Can anyone tell me what the process for securing a visitor/employment visa for my
wife's younger cousin will be. We are thinking of the future to try and bring her over for several months when we have children to help out my wife. She is a single, young, Ukrainian female so I know that sometime causes grief as far as who will be issued visas. Will we need to go the employment visa route, with us as employers or is being first cousins a close enough family connection for a visa to be granted? My wife already has the "permanent" green card. Thanks, Doug |
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> > Unfortunately, there is no such visa. She could get a visitor's visa, but would not be allowed to work (helping your wife with the children does count as working!) > > From what I hear, it is nearly impossible to get a visitor's visa for young unmarried Ukrainian women. > > The employment visa route would indeed be an option if you are patient. There is no suitable non-immigrant visa, so you would have to sponsor her for an immigrant visa in the EB-3 category as an unskilled worker. You'd have to demonstrate that there are no US workers able to work as nannies, you will have to pay her the regular salary that a nanny in the US would receive, you would have to employ her full time. And, since this would fall under unskilled labor, you would have to wait until her priority date is current - currently about eight years. > That does not make a difference. Ingo I am not a lawyer and this is not legal advice. For reliable advice, please consult with a professional immigration attorney. For further information, check the following frequently-requested links. For many questions, you may find answers at http://travel.state.gov/visa_services.html (Department of State) or http://ins.usdoj.gov (INS). For consular policies and visa reciprocity fees, find your consulate in http://travel.state.gov/links.html For DOL Faxback status information: http://workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/ For information on affidavit of support for marriage to US citizens (I-864), go to http://travel.state.gov/i864gen.html and http://travel.state.gov/checklist.html For information on entering the US as a K-1: http://www.k1poelist.com/ For poverty levels, see http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/00poverty.htm For information on H/L/O/P visa extensions at Dept. of State in St. Louis, MO, see http://travel.state.gov/revals.html For non-official information, check: (When using these sites, and any Web sites, please watch out for privacy, as I do not know all site operators.) http://www.visalaw.com http://www.shusterman.com http://www.immigration.com http://members.aol.com/MDUdall http://www.murthy.com/ http://www.srs-usvisa.com http://www.getusavisa.com http://greencard-lottery.virtualave.net/ http://www.jcvisa.com (H-1B) http://www.h1bresources.com (marriage and fiancee) http://www.kamya.com/misc/ (marriage and fiancee) http://www2.apex.net/users/thehydes http://www.formshome.com http://www.workpermit.com This is not an endorsement of any of these Web sites. I am not affiliated with any of the Web site owners and do not receive nor accept payment in return for listing them, and typically don't even know them. (if believe you have a good immigration-related Web site and want your Web site listed here, please e-mail me). |
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