An H-2B Guest worker visa program guide for employers and corporations.

America has always been the dream destination for many people, especially foskilled professionals as the wages and facilities that one employee can earn while working inside USA is often more than they can earn at home, or it has more value in USA than it has at home due to the reasonable costs of living for basic things like clothes, food and travel.

We recently did a poll of all our applicants and USA was the top choice destination by far, which would support the fact that the US consulates are very keen to make sure that non immigrant workers intend to return home after their contract has finished.

USA work visas and guest work programs have different options according to the demands and the type of available jobs in USA.  The H-2b visa program for seasonal jobs is the main visa for lower skilled workers and often is the preferred USA work visas or guest worker program for employers. It allows  employers to hire foreign workers to get engaged in any kind of non-agricultural job for a short term, non immigrant stay in the USA.

The H2B Guest worker program offers  an extension option for up to three seasons, typically each visa is issued for 190 months or less at a time depending on the seasonal need.

This is a good visa for  people looking for some travel and fun jobs while residing in the US. Employers need temporary foreign employees for short time seasonal employment. The  H2b visa sponsorship is popular for it’s easy application and relatively hassle free approval process for the Labor certificate and the petition as long as the application has been handled correctly and with the right information, documents and approach submitted to both the department of labor and the USCIS at the time of applying for the I-797 petition.

Employers need proper advice before submitting documentation and all the necessary extra information before they apply for a labor certification approval to allow them to participate in the  H2b USA work visa program.

Employers will have to prove that their is unavailability of enough workers in their locality and that their need of temporary workers is genuine to allow them to apply for these visas for their own employees.

They should start to prepare to apply for the applications six months before the workers are needed, this gives enough time to plan ahead for an April 1st or October 1st start date. The main problem to the application if it is a genuine need is that there is a cap imposed  for 33000 successful applications in every fiscal years( six months), while there are approximately 50000 applications approved by the USCIS, these extra approvals are usually to cover those applicants that are rejected at the US consulate stage, which is approximately one third of all applicants.

Thta is a scary statistic to employers who have spent months and a great deal of money preparing for the workers, the question we get asked most when employers are made aware of these facts is always the same …”Is there a risk free way  procedure to follow while applying for the H2B Visas and petitions?”

The answer is that yes there are some simple procedures that should be followed and there are ways to ensure you stand the very best chance of success and minimize your chance of failure, this is done through proper candidate selection, proper documentation, experience of knowing what is needed at what time and having local knowledge in the countries that you are recruiting from.

Osrec offers a great option that you can expect proper guidance about the application process. Here, you can find experts doing immigration and recruitment for years. We are ready to help you completely so that you never have to bother with the filing and submission process after supplying us with the  proper documentation.

The main risk comes at the consulate stage but we have a unique preparation, screening and skills testing system in place to ensure the best chance possible.

Our goal to to help clients succeed in getting their workers on time and that they are quality workers that can hit the ground running.