mahtal mahtal

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

Ingo

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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!)

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From what I hear, it is nearly impossible to get a visitor's visa for young unmarried
Ukrainian women.

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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.

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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

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