Which countries can participate in visas H-2A and H-2B (updated 2016) Jobs in usa

Visas H-2A and H-2B allow foreign perform in US agricultural and non-agricultural jobs, respectively. But there must be a citizen of certain countries.

This is the list.

Countries that belong to must take the H-2a and H-2b visas

As of January 18, 2016, as published the Federal Register of the United States, there must be a citizen of one of the following countries to benefit from an H-2A or H-2B visa:

    Germany
    andorra
    Argentina
    Australia
    Austria
    barbados
    Belgium
    Belize
    Brazil
    Brunei
    Bulgaria
    Canada
    Chile
    Colombia
    South Korea
    Costa Rica
    Croatia
    Denmark
    Ecuador
    The Savior
    Slovakia
    Slovenia
    Spain
    Estonia
    Ethiopia
    fiji
    Philippines
    Finland
    France
    Granade
    Greece
    Guatemala
    Haiti
    Holland
    Honduras
    Hungary
    Ireland
    Solomon island
    Iceland
    Israel
    Italy
    Jamaica
    Japan
    kiribati
    Latvia
    Lichtenstein
    Lithuania
    Luxembourg
    Macedonia
    Madagascar
    malt
    Mexico
    Moldova
    Monaco
    montenegro
    nauru
    Nicaragua
    Norway
    New Zealand
    Panama
    Papua New Guinea
    Peru
    Poland
    Portugal
    United Kingdom
    Dominican Republic
    Romania
    samoa
    San Marino
    serbia
    singapore
    South Africa
    Sweden
    Switzerland
    Thailand
    Taiwan
    Timor
    togo
    Turkey
    tuvalu
    Ukraine
    Uruguay
    vanuatu

This list, with a total of 84 countries, representing an increase of 16 countries over the previous listing. It is valid for one year until January 2017.

Basics of H-2A visa

If you get an H-2A visa can work in the United States in an activity related to agriculture for a specified time or seasonal.

US employers are those who must begin processing the visa for foreign workers. They must obtain a certification from the Labor Department and the approval of Immigration and Citizenship (USCIS, for its acronym in English).

That is, it is not that if you want to work in agriculture go to the consulate and ask for one of these visas. It is you get an American company you hire and get the appropriate permissions to apply for a visa in your name.

And only then is when you follow the whole process of processing the visa, including the interview at the consulate, to enter the US to work.

The basics of the H-2B

H-2B is very similar to the H-2A. But there is one big difference: the beneficiaries can not work in agriculture. It is performing seasonal jobs for which there are no US workers, for example, to meet labor demand in tips times tourist sites.

Common for H-2A visas and H-2B

When the visa is obtained and entering the United States Immigration Officer at the border stamp your passport with what is known as I-94. The date recorded there is the maximum for which the stay peremite. While the employer may request an extension to the USCIS and the body is the grant.

It is also possible to enter USA few days before the start of the contract and stay one day after finishing in what is known as the grace period.
annual visa cap

Each fiscal year may be granted an annual maximum of 66,000 H-2A visas and as many for the H-2B. The exceptions are workers employed by these visas to work in the industry of fish eggs or those who serve in Guam or the Mariana Islands (US territories. For them not apply the annual limit.
Warning to consider



Although the law guarantees foreign workers are fixed with this type of visa, the fact is that there are abuses.

But there are also rights. And one of the main is to collect the minimum wage or more.

List of 60 Mexican recruiters for visas H-2A and H-2B temporary work in USA.
Health insurance

Workers with H-2A or H-2B visa is entitled to purchase health insurance as Obamacare rules, possibly be cheaper than buying through other options.

Health insurance in the United States is very expensive and should have one, as you may get sick. In addition, if passed in the US more than three months is required to buy it. If not done there can be a fine.

This article is informational only. It is not legal advice for any particular case.