is no one local qualified to take the job and this can take a very long time and will be extremely difficult to prove if the person is coming in to do unskilled labour, landscaping, low-income work etc because there are millions of Americans who do these jobs already: https://www.hooyou.com/lc/permindex.html.

neill

The first part of applying for a Green Card based on employment usually means doing a PERM - your future employer has to prove that no American is willing and able to do the job.
As Sherbert said, proving to the DOL that no American is willing and able to do this unskilled-type job for which you are being sponsored (whether it is actually unskilled is another matter -- it's what the DOL handbook says) will be next to impossible. For this very reason, The "EB-3 Other Workers" category is very rarely used even though it would seem that anyone could use it.

Maybe there's a very outside chance that you could use it which is why i brought it up.

Have you considered Canada? There are many more opportunities to self-sponsor. Self-sponsorship for US employment-based green cards is limited to really smart / exceptional people.

Craigmcb

steveq

GeoffM of this parish, and me, both did CampAmerica, we didn't have any restrictions on getting in and out of camp, though we had an official day off too. I think this must be specific to the camp, not the program.