B-1 Visas For Domestic Workers
U.S. citizens residing abroad may qualify their personal servants or domestic workers for B-1 status during a temporary trip to the United States. Temporary trip usually means six months or less. Since the foreign domestic worker will engage in employment in the United States, he or she will apply for work authorization once admitted in the United States. One of the requirements for this visa category is that the domestic worker must have worked with the U.S. citizen prior to the U.S. visit. Additionally, there must be an employment contract providing the domestic worker with free private room and board, and guarantee the “prevailing wage” for the area of intended employment.
Are you a U.S. citizen residing abroad and have a temporary trip to the United States? If you want your personal or domestic worker to enter the United States with you on this temporary trip, please call our office and we will provide you with all the requisite information.
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My wife has dual U.S./Costa Rican citizenship and would like to bring the Costa Rican nanny that helped raise her previous children to Houston to help raise our two kids. Is there a way to accomplish this?
Christopher, yes, there is a visa for Personal/Domestic servants who accompany returning U.S. citizens who are temporarily assigned to the U.S. or who permanently reside in a foreign country. We will be more than happy to explain the B-1 temporary visa process, and to answer all your questions. Please call us at 214-999-9999 to schedule a consultation with the immigration attorney.