The government wants to change the rules on the hiring of workers on H-2B visas to protect Americans

The Department of homeland security (DHS) in cooperation with the Ministerial of labor (DOL) has prepared a project that aims to modernize the requirements for hiring of foreign workers visa H-2B and facilitate the search of jobs for U.S. workers.

H-2B visa program allows U.S. employers or agents to hire nekvalifitsirovannyj employees from other countries to fill jobs not related to agriculture.

The proposed DHS and DOL rules require that the ads on the search of workers is not in the printed newspaper and on the Internet for at least 14 days. Initiators of this step, I believe that this method will be more effective in disseminating information about job opportunities for U.S. workers.

In the case of the adoption of these changes, the Ministry intend to introduce a transition period during which a new rule is fully implemented. This is done to employers, who managed to distribute printed products or who have signed contracts with advertising firms.

Service citizenship and immigration the US is waiting for feedback on the proposed rule until December 10, 2018. Review you can leave the link.

Unlike the H-2B other type of work visa H-1B is given to qualified foreigners, often to students who arrived in the U.S. on a visa F-1.

Work visa in USA H-1B will not be issued until 2019 limit in 5 days

US companies, which employ highly qualified foreigners will not be able to expand the state until 2019. The fact is that the limit of applications for a work visa in the U.S. H-1B, which allows skilled workers to work temporarily in the United States, was exhausted within 5 days. Acceptance of applications began on 2 April, and today this process has been suspended.

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