Agricultural & Non-Agricultural Workers

Agricultural. H-2A visas are issued for agricultural workers and they are treated differently from other types of temporary workers categories. It can not be issue to foreign who already is in the United States illegally. The basic requirements are: (1) The employer must attempt to find U.S. agricultural workers, (2) The employer must advertised not only in the employer’s immediate geographical area, but throughout the entire adjacent region.

Non-agricultural. H-2 B visas are issued to anyone that comes to United Estates to accept a temporary or seasonal non-agricultural job, and are aimed at skilled and unskilled workers. You must have the correct background or skills abilities needed by the employer, and it must be shown that there are no qualified Americans available to take the position. A specific job offer from a U.S. employer is required, and the employer will have to act as the petitioner in the precess of getting your visa. The idea it is that the U.S. government is issuing the visa not for your benefit, but to help the U.S. employer. The job offered can not be any position, first, it must be temporary; second, must be one-time seasonal or based on an intermittent need, and you must return to your home country once the visa expires.