What visa for Hotel workers?

[hennessey4747 1]

Can a person get a work visa to work at a hotel as a housekeeper? If so what type of visa would it be? 

[ddtenor2 80]

Apparently Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's resort in Florida, received 70 H-2B visas for foreign workers in 2017 — ahead of the current high season.  Here's a link to an article on CNBC.

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/12/trump-asked-why-the-us-needs-more-haitians-mar-a-lago-may-hold-the-answer.html

[Roel 7,192]

And you'd think housekeepers wont qualify for h1b. Good to be president I guess. 

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

Those were seasonal H2 visas. Yup, the president amazingly couldn’t find anyone cheap enough, I mean local, to do the work.

 

unfortunately there is no permanent visa available for a job at that level, it is simply too low skilled to qualify.

[Boiler 45,519]

Friends who own a Hotel have people working there on J Visa's, also as has been mentioned H2B.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

23 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Friends who own a Hotel have people working there on J Visa's, also as has been mentioned H2B.

So the trump administration is cracking down on all visas except the ones that make them more money...

[Boiler 45,519]

6 minutes ago, SusieQQQ said:

So the trump administration is cracking down on all visas except the ones that make them more money...

Not aware that they have had any issues, I know more local businesses have been bringing in seasonal workers, very difficult to get anybody competent locally. I know personally that this is the case.

Edited March 21, 2018 by Boiler

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

7 hours ago, Boiler said:

Not aware that they have had any issues, I know more local businesses have been bringing in seasonal workers, very difficult to get anybody competent locally. I know personally that this is the case.

I have to assume your local businesses advertised positions properly first, not like mar-a-lago!

out of interest also housekeepers, or similar level work? 

 

The more I find out about how people can get visas for doing jobs that essentially need no skill (I mean, I get a seasonal need for some things but also on the J visas for things like waiters etc) and how some of the seasonal visas are abused, the more amazed I am. 

[Boiler 45,519]

Well it started with one business, and with a J there is no advertising requirement, not that that would be an issue.

 

And then the local brewpub followed, and I think others are looking for this summer.

 

Basic housekeeping etc work, but I know one year she had a couple of guys who were strong on IT and they revamped her booking system, small hotel. So a bonus.

[SusieQQQ 11,586]

7 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

So the trump administration is cracking down on all visas except the ones that make them more money...

 

 

In fact, the Trump administration temporarily expanded the H-2B program. In July 2017, the Department of Homeland Security raised the cap on H-2B visas for guest workers from 66,000 to 81,000 for fiscal year 2017. (Three days later, Trump's properties asked for permission to hire 76 workers through the program.)

The policy change was surprising. Trump has criticized other guest-worker programs for supposedly taking jobs away from Americans. He has resisted calls from the tech industry to expand the H-1B visa for high-skilled workers. He hasn’t increased visas in the H-2A program for seasonal farmworkers, even though the agriculture industry has lobbied for it. He even delayed the launch of a startup visa program that Obama created to help foreign tech entrepreneurs start businesses in the United States (though a federal judge in December ruled that the administration did not have legal standing to do so).

 

 https://www.vox.com/2018/2/13/16466542/trump-h-2b-guest-workers

 

conclusiin clear, when people come on here and ask about these type of visas, we need to tell them to apply to trump properties!!

[Boiler 45,519]

76 out of 81,000?

 

https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/09/colorado-seasonal-worker-shortage-visas/

 

And Colorado is Dem.

[hennessey4747 1]

2 hours ago, SusieQQQ said:

I have to assume your local businesses advertised positions properly first, not like mar-a-lago!

out of interest also housekeepers, or similar level work? 

 

The more I find out about how people can get visas for doing jobs that essentially need no skill (I mean, I get a seasonal need for some things but also on the J visas for things like waiters etc) and how some of the seasonal visas are abused, the more amazed I am. 

The hotel I'm referring to is aa national chain but has a very high turn over of housekeepers. My Filipina step-daughter wants to come work here. She currently works as aa domestic worker I Saudi Arabia. 

[Boiler 45,519]

1 hour ago, hennessey4747 said:

The hotel I'm referring to is aa national chain but has a very high turn over of housekeepers. My Filipina step-daughter wants to come work here. She currently works as aa domestic worker I Saudi Arabia. 

National chain is good, they will know what they are doing, have they told her what visa they will be sponsoring her for.

[geowrian 22,337]

Yes, it's possible to get certain work visas. Just know what you're getting into...something like an H-2 is only for one-off, seasonal, etc. temporary work. It's not something that would allow her to stay in the US the majority of the year.

Edited March 22, 2018 by geowrian

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

9 hours ago, hennessey4747 said:

The hotel I'm referring to is aa national chain but has a very high turn over of housekeepers. My Filipina step-daughter wants to come work here. She currently works as aa domestic worker I Saudi Arabia. 

You have to look into the J1 visa but I don't think she would qualify for that because I believe it's for recent graduates. My niece is actually over here working on a J1 visa in a Marriott hotel.