Employment/Education Question

[AmericanSoldier 0]

Hello Everyone,

My Thai wife is about to immigrate to the U.S. of a CR-1 Visa. She will be able to get a job on this status. She is a very hard working person and desires to work. She has been a seamstress for the last 12 years of her life.

The issue is that she had to drop out of high school early to support her family who was having financial problems. (She moved to Guam before her Senior year graduation). So she does not have her high school diploma yet. She is very intelligent as she can speak Chinese and Korean fluentlely. She has also picked up on her English very well in the three years I have been with her. I have sent he to school in Thailand to learn English, as well as instructed her myself.

When she gets to the U.S. what qualifications are U.S. Employers looking for in Immigrant workers? Do they required a high school diploma or does just having a green card make her qualified in an employers eyes to work?

Does anyone out there have any advice for helping my wife finish her education in the U.S.? Can anyone recommend a decent programs out there for foreign spouses that want to continue their education? I know that the U.S. Army offers some programs for foreign spouses as I am currenyly enlisted.

Thanks for the help.

Adam

[Kevin and 10]

She could get her GED when she gets here.

[tom&tata 2]

I second that. Try GED classes with your local community/local school. Where we live, they offers free classes. You might want to take advantage of that.

Her greencard allows her to work without the company has to sponsor for her. But jobs have different requirement. Some jobs requires that you show HS diploma or something equivalent. Other jobs don't.

Good luck!

[Gabriel Paparella 0]

If she stays with your parents, she'll be only 15 minutes from my mom. She sounds like a really experienced seamstress and I bet my mom would be thrilled to have her sewing for her.

Just my opinion, but I think a GED would be the way to go.

I heard from my wife and my sister that you called but I never got your contact info.

So email me: from-adam {at} gabrielpaparella {dot} com

[Dan J 277]

GED first. You wont be able to get a decent job without high school diploma or something equivalent.

There may be jobs that can take advantage of her language fluency. But many of them may require a college education. There might be places that cater to immigrants or the Asian community where you live that may require people working for them to know more than just English. You will have to some looking, but getting a job that takes advantage of her language skills may be better paying then most other jobs that she will be able to get with a GED.