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Change in US Sofware and Hiring H-2Bs In Spite of the Cap
Dear Friends,
A Brazilian e-mail I received this week- from the “United States” – summarized what many in the international community feel about our new President, Barack Obama. (I use this e-mail as an example of an international perspective, not as a criticism of our out-going President.)
Dear World:
We, the United States of America, your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
The United States of America
Finding H-2B Workers In Spite of the Cap
Employers interested in hiring international workers using the H-2B visa can still do so, in spite of the cap for fiscal 2009 being met. Workers, who are in the US, already have the H-2B visa, and are in-status, can extend their visa in many circumstances. The employer still needs to have an approved Labor Certification and successfully file an H-2B Petition but using H-2B workers can be possible.
We have just successfully filled all of the positions at a beautiful private club in New York.