Michael

CNBC announced that many employees have been flying in to Mobile Alabama today to start work repairing the Triumph cruise ship.

Again the question is which type of visa the employees are on. With so many employees needed to work on the ship so fast, it seems unlikely that the employees had previously applied for visas just in case such as disaster occurred.

Although much of the work will likely be done by American subcontractors, there will likely still need to be a large number foreign employees to manage the ordering and acquiring parts, the repair of the engine room, clean up and repair the ship, and reassign employees to other ships.

jeffreyhy

Probably B-1 in most cases. Or the VWP equivalent.

Regards, JEff

mikelincs

Or they got special dispensation and will be accomodating them in specific places, it's been done in other countries by other firms.

Pulaski

Yup, employees sent by their employer for business purposes for upto 90 days. There is more latitude under the VWP than some realise or acknowledge.

Rete

Why would Americas or LPR's need a visa to work on a stationery vessel? It is not leaving port and is docked in the US so why the need for a visa? Why are you assuming they would need foreign employees?

GeoffM

It's a cruise ship, not a paper ship!

Price probably. It's been moved to a shipyard already so I guess the first task is to establish what needs to be done. It's not beyond the realms of possibility that it'll move again for the finishing touches somewhere cheaper.

jeffreyhy

I wondered the same thing, but the ship was built in Italy and some of the systems that may need repair work may be of foreign design and manufacture, and so inspection and repair supervision may call for specialists who are foreigners working for foreign companies?

I agree that there are probably more than enough Americans and legal aliens in the area to handle the routine, if extensive, clean-up tasks.

Regards, JEff

Michael

The ship was not built in the US but probably Norway so the expertise is likely in Norway. So it is likely that many of the people flying in are from Norway.

Rete

Bet they wish it were. Then sinking it would be easy and painless and not harm to the environment.

jeffreyhy

Probably not.

Regards, JEff

DavidLemon

I dont think it was built in NOrway, as it was built by an italian firm, so one is assuming that it was also built in Italy.. Fincantieri - Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A

scrubbedexpat099

I misunderstood the heading, I was going to say multi entry.