There are different ways of working in the United States legally, how? Through a work visa! The U.S. government over the time has authorized work visas (for temporary jobs, professional jobs, exchange visitor, etc.) for foreigners; each one has different requirements and benefits, certain visas can lead to the U.S. residency by working with an U.S. employer. It is possible to get one of these work visas, even if you have negative immigration record!
To be candidate and successfully apply to the work visas that is convenient for you, according to your job and/or your profession you must first meet with an immigration process to prove that there is need that you enter the U.S. to work without taking the job opportunities to any U.S. resident or U.S. citizen (USC).
One of the main requirements is to obtain a labor certification with the United States Department of Labor, and file immigration form I-129, this proves the need of the US employer to bring and employer from abroad to work in the U.S. company, because in his region there is no skilled labor to cover that job with the U.S. company. There is also a work visa, called “TN visa”, which does not include this requirement, in this visa you should just prove that your profession is listed in the appendix 1603.D.1 of the Nafta Treaty (Treaty between the United States, Canada and Mexico).
To learn more about each type of work visas, and their requirements, processing times, benefits, duration of the legal stay in the United States and annual amount of visas available, I invite you to visit our blog.
