Bringing a domestic helper

[JAYANN & JAY 11]

Hello everyone. I would just like to know would it be possible for my cousin to petition or get a yaya (maid) here in the US? We have a maid in the Philippines who has been working with my family for almost 20 years and my cousin wants to bring her here so she can help out with the kids. Would this be a difficult process? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

No; there are plenty of unemployed maids in the US that need work.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Not possible.

You need a maid in the US, then you can hire an unemployed American. There is no reason to allow you to bring a foreign worker to the US when there is an unemployed American who needs the work.

[Harsh_77 718]

I agree with previous poster, it would be very very difficult to bring someone as help.

[canadian_wife 1,829]

Sorry, that is not the way US work visas work. If you choose to leave PI then the US assumes you will support the US economy

good luck

[Ben Thardunthat 4]

99% of US citizens cannot legally bring a domestic employee to the US on any type of visa...only if that citizen is subject to frequent and regular overseas assignments and does not, on average, spend more than about 4 years working consecutively in the US....which generally applies to foreign service employees and perhaps a few employees from a handful of international corporations....but for the everyday Joe and Jane, no.

[Jawaree 718]

Nope, that's stopped yrs ago when regular folks could sponsor maids... even

those had to be already in the USA

[apple21 953]

Hello everyone. I would just like to know would it be possible for my cousin to petition or get a yaya (maid) here in the US? We have a maid in the Philippines who has been working with my family for almost 20 years and my cousin wants to bring her here so she can help out with the kids. Would this be a difficult process? Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

The only Filipino I know who was successful in bringing a yaya/maid in the US as a domestic helper was Sharon Cuneta.

Just sharing.

[Mark88 184]

If you have a company in the US, you could hire her as a personal assistant and get an employment based visa. It is although very unlikely, since you would have to proove that no American is able to do her job. But if you have a couple thousand dollars to spend, you could try it.

Edited June 3, 2013 by Mark88

[Boiler 46,034]

and wait 6 or so years.