Obtaining a work visa for a Middle Eastern national

[HFM181818 750]

just because you want cheap labor will not change our current laws...an American citizen cannot bring someone over to on any type of visa to be their ten cent an hour butler, shoe shiner and language teacher.

A small percentage of Americans can bring a domestic employee to the US, but only under very specific circumstances, which do not apply to you. Namely, said Amcit must be assigned overseas to live and work regularly, and not work for more than 4 years consecutively in the US. This small group of American typically relates to foreign service officers and a handful of folks who work in certain USG bureaus whose careers require that they spend considerable time outside of the United States.

Your only real alternative is to move away from the US and live in a country in which Arabic is the native language.

[jmt111 0]

Is there a law that requires employers in the US to pay “local” or “prevailing” wages? My understanding is an employer could pay whatever he or she wanted, provided it was not less than the minimum wage. If the prevailing wage in the US is $15 per hour for domestic help, would I be unable to pay more or less than that, provided it is not less than my state’s minimum wage of $8 per hour?

[Boiler 45,908]

You understood wrong.

[Transborderwife 4,666]

Is there a law that requires employers in the US to pay local or prevailing wages? My understanding is an employer could pay whatever he or she wanted, provided it was not less than the minimum wage. If the prevailing wage in the US is $15 per hour for domestic help, would I be unable to pay more or less than that, provided it is not less than my states minimum wage of $8 per hour?

Nope. Hire an American or legal resident

[HFM181818 750]

Bringing in cheap foreign labor for your benefit is not going to happen (legally).....right about now, the OP is likely considering how to disguise his Silas Marner-like objective by inviting this foreign national to the US to 'see the sights in America', then have him work under the table (and under the lawn mower and under the carpet, etc)....I've seen this numerous times, once the stingy American finds out that he/she cannot bring anyone to their home to work 19 hours a day for a dollar a day...suddenly, their 'friend' just wants to 'visit' and they re-apply for a tourist visa instead of the B1 visa (which is the visa type that is used for domestic employees, but it is not available to 99% of American citizens for the reasons I mentioned earlier - and under no circumstances can an LPR bring domestic help over on any type of visa).........gosh.....was I fooled? Never.

And of course, we have the possible terrorist issue in the background....I hope that DHS reads this particular OP's postings.

Edited March 7, 2016 by HFM181818

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